On To the Next One | Matches To Make After UFC Vegas 103

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 2 March 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Manel Kape ended up with a replacement opponent, took care of business in emphatic—if somewhat controversial—fashion and now looks to still be on track to fight for the UFC flyweight championship. Has he done enough to spoil plans for a rumored Alexandre Pantoja vs. Kai Kara-France title fight? On an all-new edition of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee discuss whether the UFC should make a hard pivot to Pantoja vs. Kape, a rematch of a February 2021 bout that Pantoja won by decision in what was Kape’s UFC debut. Additionally, future matchups are discussed for Cody Brundage after a wild win over Julian Marquez, under-the-radar lightweight contender Nasrat Haqparast after he scored his fifth straight victory, plus where to go with the undefeated Hyder Amil and the streaking Sam Patterson. All that, plus an avalanche of outstanding listener picks. Follow Mike Heck: @m_heckjr Follow Alexander K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:28.3	Well, hello there, everybody, and welcome to a brand new edition of On to the next one.
0:36.0	Yes, the matchmaking crowns are back on following UFC Vegas 103, the UFC's unforgettable return to the world's most famous Apex. And while the card
0:41.4	was absolute garbo on paper, it actually over-delivered in action. Ten fights, a bunch of fun ones,
0:49.6	some good finishes. I would say nine out of the ten fights were pretty darn good. And Menel Kopp just goes out
0:58.0	and beats the hell out of Asu Amabaya. A little bit of controversy behind it. But at the end,
1:03.3	it goes down as a green check mark next to Minal Kopp's name in his first main event. But I and
1:08.5	Mike Kaka joining me to discuss the follow-up from this
1:11.7	car from a matchmaking perspective as the co-host, the co-matchmaker, the Prince of Positivity,
1:16.8	and gosh darn it, my best friend. He is Alexander Cayley, AKA, happy Sunday to you, sir.
1:21.9	What's up, my best friend? Very happy Sunday. Happy Saturday. Happy Sunday. Happy weekend. I hope for everyone. It was a good time.
1:27.7	I bet when you logged on for that post-fight show, you didn't think that.
1:32.1	Oh, no, you probably did know. I just say that whatever happened at the conclusion of Vegas 103 wouldn't be the biggest story of the night.
1:37.9	It was a wild night in combat sports.
1:40.7	We had because I think when you were doing the show, it was in the, it was in the middle of had the main event of, uh, Tank and Roach started.
1:49.1	No.
1:49.7	No.
1:50.0	So had the main event as it may, I think the walkouts were happening at the tail end.
1:54.8	Yeah.
1:55.2	So the main event of that box, sorry guys, we'll talk Vegas more vaguen a second, but the main event of that boxing match hadn't even started.
2:00.8	Uh, I hope I'm not spoiling this for anyone,
2:02.9	incredibly controversial about Lamont Roach,
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