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The Fight Brief

Andre Fili vs. Kai Kamaka III

UFC Fight Night · October 10, 2026 · Meta Apex · Main Card 8:00 PM ET

The brief

What kind of fight
Balanced finisher vs. decision-oriented veteran
Finish likelihood
Medium
The line
Fili -155 · III +125Consensus (multiple sportsbooks)
The stakes
Featherweight · Main Card

The read

Fili's varied finishing ability and the questions around Kamaka's chin after a recent knockout loss make him the favorite to get a finish or a clear decision.

Kamaka's craft and experience have kept him competitive against sharper strikers before, so a measured, close fight that goes to the scorecards is still very much live.

The matchup

Andre Fili
Well-Rounded Veteran Finisher
Long-tenured UFC veteran · Balanced finishing rate · One-fight win streak
GrapplingStriking
Kai Kamaka III
Decision-Heavy Veteran
Las Vegas-based · UFC veteran · Low finish rate
GrapplingStriking

This is a veteran-versus-veteran featherweight fight between two long-tenured names trying to stay relevant in a crowded division.

Fili's balanced finishing rate — 10 knockouts and three submissions among his 25 wins — gives him more ways to end the fight than Kamaka, whose 18 wins have come almost entirely by decision.

Kamaka's recent knockout loss to Luke Riley raises durability questions that a finisher like Fili is built to exploit.

Tale of the tape

25-13Record18-8-1
36Age31
5'11"Height5'7"
74"Reach69"
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
United StatesCountryUnited States
Team Alpha MaleTeam808 Fight Factory / Xtreme Couture

The numbers

Career UFC averages. Red bar = statistical edge.

Andre FiliKai Kamaka III
—Sig. strikes landed / min (volume)—
—Striking accuracy (precision)—
—Sig. strikes absorbed / min (lower is better)—
—Striking defense (strikes avoided)—
—Takedowns / 15 min (wrestling offense)—
—Takedown accuracy—
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—Submission attempts / 15 min—

The fighters

Andre Fili 25-13

“Touchy”

Andre "Touchy" Fili is a 36-year-old American featherweight and a more-than-decade-long UFC veteran out of Team Alpha Male, with 10 of his 25 career wins coming by knockout. He answered a split-decision loss to Jose Delgado with a second-round knockout of Vinicius Oliveira in June 2026, his also having a no-contest on his record not reflected in the win-loss total. He now meets fellow featherweight veteran Kai Kamaka III in a clash between two long-tenured names in the division.

How they win
10 KO/TKO3 SUB12 DEC
How they lose
4 KO/TKO3 SUB6 DEC
Last 3 fights
  • WVinicius Oliveira · KO/TKOUFC Fight Night · June 20, 2026
  • LJose Delgado · Decision (split)UFC Fight Night · March 15, 2026
  • WChristian Rodriguez · Decision (split)UFC Fight Night · August 9, 2025

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Kai Kamaka III 18-8-1

“Da Fighting Hawaiian”

Kai "Da Fighting Hawaiian" Kamaka III is a 31-year-old American featherweight fighting out of Las Vegas, a long-tenured UFC veteran whose 18 career wins have come almost entirely by decision. He answered a knockout loss to Luke Riley at UFC 329 with this booking against fellow veteran Andre Fili, a measuring-stick fight between two long-serving names in a crowded division.

How they win
3 KO/TKO1 SUB14 DEC
How they lose
3 KO/TKO0 SUB5 DEC
Last 3 fights
  • LLuke Riley · KO/TKO (punches)UFC 329 · July 11, 2026
  • WDakota Hope · Decision (split)UFC Fight Night · April 4, 2026

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