UFC FIGHT NIGHT: ROYVAL vs KAPE takes place Saturday, December 13 in Las Vegas. The prelims will be available on ESPN+ (English and Spanish) beginning at 7pm ET/4pm PT and on ESPN2 which will join in progress at 9:30pm ET/6:30pm PT. The main card will be available on ESPN2, ESPN Desportes and ESPN+ beginning 10pm ET/7pm PT.

UFC hosts its final event of 2025 at UFC APEX with an all-action flyweight main event as No. 3 ranked contender Brandon Royval goes toe-to-toe with No. 6 Manel Kape. Also on the card, No. 15 ranked featherweight contender Giga Chikadze returns to the Octagon to take on rising prospect Kevin Vallejos. Royval returns to action for the first time since facing off with Joshua Van at UFC 317 in Las Vegas during International Fight Week, where the former title challenger landed on the wrong side of the cards, but came away with a second consecutive Fight of the Night bonus. The 33-year-old Colorado-based “Raw Dawg” has faced ranked competitors exclusively since arriving in the UFC midway through 2020 and looks to reaffirm his standing as one of the top talents in the 125-pound weight class with an expedient return to the win column.

Kape had visions of a quick climb to the top of the division when he joined the UFC roster at the start of 2021, and after stumbling out of the gates, he’s never been closer to challenging for gold than he is now. “Starboy” has earned back-to-back stoppage wins and victories in six of his last seven outings, and a victory on Saturday could very well punch his ticket to a championship opportunity in 2026. First paired off in a five-round main event in March, Royval was forced to withdraw, and Kape went on to defeat Asu Almabayev. Then in June, it was Kape that suffered an injury and bowed out, resulting in Royval facing Van on short notice and landing on the wrong side of the scorecards. Finally, the flyweight contenders are healthy and ready to stand opposite one another inside the Octagon for what should be an electric final UFC contest in 2025.

Currently positioned at No. 15 in the 145-pound rankings, Chikadze looks to close out the year by halting a two-fight skid and sending himself into the new year with a little renewed momentum. The Georgian kickboxer has shared the Octagon with a host of the top names in the division over the course of his six-year, 11-fight run and looks to recapture the form that produced stoppage wins over Cub Swanson and Edson Barboza. One of the most hyped members of the Dana White’s Contender Series (DWCS) Class of ’24, Vallejos has made good on the excitement surrounding his arrival thus far, earning victories in each of his first two Octagon appearances. Last time out, the 23-year-old Argentinian collected a unanimous decision victory over fellow DWCS alum Danny Silva, advancing his record to 16-1 in the process.

Melissa Croden and Luana Santos share the Octagon this weekend in a compelling matchup in the bantamweight division. Croden made her promotional debut in Vancouver back in October, building into her bout with Tainara Lisboa and maintaining her 100-percent finishing rate with a stoppage victory late in the third round. Santos, who sits at No. 15 in the 135-pound ranks, also enters off a stoppage win over Lisboa, having tapped out her compatriot in May in her return to the division. It’s a battle of undefeated, debuting heavyweights here as Allen Frye Jr. and Guilherme Pat face off early in the night this weekend.

A protégé of UFC veteran Derek Brunson, Frye Jr. has won each of his first six fights, all by KO or TKO, with each of the last three coming inside the first round. Sporting a 5-0 record with four finishes, Pat competes for the first time since August 2024 after being forced out of his Contender Series assignment this fall for undisclosed reasons. Business on Saturday gets underway in the flyweight division, as Jamey-Lyn Horth squares off with Tereza Bleda. Squamish, British Columbia’s Horth has alternated results throughout her UFC tenure and touches down in Las Vegas off a unanimous decision win over Vanessa Demopoulos. A couple weeks removed from turning 24, Bleda competes for the first time since June 2023 when she picked up a unanimous decision win over Gabriella Fernandes to move to 7-1 overall. Tune is below for complete Match Card and event detail for UFC FightNight Royval vs. Kape December 13th, 2025.