Almabayev and Manel Kape clashed in a pivotal flyweight matchup between two of the division’s top contenders last weekend at the Apex. Almabayev stepped up on weeks’ notice to face Kape after Brandon ...

Still, his poor shooting from there might have had to do with his brutal eye injury after suffering an elbow to the face by Hawks center Clint Capela. His left eye did not look pretty.