UFC Results: Kape Stops Horiguchi, Du Plessis Beats Usman
Manel Kape stopped Kyoji Horiguchi by TKO at 2:42 of the third round in the UFC Fight Night main event on June 20, 2026. The bout took place at Meta APEX in Las Vegas. Horiguchi had returned to the UFC after competing for several years outside the promotion, and Kape’s finish ended the flyweight contest before the judges were needed.
The result is one part of a completed card that also featured a second-round knockout by Navajo Stirling over Ion Cutelaba and a first-round twister submission by Murtazali Magomedov over Melsik Baghdasaryan. UFC’s official event page records the Kape–Horiguchi method and time, while its results recap lists the other finishes.
A separate item in the original roundup previewed Dricus du Plessis against Kamaru Usman. That middleweight fight took place on July 18 in Oklahoma City. Du Plessis won by unanimous decision after five rounds, with all three judges scoring the bout in his favor. It was a completed result, not a future matchup.
These two events produced different outcomes and should not be conflated: Kape’s win came by third-round stoppage in Las Vegas, while du Plessis earned a decision in Oklahoma City. UFC’s official event records confirm both results and the dates. The article’s other June-era rumor items are omitted here because they do not change either official result.
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