"Rumors are it went to decision" - Fans react to alleged hotel altercation between teams of Muhammad Mokaev and Manel Kape ahead of UFC 304

Muhammad Mokaev and Manel Kape's team reportedly engaged in a physical altercation at a hotel before their clash at UFC 304. This came after rumors of a possible bloody altercation between Mokaev and Kape at the UFC PI months ago.

Kape is set to square off against Mokaev in a flyweight bout at UFC 304. The pay-per-view event will take place on July 27 at Co-op Live in Manchester. There is a lot of animosity between the two, which culminated in a major altercation before their scheduled fight.

During an interview with AG Fight in early July, Kape's training partner Jean Silva claimed that following some online trash talk, 'Star Boy' and Mokaev got into a physical altercation where the former bloodied up the Russian-born Englishman at the UFC PI months ago. However, Kape refuted such allegations, saying Silva had done so to hype up his matchup with the rising contender.

However, it appears like they couldn't wait until Saturday, as their teams got into a brawl at the UFC fighter hotel before UFC 304. Home of Fight took to X and shared a clip of their physical altercation.

Check out the post below:

Fans soon rushed to the comments section to share their reactions.

One fan wrote:

''Rumors are it went to decision''

Another fan stated:

''All for Mokaev to sit on his knees for 3 rounds''

Other fans wrote:

''Watch out Manel, he's going hold yor leg for 15 minutes!!!!! get out of there now.''

''UFC too cheap to book two hotels for opponets or they want this?''

Check out some more reactions below:

Screenshot of fan reactions to Home of Fight's post on X

The stakes for this matchup are extremely high, as the winner of Kape vs. Mokaev will likely receive a chance to challenge UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja.

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Manel Kape believes Muhammad Mokaev has a lot of flaws in his game

Manel Kape is eyeing a title shot against reigning champion Alexandre Pantoja if he wins against Muhammad Mokaev at UFC 304 this weekend.

At the UFC 304 media day, Kape previewed his fight with Mokaev, hoping to demonstrate that he will be too much of a step up in competition for the rising contender.

''I’m going to try to make this quick because I have to put Mokaev in his place. In my opinion, this is too early for him, but we will see. It’s too early. There is levels to this game. He never faced a championship-caliber (fighter) and I see a lot of mistakes in his game – that’s why I say it’s too early for him.” [H/t: MMA Junkie]