Former UFC flyweight contender Muhammad Mokaev was quick to appear on social media with some stern words for this weekend's main event winner, Manel Kape.
Mokaev's tenure on mixed martial arts' biggest stage concluded with a bitter feud opposite Kape, which included altercations away from the cage and culminated in a lackluster decision win for the Dagestan-born Brit at UFC 304 last July.
Having done little to impress with his performance and apparently not made friends with the matchmakers, Dana White and the UFC chose not to renew "The Punisher's" contract.
His absence from the flyweight pecking order has provide an opportunity for Kape to quickly erase the memory of his 2024 defeat, and he's done just that with back-to-back wins.
And in the aftermath of his most recent triumph over Asu Almabayev at UFC Vegas 103, Kape received a reminded about his setback in Manchester from his ex-rival.
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"There’s only one best flyweight in the world (wink)," Mokaev wrote on X.
And Mokaev followed that up with a sterner post after evidently coming across a clip of Kape trash-talking him.
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"Dirty fighter Popped on steroids Eye poked and didn’t even stopped , when I eyed poked you I stoped and let you recover! I apologised for whatever happened between us and I thought it ended but you still talking sh*t about me in every interview! because live in your head , I beat you not even in my prime and pull your pants down in front the whole world! And you will be my son for rest of life!"
For now, Mokaev is competing under the Brave CF banner as he looks to work his way back to the UFC this year.
Kape, meanwhile, is widely thought to have placed himself in line to challenge the winner of Alexandre Pantoja's expected title defense against Kai Kara-France at UFC 316 in Newark this June.