Manel Kape’s highly anticipated UFC debut will be put on hold.
Kape told MMA Fighting in an interview for this Thursday’s What the Heck that he suffered an ankle injury and will not compete at UFC 252 on Aug. 15. “Prodigio” was originally scheduled to face Rogerio Bonterin in his promotional debut, but Bonterin was forced to withdraw from the bout.
The former RIZIN FF bantamweight champion revealed that after Bonterin’s scratch, the UFC was working on potential matchups with Jussier Formiga and Alexandre Pantoja. Neither of the bouts came to fruition which left Kape without an opponent.