| UFC on ESPN: Royval vs. Kape | ||||
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 The poster for UFC on ESPN: Royval vs. Kape | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | December 13, 2025 (2025-12-13) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
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UFC on ESPN: Royval vs. Kape (also known asUFC on ESPN 73 andUFC Vegas 112) is an upcomingmixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that will take place on December 13, 2025, at theUFC Apex inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Valley, United States.[1]
This event is expected to be the final UFC broadcast under the U.S. media rights agreement withESPN as beginning in 2026, UFC live event coverage will transition toParamount Skydance.[1]
A flyweight bout between formerUFC Flyweight Championship challenger (also formerLFA Flyweight Champion)Brandon Royval and formerRIZIN Bantamweight ChampionManel Kape is scheduled to headline the event.[2] The pairing was originally expected to headlineUFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev in March 2025, but Royval had to withdraw due to multiple concussions.[3] They were later rebooked to compete atUFC 317 in June 2025; however, Kape withdrew due to a broken foot.[4]
A women's flyweight bout between formerLFA Women's Flyweight Champion Jamey-Lyn Horth and Tereza Bledá is scheduled for this event.[5] They were originally scheduled to compete atUFC on ESPN: Usman vs. Buckley in June but Bledá was forced to withdraw from the fight due to a staph infection.[6][7]
A women's bantamweight bout between Luana Santos and Melissa Croden is scheduled for this event.[8] The pairing was originally set forUFC on ESPN: Bonfim vs. Brown in November, but was moved to this card for undisclosed reasons.[9]
A women's strawweight bout betweenGillian Robertson and Iasmin Lucindo was scheduled for this event.[10] However, Lucindo withdrew due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by formerUFC Women's Strawweight Championship challengerAmanda Lemos.[11]
| Fight card (ESPN2 / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Flyweight | Brandon Royval | vs. | Manel Kape | ||||
| Featherweight | Giga Chikadze | vs. | Kevin Vallejos | ||||
| Heavyweight | Kennedy Nzechukwu | vs. | Marcus Buchecha | ||||
| Featherweight | Joanderson Brito | vs. | Melsik Baghdasaryan | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Amanda Lemos | vs. | Gillian Robertson | ||||
| Featherweight | Melquizael Costa | vs. | Morgan Charrière | ||||
| Middleweight | César Almeida | vs. | Cezary Oleksiejczuk | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Melissa Croden | vs. | Luana Santos | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Jamey-Lyn Horth | vs. | Tereza Bledá | ||||
