Kape was twice scheduled to fight Royval earlier this year. Most recently, Kape pulled out of UFC 317 in June. Van replaced Kape and beat Royval in a Fight of the Year frontrunner to earn a title shot, subsequently beating Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 323 to win the flyweight championship.

Brandon Royval rarely—if ever—falls short of expectations in terms of entertainment value, especially when he has a willing dance partner standing across from him.

Manuel Torres feels like he's ready to take on the top of the lightweight rankings following his knockout win at UFC 323.

The first preliminary fight on the UFC 323 card ended in spectacular fashion. Featherweights Mairon Santos (17-1) and Muhammad Naimov (13-4) shared the Octagon inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Santos was getting the better of Naimov in the standup, and it led to a one-punch knockout in the third round.

Ortsa Gudaev handed Rafael Dias his first stoppage-loss since 2018 when the pair met in a featherweight bout at Core FC 2 in Turkiye.

Marion Santos pushed his UFC record to 4-0 earlier tonight (Sat., Dec. 6, 2025) at UFC 323 LIVE on ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV) from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, stopping featherweight Muhammad Naimov with a nasty third-round TKO (punches).