Fighters react to Manel Kape's TKO of Kyoji Horiguchi at UFC Vegas 119

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Manel Kape got his revenge and made a statement for a flyweight title shot in Saturday's UFC Fight Night 279 rematch with Kyoji Horiguchi.

Kape (23-7 MMA, 8-3 UFC) redeemed his December 2017 submission loss to Horiguchi (36-6 MMA, 9-2 UFC) with a third-round TKO at Meta APEX in Las Vegas, extending his streak to four and putting him near the forefront of the 125-pound title conversation.

Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Kape beating Horiguchi at UFC Fight Night 279.

The men of the hour

Your #UFCVegas119 main event is in the building!

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— UFC (@ufc) June 21, 2026

Los estelares se reportan listos allá atras #UFCVegas119pic.twitter.com/CZtMioqLgu

— UFC Español (@UFCEspanol) June 21, 2026

Gloves have touched

Manel Kape vs Kyoji Horiguchi - who you got?? #UFCVegas119pic.twitter.com/uzPxJHiAyJ

— UFC_AUSNZ (@UFC_AUSNZ) June 21, 2026

Everything on the line @ManelKape vs @Kyoji1012

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— UFC (@ufc) June 21, 2026

10-9 Horiguchi

— Léo Guimaraes (@leoguimaraesmma) June 21, 2026

Oh Kyoji rattled him with that left hand good

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) June 21, 2026

Horiguchi wobbled and dropped Kape. Stayed active on the ground to dominate the round. 20-18 #UFCVegas119

— Korean John (@KoreanJohn_) June 21, 2026

Letting 'em FLY

[ @Kyoji1012 | #UFCVegas119 | LIVE NOW on @ParamountPlus ] pic.twitter.com/BVwqr9hXa2

— UFC (@ufc) June 21, 2026

STARBOY GETS THE FINISH #UFCVegas119pic.twitter.com/zwf4PomE3f

— UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount) June 21, 2026

STARBOY GETS IT DONE @ManelKape earns the RD3 TKO!

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— UFC (@ufc) June 21, 2026

@ManelKape congratulations my brother

— Jean "Lord" Silva (@Jeansilvamma96) June 21, 2026

Kape vs van if pantoja still is healing

— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) June 21, 2026

Manel Kape's four-fight knockout streak is the longest in UFC flyweight history. He passes Joseph Benavidez for most knockouts in flyweight history with six. #UFCVegas119

— Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) June 21, 2026

#UFCVegas119 results: Manel Kape def. Kyoji Horiguchi via KO (punches) – Round 3, 2:42

Full coverage https://t.co/n0jL3FpEG6pic.twitter.com/68Yg4lF01I

— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) June 21, 2026

Manel vs van would be fire boxing

— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) June 21, 2026

Four straight finishes @ManelKape just launched himself into championship contention with ANOTHER finish at #UFCVegas119! pic.twitter.com/8yEeS8DrN6

— UFC (@ufc) June 21, 2026

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Vegas 119: Fighters react to Manel Kape beating Kyoji Horiguchi

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