Manel Kape and Muhammad Mokaev really do not like each other.
Tensions continued to escalate between the two UFC 304 flyweights on Wednesday when footage emerged of a brawl at the event’s host hotel in Manchester. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck confirmed with sources with knowledge of the situation that the clip circulating on social media was indeed a melee between Kape and Mokaev, which can be watched below.
Afterward, both Kape and Mokaev addressed the situation on their Instagram Stories.
Kape posted a photo of Mokaev with a cut above his left brow that read “my bitch forever,” while Mokaev circled a screenshot of Kape’s face during the melee with the caption “Help.”
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Kape and Mokaev are set to collide with actual money on the line this Saturday in a three-round flyweight bout on the preliminary card of UFC 304, with the winner potentially being elevated into title contention for UFC champion Alexandre Pantoja’s flyweight belt.
In early July, fellow UFC fighter Jean Silva claimed he witnessed Kape attack Mokaev outside the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas, however Kape recently told MMA Fighting that the story was merely made up as a way to “spice up the fight.”
UFC 304 takes place July 27 at the Co-op Live in Manchester, England.