UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi
Mixed martial arts event in 2026
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UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi (also known as UFC Fight Night 279 and UFC Vegas 119) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on June 20, 2026, at the Meta Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.[1]
| UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi | ||||
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 20, 2026 | |||
| Venue | Meta Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
A flyweight rematch between former RIZIN Bantamweight Champion Manel Kape and former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Kyoji Horiguchi (who is also a former RIZIN Flyweight and two-time RIZIN Bantamweight Champion, as well as former Bellator Bantamweight World Champion) is expected to serve as the event headliner.[1] The pair first met in December 2017 at Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: Final Round, where Horiguchi defeated Kape in the semi-finals via arm-triangle choke submission in the third round.[2]
Mitch Raposo and Allan Nascimento were expected to meet in a flyweight bout at UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott in April.[3] However, Raposo was forced off the event due to illness, so the bout was re-scheduled for this event.[4]
A heavyweight bout between Jhonata Diniz and José Luiz was scheduled for the event.[5] However, Diniz had to withdraw for unknown reasons and the bout was scrapped.[6]
A bantamweight bout between Farid Basharat and Ethyn Ewing was scheduled for the event.[7] However, for undisclosed reasons, the bout was moved to UFC 329, which will take place three weeks later.[8]
A featherweight bout between Giga Chikadze and Vinicius Oliveira was scheduled for the event.[9] However, Chikadze had to withdraw for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Andre Fili.[10][11]
Fight card
| Main card (Paramount+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Flyweight | Manel Kape | vs. | Kyoji Horiguchi | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Ion Cuțelaba | vs. | Navajo Stirling | ||||
| Featherweight | Hyder Amil | vs. | Christian Rodriguez | ||||
| Featherweight | Melsik Baghdasaryan | vs. | Murtazali Magomedov | ||||
| Featherweight | Andre Fili | vs. | Vinicius Oliveira | ||||
| Preliminary card (Paramount+) | |||||||
| Flyweight | André Lima | vs. | Kevin Borjas | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Beatriz Mesquita | vs. | Melissa Mullins | ||||
| Flyweight | Allan Nascimento | vs. | Mitch Raposo | ||||
| Featherweight | Gastón Bolaños | vs. | Michael Aswell Jr. | ||||
| Welterweight | Leon Shahbazyan | vs. | Levan Chokheli | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Karol Rosa | vs. | Luana Santos | ||||
| Featherweight | Shane Collins | vs. | Otari Tanzilovi | ||||
