Overview
- UFC Vegas 119 will take place at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 20, with the card streaming on Paramount+ and the main card scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET.
- At official weigh‑ins on Friday, June 19, both headliners made the limit—Kyoji Horiguchi at 125 pounds and Manel Kape at 126—while undercard fighter Kevin Borjas missed by three pounds and forfeited 20 percent of his purse.
- Promoters and outlets are treating the bout as a de facto title‑eliminator because UFC champion Joshua Van is booked for a rematch later this year, so the winner here would be well placed to challenge for the 125‑pound belt.
- Betting markets listed Manel Kape as the favorite across major books, with lines around Kape -162 and Horiguchi +136, reflecting public expectations and stylistic analysis by experts.
- The rematch ties to their 2017 RIZIN meeting, which Horiguchi won by submission, and both fighters used media day to stake claims—Horiguchi vowed a decisive win and Kape said he chose the fight to prove himself to the division.