Tampa – UFC flyweight Manel Kape is fully focused on the Alexandre Pantoja and the title following his win at UFC Tampa on Saturday night.
In the octagon following the fight Kape went off with some colorful language aimed at Brandon Moreno, Kai Kara-France and Israel Adesanya.
“No that’s the truth. I know they want to put me to fight somebody else before Pantoja, but it can’t be. I’m tired of this bullsh*t of Kai Kara-France. We’ve been booked two times, he didn’t show up the first time, and then second time he didn’t show up again,” Kape told reporters including Cageside Press at his post-fight scrum.
“He said that he was not ready to fight because he is going to have a son or whatever. I have a daughter and sometimes I don’t see her all day.”
Kape (20-7) is visibly impatient with anything standing in his way of a title shot. Fighters careers don’t last very long, and he’s in a hurry to get to gold.
“I’m not going to wait (for) anybody. I’m here a long time in UFC. I’m 31-years-old, I’m not going to be 31 forever, it’s my time to get the title shot,” he said.
In between the second and third rounds Kape went over to where UFC CEO Dana White was sitting and they had a short conversation. White, in his post-fight scrum, said that he told him he’d speak with him after the fight.
“Me and Dana we are neighbors. We live 10 minutes away of each other. If he don’t get the conversation, I’m going to his home,” Kape said with a bit of a smile.
“I’m going to knock his door because we live in Summerlin in Vegas so it’s easy. (I’ll) catch him.”
Watch the entire post-fight scrum with Manel Kape above.
