UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape

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UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateDecember 13, 2025 (2025-12-13)
VenueUFC Apex
CityEnterprise, Nevada, United States
Event chronology
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UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape (also known as UFC Fight Night 266 and UFC Vegas 112) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on December 13, 2025, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.[1]

Background

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This event is expected to be the final UFC broadcast under the U.S. media rights agreement with ESPN as beginning in 2026, UFC live event coverage will transition to Paramount Skydance.[1]

A flyweight bout between former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger (also former LFA Flyweight Champion) Brandon Royval and former RIZIN Bantamweight Champion Manel Kape is scheduled to headline the event.[2] The pairing was originally expected to headline UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev in March 2025, but Royval had to withdraw due to multiple concussions.[3] They were later rebooked to compete at UFC 317 in June 2025; however, Kape withdrew due to a broken foot.[4]

A women's flyweight bout between former LFA Women's Flyweight Champion Jamey-Lyn Horth and Tereza Bledá is scheduled for this event.[5] They were originally scheduled to compete at UFC on ESPN: Usman vs. Buckley in June but Bledá was forced to withdraw from the fight due to a staph infection.[6][7]

Fight card

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Fight card (ESPN+)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Flyweight Brandon Royval vs. Manel Kape

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Announced bouts

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  • Women's Strawweight bout: Iasmin Lucindo vs. Gillian Robertson[9]
  • Heavyweight bout: Steven Asplund vs. Sean Sharaf[10]
  • Middleweight bout: César Almeida vs. Cezary Oleksiejczuk[11]
  • Women's Flyweight bout: Jamey-Lyn Horth vs. Tereza Bledá[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Mike Bohn (2025-09-01). "Brandon Royval vs. Manel Kape to headline final UFC event on ESPN before Paramount move". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
  2. ^ Tristen Critchfield (2025-09-01). "Flyweight contenders booked for third time in UFC's final event of 2025". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
  3. ^ Nolan King (2025-02-05). "UFC Fight Night 253 main event canceled: Brandon Royval withdraws from Manel Kape fight". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  4. ^ Damon Martin (2025-06-09). "Manel Kape out, Joshua Van expected to face Brandon Royval at UFC 317". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  5. ^ a b Garrett Kerman (2025-09-18). "Tereza Bleda vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth set for UFC Vegas 112 clash". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  6. ^ Mike Heck (2025-04-02). "Jamey-Lyn Horth vs. Tereza Bleda set for UFC Atlanta". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
  7. ^ David Suchý (2025-06-03). "Smůla pokračuje. Česká bojovnice musela v UFC zrušit další zápas". sport.cz. Retrieved 2025-06-04. (in Czech)
  8. ^ "UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
  9. ^ Jay Anderson (2025-09-07). "Iasmin Lucindo vs. Gillian Robertson Booked for UFC Vegas 112". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  10. ^ Behunin, Alexander (2025-09-17). "Warp speed! Dana White books Contender Series Heavyweight contract winner for UFC Vegas 112 date". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
  11. ^ Stachura, Bartłomiej (2025-09-18). "Doniesienia: Cezary Oleksiejczuk zadebiutuje w UFC w grudniu, zmierzy się z trzykrotnym rywalem kickbokserskim Alexa Pereiry". lowking.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-09-18.