Kyoji Horiguchi

"Karate Kid"

AGE	35 / Oct 12, 1990
HEIGHT	5'5" / 165.1 cm
WEIGHT	126 lbs / 57.15 kg

ASSOCIATION
American Top Team

CLASS
Flyweight

Wins 36

KO / TKO

42%

SUBMISSIONS

17%

DECISIONS

42%

Losses 5

KO / TKO

40%

SUBMISSIONS

20%

DECISIONS

40%

N/C 1

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Amir Albazi	UFC Fight Night 266 - Bautista vs. Oliveira Feb / 07 / 2026	Decision (Unanimous) Keith Peterson VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Tagir Ulanbekov	UFC Fight Night 265 - Tsarukyan vs. Hooker Nov / 22 / 2025	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Rich Mitchell VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	2:18
win	Nkazimulo Zulu	Rizin FF - Rizin Bangaichi / Rizin 49: Decade Dec / 31 / 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Masato Fukuda	3	5:00
win	Sergio Pettis	Rizin FF - Rizin 47 Jun / 09 / 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Masato Fukuda	3	5:00
win	Makoto Takahashi	Rizin FF - Rizin 45 Dec / 31 / 2023	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Minoru Toyonaga	2	3:44
NC	Makoto Takahashi	Bellator MMA x Rizin 2 - Pitbull vs. de Souza Jul / 29 / 2023	No Contest (Accidental Eye Poke) Jason Herzog VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	0:25
win	Hiromasa Ougikubo	Rizin FF - Rizin 40: Bellator MMA vs. Rizin Dec / 31 / 2022	Decision (Unanimous) Jason Herzog	3	5:00
win	Yuto Hokamura	Rizin FF - Super Rizin / Rizin 38 Sep / 25 / 2022	Technical Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) Masato Fukuda	2	2:59
loss	Patrick Mix	Bellator 279 - Cyborg vs. Blencowe 2 Apr / 23 / 2022	Decision (Unanimous) Chris West VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
loss	Sergio Pettis	Bellator 272 - Pettis vs. Horiguchi Dec / 03 / 2021	KO (Spinning Backfist) Todd Anderson VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	4	3:24
win	Kai Asakura	Rizin FF - Rizin 26 Dec / 31 / 2020	KO (Punches) Minoru Toyonaga	1	2:48
loss	Kai Asakura	Rizin FF - Rizin 18 Aug / 18 / 2019	KO (Punches) Masato Fukuda	1	1:08
win	Darrion Caldwell	Bellator 222 - MacDonald vs. Gracie Jun / 14 / 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Todd Anderson VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
win	Ben Nguyen	Rizin FF - Rizin 15 Apr / 21 / 2019	KO (Punches) Jason Herzog	1	2:53
win	Darrion Caldwell	Rizin FF - Rizin 14 Dec / 31 / 2018	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Jason Herzog	3	1:13
win	Hiromasa Ougikubo	Rizin FF - Rizin 11 Jul / 29 / 2018	Decision (Unanimous) Jason Herzog	2	5:00
win	Ian McCall	Rizin FF - Rizin 10 May / 06 / 2018	KO (Punch) Minoru Toyonaga	1	0:09
win	Shintaro Ishiwatari	Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: Final Round Dec / 31 / 2017	KO (Punches) Minoru Toyonaga	2	0:14
win	Manel Kape	Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: Final Round Dec / 31 / 2017	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) Yoshinori Umeki	3	4:27
win	Gabriel Leite de Oliveira	Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 2nd Round Dec / 29 / 2017	TKO (Punches) Yoshinori Umeki	1	4:30
win	Hideo Tokoro	Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 1st Round Jul / 30 / 2017	KO (Punches) Yoshinori Umeki	1	1:49
win	Yuki Motoya	Rizin 5 - Rizin 2017 in Yokohama: Sakura Apr / 16 / 2017	Decision (Unanimous) Jason Herzog VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	5:00
win	Ali Bagautinov	UFC Fight Night 99 - Mousasi vs. Hall 2 Nov / 19 / 2016	Decision (Unanimous) Grant Waterman VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Neil Seery	UFC Fight Night 87 - Overeem vs. Arlovski May / 08 / 2016	Decision (Unanimous) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Chico Camus	UFC Fight Night 75 - Barnett vs. Nelson Sep / 26 / 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Steve Perceval VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
loss	Demetrious Johnson	UFC 186 - Johnson vs. Horiguchi Apr / 25 / 2015	Submission (Armbar) Yves Lavigne VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	4:59
win	Louis Gaudinot	UFC 182 - Jones vs. Cormier Jan / 03 / 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Jon delos Reyes	UFC Fight Night 52 - Hunt vs. Nelson Sep / 20 / 2014	TKO (Punches) Steve Perceval VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:48
win	Darrell Montague	UFC Fight Night 40 - Brown vs. Silva May / 10 / 2014	Decision (Unanimous) Gary Copeland VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Dustin Pague	UFC 166 - Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3 Oct / 19 / 2013	TKO (Punches) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	3:51
win	Shintaro Ishiwatari	Vale Tudo Japan - VTJ 2nd Jun / 22 / 2013	TKO (Head Kicks and Punches) Toshiharu Suzuki	5	0:41
win	Hiromasa Ougikubo	Shooto - 2nd Round 2013 Mar / 16 / 2013	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Toshiharu Suzuki	2	1:35
win	Ian Loveland	Vale Tudo Japan - VTJ 1st Dec / 24 / 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Kenichi Serizawa	3	5:00
win	Manabu Inoue	Shooto - 8th Round Jul / 16 / 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Toshiharu Suzuki	3	5:00
win	Tetsu Suzuki	Shooto - 3rd Round Mar / 10 / 2012	TKO (Punches) Toshiharu Suzuki	1	2:06
loss	Masakatsu Ueda	Shooto - Survivor Tournament Final Jan / 08 / 2012	Decision (Majority) Toshiharu Suzuki	3	5:00
win	Naohiro Mizuno	Shooto - Shootor's Legacy 4 Sep / 23 / 2011	KO (Punches) Toshiharu Suzuki	2	3:26
win	Yuta Nezu	Shooto - Shootor's Legacy 3 Jul / 18 / 2011	KO (Punch) Toshiharu Suzuki	1	3:17
win	Takahiro Hosoi	Shooto - Shooto Tradition 2011 Apr / 29 / 2011	TKO (Punches) Toshiharu Suzuki VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	1:06
win	Seiji Akao	Shooto - The Rookie Tournament 2010 Final Dec / 18 / 2010	TKO (Punches) Toshiharu Suzuki	2	0:43
win	Keita Ishibashi	Shooto - Gig Tokyo 5 Aug / 07 / 2010	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Taro Wakabayashi	1	2:23
win	Ranki Kawana	Shooto - Kitazawa Shooto Vol. 3 May / 09 / 2010	Decision (Unanimous) Toshiharu Suzuki	2	5:00

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