A total of 13 bouts have been confirmed for UFC Fight Night: Royval vs Kape at UFC Apex in Las Vegas on March 1, aka UFC Vegas 103. The lineup is headlined by a five-round flyweight title eliminator.
Former 125 lbs title challenger Brandon Royval (17-7) of Denver, Colorado and Angolan-born Portuguese Manel Kape (20-7) square off atop the fight card in an attempt to secure the next shot at the division’s belt. The middleweight bout between Cody Brundage (10-6, 1 NC) of Chapin, South Carolina and Julian Marquez (9-5) of Kansas City, Missouri has been made official as the co-main event.
Also confirmed on Friday is a recently reported flyweight matchup between Australia’s former title challenger Steve Erceg (12-3) and Asu Almabayev (12-2) of Kazakhstan. The flyweight bout between JJ Aldrich (13-7) of Denver, Colorado and Andrea Lee (13-10) of Atlanta, Texas is now also official.
Three new bouts have been added to the lineup of action. Douglas Silva de Andrade (29-6, 1 NC) of Brazil takes on John Castaneda (21-7) of Dallas, Texas at bantamweight. Ricardo Ramos (17-6) of Brazil and Chepe Mariscal (17-6, 1 NC) of Denver, Colorado go head-to-head at featherweight. Austen Lane (13-5, 1 NC) of Iola, Wisconsin and Mario Pinto (9-0) of Portugal clash at heavyweight.
The current UFC Vegas 103 lineup is as follows:
- Brandon Royval vs. Manel Kape
- Cody Brundage vs. Julian Marquez
- Nasrat Haqparast vs. Esteban Ribovics
- Charles Johnson vs. Ramazonbek Temirov
- Asu Almabayev vs. Steve Erceg
- Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. John Castaneda
- William Gomis vs. Hyder Amil
- Andrea Lee vs. JJ Aldrich
- Ricardo Ramos vs. Chepe Mariscal
- Sam Patterson vs. Danny Barlow
- Luana Carolina vs. Montana De La Rosa
- Lucas Almeida vs. Danny Silva
- Austen Lane vs. Mario Pinto