by UFC Fight Night 279: Kape vs. Horiguchi
The Main Event
Manuel Kape defeats Kyoji Horiguchi via 3rd round TKO. Kape continued his role tonight over Horiguchi. Kape has now won 4 straight and 8 of his last 9. He is quickly shooting up the ranks of the UFC Flyweight division and will be in title contention soon. Meanwhile, Kyoji Horiguchi sees a five fight win streak come to a halt, however 4 of those wins were outside of the UFC, which speaks volumes.
Main Card packs the hits and finishes
All five main card fights finished in either the first or second round, with the sole exception of the main event reaching the fifth. These fighters wanted to make the most of their time on the main card and they did so.
Main Card Results
| Weight Class | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
| Flyweight | Manel Kape | Kyoji Horiguchi | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:42 |
| Light Heavyweight | Navajo Stirling | Ion Cuțelaba | TKO (punches and elbows) | 2 | 3:23 |
| Featherweight | Christian Rodriguez | Hyder Amil | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 3:43 |
| Featherweight | Murtazali Magomedov | Melsik Baghdasaryan | Submission (twister) | 1 | 1:17 |
| Featherweight | Vinicius Oliveira | Andre Fili | TKO (elbows and punches) | 2 | 4:56 |
Bringing home the cash
The following fighters received $100,000 bonuses. The other finishes received $25,000 additional bonuses.[15]
Fight of the Night: Vinicius Oliveira vs. Andre Fili
Performance of the Night: Manel Kape and Murtazali Magomedov
The Undercard went to the judges 5 of 7 times.
The preliminary card featured additional bouts across catchweight, women’s bantamweight, flyweight, welterweight, and featherweight divisions, with winners including Kevin Borjas, Beatriz Mesquita, Mitch Raposo, Gastón Bolaños, Levan Chokheli, Luana Santos, and Shane Collins.
The two winners on the undercard to earn finish victories were Levan Chokheli with a TKO over Leon Shabbazyan in just 23 seconds. Also, Beatriz Mesquita over Mellissa Mullins by armbar in just 3:16.
