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UFC Fight Night 253 Kape vs Almabayev

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Sat 1st March 2025 Local
Sat 1st March 2025 11:00pm UTC

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UFC

Season
2025

Round
Round 7

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UFC APEX

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UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev (also known as UFC Fight Night 253 and UFC Vegas 103 and UFC on ESPN+ 111) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 1, 2025, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.

Background
A UFC Flyweight title eliminator between former LFA Flyweight Champion (also former title challenger) Brandon Royval and former RIZIN Bantamweight Champion Manel Kape was expected to headline the event. However, Royval withdrew due to multiple concussions. He was replaced by Asu Almabayev. Albamayev was originally expected to face former flyweight title challenger Steve Erceg at the event, but the latter was moved to headline UFC on ESPN: Moreno vs. Erceg and replaced by Allan Nascimento. Nascimento was in turn pulled from the event after the latest changes.

A middleweight bout between Cody Brundage and The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko middleweight winner Ryan Loder was scheduled for this event. However, Loder withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by Julian Marquez.

A women's flyweight bout between Montana De La Rosa and Luana Carolina was scheduled for this event. However, the bout was scrapped as a result of Carolina's botched weight cut.

In addition, a bantamweight bout between Douglas Silva de Andrade and John Castañeda was scheduled for this event. However, despite having the bout changed to a 140 pound catchweight bout, the fight was cancelled as Silva de Andrade did not have medical clearance to compete.

At the weigh-ins, Lucas Almeida weighed in at 148 pounds, two pounds over the featherweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and Almeida was fined 20 percent of his purse which went to his opponent Danny Silva.

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Result List

01	Manel Kape	UFC Flyweight	WIN
01	Asu Almabayev	UFC Flyweight	LOSS
02	Cody Brundage	UFC Middleweight	WIN
02	Julian Marquez	UFC Middleweight	LOSS
03	Nasrat Haqparast	UFC Lightweight	WIN
03	Esteban Ribovics	UFC Lightweight	LOSS
04	Hyder Amil	UFC Featherweight	WIN
04	William Gomis	UFC Featherweight	LOSS
05	Sam Patterson	UFC Welterweight	WIN
05	Danny Barlow	UFC Welterweight	LOSS
06	Mario Pinto	UFC Heavyweight	WIN
06	Austen Lane	UFC Heavyweight	LOSS
07	Chepe Mariscal	UFC Featherweight	WIN
07	Ricardo Ramos	UFC Featherweight	LOSS
08	Danny Silva	UFC Catchweight	WIN
08	Lucas Almeida	UFC Catchweight	LOSS
09	JJ Aldrich	UFC Flyweight Women	WIN
09	Andrea Lee	UFC Flyweight Women	LOSS
10	Ramazan Temirov	UFC Flyweight	WIN
10	Charles Johnson	UFC Flyweight	LOSS

Result Description

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Flyweight Manel Kape def. Asu Almabayev TKO (retirement) 3 2:16
Middleweight Cody Brundage def. Julian Marquez TKO (punches) 1 4:45
Lightweight Nasrat Haqparast def. Esteban Ribovics Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Featherweight Hyder Amil def. William Gomis Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Welterweight Sam Patterson def. Danny Barlow KO (punches) 1 3:10

Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Heavyweight Mário Pinto def. Austen Lane KO (punch) 2 0:39
Featherweight Chepe Mariscal def. Ricardo Ramos Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Catchweight (148 lb) Danny Silva def. Lucas Almeida Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Women's Flyweight JJ Aldrich def. Andrea Lee Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Flyweight Ramazan Temirov def. Charles Johnson Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00

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