UFC Vegas 119 face offs, staredowns video: Manel Kape behaves, Navajo Stirling is tall AF

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JUNE 19: (L-R) Manel Kape of Angola and Kyoji Horiguchi of Japan face off during the UFC Fight Night official weigh-ins at Meta APEX on June 19, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently tied a ribbon around its UFC Vegas 119 weigh ins event, the last stop before tomorrow night’s “Kape vs. Horiguchi 2” MMA event on Paramount+. Flyweight headliners Manel Kape and Kyoji Horiguchi came face-to-face ahead of their five-round rematch and it was nothing but respect.

Have a look:

A sense of familiarity @ManelKape vs @Kyoji1012

[ #UFCVegas119 | SAT JUNE 20 | 8pmET LIVE on @ParamountPlus ] pic.twitter.com/3UbaGxTQn7

— UFC (@ufc) June 19, 2026

A very important fight for the 125-pound division.

In the UFC Vegas 119 co-main event, Ion Cutelaba tries to quell the uprising of undefeated City Kickboxing star Navajo Stirling, who is very tall for the 205-pound division and has a generous height and reach advantage over the aging “Hulk.”

You don’t wanna’ miss this matchup @ICutelaba vs Navajo Stirling

[ #UFCVegas119 | SAT JUNE 20 | 8pmET LIVE on @ParamountPlus ] pic.twitter.com/X7pG257K8i

— UFC (@ufc) June 19, 2026

A tall order for Cutelaba (har har).

“I can tell you one thing, I’m not going to be moving back,” Cutelaba said at the UFC Vegas 119 media day. “I don’t care who’s in front of me. I never pick somebody who’s in front of me. I’m gonna go out there, and as they say, I am willing to die inside that Octagon to get a victory.”

For the rest of the UFC Vegas 119 fight card and Paramount+ lineup click here.

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