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UFC Fight Night 253 Kape vs Almabayev

Date
Sat 1st March 2025 (UTC)
Sat 1st March 2025 (Local)

Timestamp
2025-03-01T23:00:00

Time

23:00:00 UTC

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League
UFC

Season
2025

Round
7

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Location
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	WIN
01	Asu Almabayev	LOSS

02	Cody Brundage	WIN
02	Julian Marquez	LOSS

03	Nasrat Haqparast	WIN
03	Esteban Ribovics	LOSS

04	Hyder Amil	WIN
04	William Gomis	LOSS

05	Sam Patterson	WIN
05	Danny Barlow	LOSS

06	Mario Pinto	WIN
06	Austen Lane	LOSS

07	Chepe Mariscal	WIN
07	Ricardo Ramos	LOSS

08	Danny Silva	WIN
08	Lucas Almeida	LOSS

09	JJ Aldrich	WIN
09	Andrea Lee	LOSS

10	Ramazan Temirov	WIN
10	Charles Johnson	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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