OctagonEdge

Flyweight

Manel Kape

“Starboy”

23-7

Age
32
Height
5'5"
Reach
5'8"
Stance
Southpaw
Camp
Xtreme Couture
Out of
Portugal
Style
striker
Fight IQ
C+ · 66
Finish rate
22%
Win rate
77%

Career methods

KO/TKO
0
Sub
5
Dec
18

FightMetric

SLpM

5.04

SApM

2.84

Str Acc

57%

Str Def

58%

TD Avg

0.40

TD Acc

30%

TD Def

83%

Sub Avg

0.27

Tape read

Pocket striker — southpaw

Fight IQ

66C+

Thin sample — 0 loaded UFC rows, 30 career fights for Manel Kape. Reaction and agility are wider intervals.

IQ

C+

Ground

D

Defense

C+

Counter

D

Reaction

proxy

B

Agility

proxy

C+

TD react

C

Chin

A

What they do well

  • Durability

    Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.

Where they leak

  • Ground game

    Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.

  • Counter punching

    Limited counter threat. Opponents can miss without paying a finishing tax.

Scouting report

Manel Kape “Starboy” is a 32-year-old Southpaw flyweight out of Portugal, camped at Xtreme Couture. The tape read: pocket striker — southpaw. Career mark 23-7-0 — 0 by KO/TKO, 5 by submission, 18 by decision. Fight IQ grades C+ (66).

What works. Durability is the standout at 85 (A). Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win. Ground game D on 0.40 TD/15 and 0.27 sub attempts. Striking defense C+ at 58% / 2.84 SApM. Counter punching D; punching agility C+ (output × accuracy × age curve). Takedown reaction C on 83% TD defense. These are tape proxies — not lab reaction times — built from FightMetric rates, finish shares, and 0 loaded UFC rows.

Where it breaks. Ground game is the soft spot (27, D). Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain. Opponents who force wrestling and keep the fight on the fence have historically been the ones who make this résumé leak. Losses lean decision more often than a highlight — the issue is usually control of minutes, not a glass jaw.

The book has no per-fight UFC rows for Kape yet. This scouting card is carried by career FightMetric rates and the win-method split — treat the reaction and agility marks as wider intervals.

Ground game

27 D

Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.

  • 0.40 takedowns / 15 at 30% accuracy
  • 0.27 submission attempts / 15 · 5 career sub wins

Striking defense

68 C+

Serviceable pocket defense. Can be found, but rarely walks into the same shot twice.

  • 58% striking defense · 2.84 SApM
  • 0 KO/TKO losses in 7 defeats

Counter punching

49 D

Limited counter threat. Opponents can miss without paying a finishing tax.

  • 57% accuracy on 5.04 SLpM
  • 0.56 knockdowns / 15 · 0 KO/TKO wins

Timing & reaction

70 B

Average-plus reactions. Gets touched, but rarely frozen in place when the shot or the shot-to-takedown comes.

  • Str def 58% · TD def 83% — the two read-and-react rates
  • 2.84 shots absorbed / min (lower = sees it earlier)

Punching agility

67 C+

Enough snap to score and to threaten. Not a blur, but the volume is organized.

  • 5.04 SLpM at 57% — output with cleanliness
  • Throws without paying full retail: 2.84 SApM

Takedown reaction

60 C

Hips arrive late. A committed wrestler will get them down; the question is what happens next.

  • 83% takedown defense — the live reaction to level changes
  • 2 submission losses (once the fight hits the mat)

Durability

85 A

Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.

  • 0 times finished by strikes in 7 losses
  • 18 decision wins — proof they last and still score

Fight history

DateOpponentResMethodRndSig
No UFC tape loaded for this fighter yet.