Brandon Royval and Manel Kape are lastly going to face off.
On Thursday, MMA Combating confirmed that Royval and Kape will sq. off in a highly-anticipated flyweight bout at UFC 317, on June 28 in Las Vegas. Laerte Viana was first to report the information.
In March, Royval and Kape had been anticipated to headline UFC Vegas 103, nevertheless, Royval withdrew from the matchup do to lingering points from a number of concussions. As a substitute, Kape confronted short-notice alternative Asu Almabayev, stopping him by way of TKO within the third spherical. Now, with Royval wholesome once more, the 2 will settle their enterprise within the T-Cellular Area.
The matchup appears to be like to be a pivotal one for the flyweight division and will decide the subsequent challenger for 125-pound champion Alexandre Pantoja. At present the No. 1-ranked flyweight, Royval has received two fights since dropping a choice to champion Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 296, whereas Kape has received six of his previous eight bouts since he additionally misplaced a choice to Pantoja.
UFC 317 is the promotion’s annual Worldwide Battle Week card. That is the primary main bout introduced for the occasion, although extra are certain to comply with within the coming weeks.
Damon Martin and Mike Heck contributed to this report.
