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Final Preventing Championship (UFC) Flyweight contender Manel Kape has talked up his avenue preventing prowess up to now, and now there’s a secondhand account backing him up.
Jean Silva — the UFC Featherweight who simply picked up a powerful knockout win at UFC 303 over Charles Jourdain — is a coaching accomplice of “Star Boy,” and he revealed Kape is already one up on his subsequent opponent, undefeated prospect Muhammad Mokaev. Based on “Lord Murderer,” Kape bloodied up Mokaev months in the past in an incident on the UFC Efficiency Institute (PI) after some on-line trash speak between the 2.
“Manel Kape hit Mokaev right here exterior the fitness center some time in the past,” Silva defined to AG Combat. “He elbowed Mokaev within the head on the road bro.”
Mokaev interrupted the story, including “This would be the second time I’m going to hit you [Mokaev], however settle down.”
Silva continued, “Bro, he caught Mokaev on the entrance right here to the [UFC] PI. He headbutted him and elbowed him on the street. He opened Mokaev’s head per week earlier than his struggle. He’s a psychopath, and I used to be going to spar with him that day … Mokaev had stated he was going to slap [Kape] within the face, then [Kape] noticed Mokaev, and Mokaev needed to apologize. He stated, ‘Apologies gained’t be accepted, now you’ll need to do it.’ Then, Mokaev took a step again. After I went down and opened the second door, he arrived and headbutted Mokaev and elbowed him. Mokaev fell to the bottom.”
Unhealthy blood apart, this can be a actually vital Flyweight struggle that might show to be a title eliminator. At 23 years of age, Mokaev is unbeaten and 6-0 contained in the Octagon. Most just lately, he dispatched former title contender Alex Perez to advance firmly into the Flyweight High 10.
Kape, in the meantime, is a embellished former RIZIN champion who’s lastly caught his stride within the Octagon. There’s been some points making it to the cage this 12 months, however “Star Boy” is without doubt one of the division’s few knockout artists and has gained 4 in a row.
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