Joshua Van vs Manel Kape

Joshua Van is 18-2-0; Manel Kape is 23-7-0. Manel Kape is 8 years older than Joshua Van. Manel Kape has a 3" · 8 cm reach advantage over Joshua Van. Joshua Van and Manel Kape have never fought each other. They are booked to fight at UFC 336: Van vs Kape on Sat, Jan 30, 2027.

BookedThey fight at UFC 336: Van vs Kape, Sat, Jan 30, 2027.This fight: time, card & odds →

Joshua Van

“The Fearless” · 18-2-0

FlyweightNever fought

Manel Kape

“StarBoy” · 23-7-0

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Style & credentials

Joshua Van

MMA

2025Blue belt · BJJDaniel Pineda
2022Fury FC Flyweight ChampionshipFury Fighting Championship
2021Champion · Fury FC Amateur SeriesFlyweight
2022Flyweight Prospect of the Year

Camp · 4oz Fight Club · Houston, Texas, US

Manel Kape

No background on record

Camp · Xtreme Couture

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

74%

Head

67%

18%

Body

19%

Leg

15%

Time in position

Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground

Joshua Vanlast 11 fights

70%14%16%

Manel Kapelast 7 fights

77%12%11%

DistanceClinchGround

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Joshua Van Manel Kape

Strikes landed / min

8.264.68

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Joshua Van · Elite · better than 100% of UFC fightersManel Kape · Good · better than 84% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

5.833.88

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Joshua Van · Poor · better than 5% of UFC fightersManel Kape · Below avg · better than 35% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.700.36

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Joshua Van · Below avg · better than 31% of UFC fightersManel Kape · Poor · better than 16% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

62%30%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Joshua Van · Elite · better than 89% of UFC fightersManel Kape · Below avg · better than 29% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

75%79%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Joshua Van · Good · better than 74% of UFC fightersManel Kape · Good · better than 82% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.300.20

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Joshua Van · Average · better than 40% of UFC fightersManel Kape · Below avg · better than 31% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1503 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

8.26

Strikes landed / min

4.68

5.83

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.88

0.70 / 1.1

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.36 / 1.2

62%

Takedown accuracy

30%

75%

Takedown defence

79%

1:04

Control time / fight

0:20

0.30

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.20

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Joshua Van12 UFC fights · 1411 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

65%922/1843

14%200/245

8%108/119

Clinch

4%58/76

4%52/60

0%1/1

Ground

5%70/105

0%0/0

Manel Kape11 UFC fights · 580 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

58%335/731

17%97/130

14%83/94

Clinch

3%15/26

1%8/8

0%0/0

Ground

6%37/58

1%3/4

0%2/2

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Joshua Van13 of 20 ended early · 65%7 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

3 early stoppages have no logged time

Manel Kape22 of 30 ended early · 73%8 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

7 early stoppages have no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Joshua Van5-0

W
Alexandre Pantoja
Crypto.com UFC 331· Sep 19, 2026
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Tatsuro Taira
UFC 328: Chimaev vs Strickland· May 9, 2026
TKO · R5 · 1:32 · Flyweight
W
Alexandre Pantoja
UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs Yan 2· Dec 6, 2025
TKO · R1 · 0:26 · Flyweight
W
Brandon Royval
UFC 317: Topuria vs Oliveira· Jun 28, 2025
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Bruno Silva
UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs O'Malley 2· Jun 7, 2025
TKO · R3 · 4:01 · Flyweight

Full record · 20 fights

W
Rei Tsuruya
UFC 313: Pereira vs Ankalaev· Mar 8, 2025
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Cody Durden
UFC 310: Pantoja vs Asakura· Dec 7, 2024
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Édgar Cháirez
UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC O'Malley vs Dvalishvili· Sep 14, 2024
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
L
Charles Johnson
UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs Cortez· Jul 13, 2024
TKO · R3 · 0:20 · Flyweight
W
Felipe Bunes
UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs Walker 2· Jan 13, 2024
TKO · R2 · 4:31 · Flyweight
W
Kevin Borjas
UFC 295: Procházka vs Pereira· Nov 11, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Zhalgas Zhumagulov
UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs Topuria· Jun 24, 2023
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Cleveland McLean
Fury FC 72: Van vs. McLean· Dec 18, 2022
· R2 · 4:49 · Flyweight
W
Paris Moran
Fury FC 67: Aliev vs. Richardson· Aug 14, 2022
TKO · R2 · 0:36 · Flyweight
W
Mario Suazo
Fury FC 62: Jones vs. Guyton· May 15, 2022
· R2 · 4:23 · Flyweight
W
Angelo Trujillo
Fury FC 60· Apr 24, 2022
TKO · R1 · 1:36 · Flyweight
W
Francisco Obando
Fury FC 57· Feb 11, 2022
TKO · R1 · 3:08 · Flyweight
L
Devon Jackson
Fury FC 55· Dec 19, 2021
· R2 · 4:58 · Flyweight
W
Chase Eastham
Fury FC 54· Nov 21, 2021
TKO · R2 · 3:24 · Flyweight
W
Tony Esquivel
Fury FC 52· Oct 17, 2021
TKO · R2 · 2:14 · Flyweight

Manel Kape4-1

W
Kyoji Horiguchi
UFC Fight Night: Kape vs Horiguchi· Jun 20, 2026
TKO · R3 · 2:42 · Flyweight
W
Brandon Royval
UFC Fight Night: Royval vs Kape· Dec 13, 2025
TKO · R1 · 3:18 · Flyweight
W
Asu Almabayev
UFC Fight Night: Kape vs Almabayev· Mar 1, 2025
TKO · R3 · 2:16 · Flyweight
W
Bruno Silva
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs Buckley· Dec 14, 2024
TKO · R3 · 1:57 · Flyweight
L
Muhammad Mokaev
UFC 304: Edwards vs Muhammad 2· Jul 27, 2024
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight

Full record · 30 fights

W
Felipe dos Santos
UFC 293: Adesanya vs Strickland· Sep 10, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
David Dvorak
UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs Strickland· Dec 17, 2022
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Zhalgas Zhumagulov
UFC Fight Night: Font vs Aldo· Dec 4, 2021
TKO · R1 · 4:02 · Flyweight
W
Ode Osbourne
UFC 265: Lewis vs Gane· Aug 7, 2021
TKO · R1 · 4:44 · Flyweight
L
Matheus Nicolau
UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs Muhammad· Mar 13, 2021
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
L
Alexandre Pantoja
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Volkov· Feb 6, 2021
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Kai Asakura
RIZIN 20· Dec 31, 2019
TKO · R2 · 0:38 · Bantamweight
W
Takeya Mizugaki
RIZIN 18· Aug 18, 2019
KO · R2 · 1:36 · Bantamweight
W
Seiichiro Ito
RIZIN 15· Apr 21, 2019
TKO · R2 · 3:59 · 128lb Catchweight
L
Yuta Sasaki
RIZIN 14· Dec 31, 2018
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · 130lb Catchweight
W
Yusaku Nakamura
RIZIN 13· Sep 30, 2018
SUB · R3 · 4:27 · Flyweight
L
Kai Asakura
RIZIN 10· May 6, 2018
SD · R3 · 5:00 · 130lb Catchweight
L
Kyoji Horiguchi
Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: Final Round· Dec 31, 2017
SUB · R3 · 4:27 · Bantamweight
W
Ian McCall
Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 2nd Round· Dec 29, 2017
TKO · R1 · 1:46 · Bantamweight
W
Erson Yamamoto
Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Men's Bantamweight & Women's Tournament: Aki No Jin· Oct 15, 2017
TKO · R1 · 1:11 · Bantamweight
W
Francisco Asprilla
Portugal Regional· Apr 27, 2015
TKO
W
Antoine Gallinaro
Knock Out Championship· Apr 18, 2015
SUB
W
Miguel Valverde
Portugal Regional· Dec 19, 2014
SUB
W
Daniel Barez
AFL 2 Madrid· Nov 29, 2014
SUB · R1 · 3:25 · Flyweight
W
Hicham Rachid
Invictus Pro League 1· Jul 27, 2014
TKO · R1 · 2:42 · Bantamweight
L
Souk Khampasath
Knock Out Championship· Apr 5, 2014
SUB
W
TBA
Portugal Regional· Jul 28, 2013
DEC
W
TBA
Portugal Regional· Feb 3, 2013
SUB
W
TBA
Portugal Regional· Nov 4, 2012
TKO
W
TBA
Portugal Regional· May 13, 2012
TKO

Common Opponents

How each fared against the same opponents.

Joshua VanManel Kape

Frequently asked questions

Have Joshua Van and Manel Kape ever fought?

Not yet. Joshua Van and Manel Kape have never fought, but they are booked to meet at UFC 336: Van vs Kape on Sat, Jan 30, 2027.

What are the records of Joshua Van and Manel Kape?

Joshua Van is 18-2-0 and Manel Kape is 23-7-0.

Who has the longer reach, Joshua Van or Manel Kape?

Manel Kape has the longer reach: 68" · 173 cm against 65" · 165 cm for Joshua Van, a 3" · 8 cm advantage.

Who is taller, Joshua Van or Manel Kape?

Neither. Both stand 5'5" · 165 cm.

Who is older, Joshua Van or Manel Kape?

Manel Kape is 33 and Joshua Van is 25.

Who has more finishes, Joshua Van or Manel Kape?

Joshua Van has 9 wins inside the distance (9 by KO/TKO, 0 by submission); Manel Kape has 20 wins (15 by KO/TKO, 5 by submission).

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