News Manuel Kape steps in on short notice to face Matheus Nicolau, 3/13

[Terrorist]

Kape lost that. Until he learns to start letting his hands go he'll have to deal with the losses. His fault.

 

[Cfpcommitteemember]

This dude is embarrassing rizin

 

[Saint_of_Killers]

Same as his first fight, he seems nervous to throw hands or attack first.

Frustrating when he seemed like the better fighter.

He seemed hesitant to attack in the first round yes, but he found his groove in round two and easily outstruck Nicholau in rounds two and three. Nicholau lost the fight in the last 5 seconds when he ran from Kape.

Kape won the fight, but MMA judges are a joke, so Kape is now 0-2 in the UFC.

 

[tehMoose]

This dude is embarrassing rizin

He lost 3 fights in Rizin also..It's not like he was 50-0 over there

 

[Saint_of_Killers]

Kape lost that. Until he learns to start letting his hands go he'll have to deal with the losses. His fault.

He lost to Pantoja due to low output. He lost to Nicholau due to crappy judging.

 

[Terrorist]

He lost to Pantoja due to low output. He lost to Nicholau due to crappy judging.

Nah he lost for low output again. Winning the last 45 seconds of a round shouldn't give you that round.

 

[KID Yamamoto]

This dude is embarrassing rizin

Round 2 shows how good he is when he lets his hands go. Did that round 1 he would have won.

 

[Greg House]

Wasn't he top 3 in rizin? Damn, how low is the level of that organization? I thought he was going to be a top contender in the lackluster 125 UFC división.

 

[Saint_of_Killers]

Nah he lost for low output again. Winning the last 45 seconds of a round shouldn't give you that round.

He had 20 more significant strikes than his opponent, so no, he wasn't outstruck.

 

[Kx45F0]

GG 2 of 4 fights done. If he loses next he will get cut

 

[moosaev]

Kape won that

 

[CroCopsLHK]

Robbery, Kate 2 & 3

 

[KID Yamamoto]

Wasn't he top 3 in rizin? Damn, how low is the level of that organization? I thought he was going to be a top contender in the lackluster 125 UFC división.

Weirdly enough he was mainly a bantamweight there. He beat mccall over there.

 

[asdf122345]

He needs to let his hands go and go for it.

 

[tdluxon]

I thought he did enough to get that decision but mma judging is always questionable. He should have gone into the guard when nicalau was down with about 2 min left after the defended takedown rather than letting him back up... could have just laid on him and would’ve got the decision

 

[Saint_of_Killers]

Weirdly enough he was mainly a bantamweight there. He beat mccall over there.

That may be his better weight class then. Maybe the cut to 125 affects his gas tank.

But his output was much better tonight, than it was vs Pantoja. He should've won tonight. He won rounds two and three.

 

[ExitLUPin]

Kape clearly won 2 and 3 but his style is getting exposed a bit. He had a couple performances like this in Rizin too

 

[Terrorist]

He had 20 more significant strikes than his opponent, so no, he wasn't outstruck.

In round 3? Source

 

[Eduardo Alonso]

Round 3 had:

31 sig strikes for Kape for 43% acc
27 sig strikers for Nicolau for 52% acc

according to the UFC official stats. It was a very close round, could have gonna either way. But it was in no way a blatant robbery. Being in the center doesn’t necessarily guarantee a win. It was a good fight

 

[Dick Niaz030]

Maybe i have to watch the fight again, but i thought it was a clear 29-28 for Kape.
He lost round 1 en won 2 and 3