With just a few minutes remaining, Manel Kape was able to make weight at the UFC Vegas 112 early (and official) weigh ins this morning at APEX in Las Vegas. That’s the same venue that will host “Starboy’s” five-round main event against fellow flyweight contender Brandon Royval tomorrow night (Dec. 13) on ESPN2 and ESPN+.
Watch them face off below:
Royval appears to be amused by the “Starboy” bounce.
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In the UFC Vegas 112 featherweight co-main event, veteran striker Giga Chikadze collides with 145-pound rising star Kevin Vallejos. Watch “Ninja” eyeball “El Chino” in the embedded video below.
Nothing left to do now except fight.
“Let’s look in the way: Brandon Royval beat Brandon Moreno. Brandon Royval beat Tatsuro Taira. He beat him. He didn’t just win, he beat him,” Kape told reporters at the UFC Vegas 112 media day. “Me, Saturday night, I’ll make Brandon Royval look easy, style on him, stop him. What can they deny me for? They cannot deny. He beat the contender fighter, and I just beat the guy that beat you guys. So there is no more questions. There is no more talk, and I’m just going to prove that I’m the man. I’m the fighter with the best style to be a champion. I’m the fighter that this division needs.”
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VEGAS VELOCITY! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to action on Sat., Dec. 13, 2025, with its final event of the ESPN+ era, UFC Vegas 112, which will take place inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. In UFC Vegas 112’s main event, Flyweight contenders Brandon Royval vs. Manel Kape clash in a high-stakes, five-round bout. The co-main event features a high-octane Featherweight showdown between Giga Chikadze vs. Kevin Vallejos, with potential title implications on the line. The card will also showcase a Middleweight showdown pitting Cesar Almeida vs. Cezary Oleksiejczuk, a Featherweight collision featuring Melquizael Costa vs. Morgan Charriere, and much more! The start time is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET (“Prelims” undercard) and 10 p.m. ET (main card).
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For complete UFC Vegas 112 weigh ins results click here.
