Manel Kape broke the record for the most knockouts in UFC flyweight history against Kyoji Horiguchi on Saturday night.‘StarBoy’ flattened Horiguchi with an uppercut in round three of their UFC Vegas 119 main event, cementing his name in the mix for a shot at Joshua Van‘s 125lbs title.Kape has earned back-to-back-to-back Performance of the Night bonuses, claiming a record-breaking sixth UFC flyweight KO in Sin CityGettyThe statement win marked Kape’s third consecutive KO and sixth overall in Dana White‘s promotion to put him ahead of Joseph Benavidez’s prior record-setting five flyweight stoppages.Van is the current UFC flyweight champion, having won the belt under dramatic circumstances against former dominant king Alexandre Pantoja in December.The 24-year-old defended his throne against Tatsuro Taira at UFC 328 last month, and a rematch against Pantoja was the obvious next title fight to make.However, Kape’s performance prompts a potential tough decision for the UFC, as it’s clear ‘StarBoy’ believes his next outing will be for flyweight gold.Kape demands title shot after KO win“I don’t know what the UFC’s plans are,” Kape told Daniel Cormier after his victory in Las Vegas.“I thought my last performance [against Brandon Royval] was supposed to be for the title…“I’ve fought the best in this division. The greatest fighter in this division needs to fight for the belt.”Addressing the media in his post-fight press conference, Kape was confident his win ‘was enough’ to secure a shot at Van’s belt next.“Even last time when I fought Brandon Royval, it was enough,” Kape said.“Everything I do in the cage was enough because I win spectacularly – I finish guys.View Tweet: https://x.com/hashtag/UFCVegas119?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwKape is confident his next fight will be for the UFC flyweight titleGettyVan, the second-youngest champion in UFC history behind Jon Jones, currently holds the beltGetty“But let [Van and Pantoja] fight. I need to take some time off, take care of business, chill out with family and see my friends. I just want to rest a little bit.”How Kape made UFC historyKape met Japanese veteran Horiguchi in the headliner of the UFC’s latest Fight Night show at the Meta Apex.He wobbled Horiguchi with a rapid combination early in a tense round one, but the latter matched his energy in the opening exchanges, finding the target with several punishing body kicks.Horiguchi was successful with a takedown in the final seconds of the first round and found himself in top position for most of the second stanza, building up minutes of control time as Kape struggled to escape.It was arguably one apiece going into the third, but Kape came out firing, shrugging off an early takedown attempt and a massive right hand from Horiguchi to find his groove.Just at the midway point, Kape put Horiguchi on red alert with a vicious right hand that cracked his opponent, who quickly tumbled to the canvas, square on the jaw.Kape overcame some nasty shots from Horiguchi to get the job doneGetty‘StarBoy’ found the target with a strong right hand in round three and the fight was all but overGettyThe 32-year-old pounced onto his grounded opponent to seal the KOGettyThe Angolan-born Portuguese fighter smelled blood and followed up with a flurry of blows on the floor before knocking Horiguchi out cold with a lethal uppercut.Kape is now on a four-fight win streak in the UFC, earning three Performance of the Night bonuses in a row and having his arm raised in all but one of his last nine bouts.Elsewhere on the card in Sin City, Navajo Stirling extended his undefeated record to 10-0 by knocking out Ion Cutelaba in the chief support act at light heavyweight.Furthermore, Christian Rodriguez, Murtazali Magomedov and Vinicius Oliveira all claimed early stoppages on the main card.UFC ScheduleFor all the upcoming fights and results this year, check out talkSPORT.com’s UFC schedule.