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Kyoji Horiguchi set up the possibility of a rubber match with Sergio Pettis today at RIZIN 47, by defeating the former Bellator champ in the card’s main event.

Pettis came from behind to knock Horiguchi out with … Read More

RIZIN continues to build out its upcoming schedule, as recently the Japanese promotion announced a rematch between Kyoji Horiguchi and Sergio Pettis.

The decorated fighters will square off for the second time at RIZIN 47, which is taking place on … Read More

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RIZIN’s latest, New Year’s Eve card is in the books, and the event saw Kai Askakura and Kyoji Horiguchi leave with championship belts.

Asakaura faced now-former champ, Juan Archuleta in the card’s co-main event. Archuleta was stripped … Read More

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Bellator and Rizin are teaming up again, as recently the organizations announced that they are co-promoting a card in Saitama, Japan, on July 30th.

The card will feature bouts that take place in the Bellator cage as … Read More

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Ray Borg will face one of Bellator’s top fighters in his promotional debut, as it’s being reported the former UFC contender will take on former champ, Kyoji Horiguchi.

Borg (16-5) is headed to Bellator after winning three … Read More

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Bellator has announced that as many expected, Kyoji Horiguchi’s return to the promotion’s cage will be against bantamweight champ, Sergio Pettis.

Horiguchi won Bellator’s bantamweight title in 2019 by recording a decision win over Darrion Caldwell. But, … Read More

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Bellator has bolstered its roster, as recently Scott Coker announced that the promotion has signed decorated bantamweight, Kyoji Horiguchi.

Recently, Horiguchi reported that he is no longer signed with RIZIN and that he was a free agent. … Read More

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Kyoji Horiguchi is once again RIZIN’s bantamweight champion, as the former UFC contender avenged his loss to Kai Asakura today at RIZIN 26.

Horiguchi, who was fighting for the first time since Asakura stopped him in August, … Read More

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The weigh-in results are over for RIZIN 26, and the card’s championship bout between Kai Asakura and Kyoji Horiguchi is proceeding.

Horiguchi will be fighting for the first time since August, 2019, when he was stopped by … Read More

By FCF Staff

Kyoji Horiguchi has gone 10-1 since he exited the UFC in 2016, and has impressed MMA insiders and hardcore fans here in North America. But, his coach Mike Brown believes Horiguchi remains an extremely, underappreciated fighter.

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RIZIN Fighting Federation will close out the 2020 year with a New Year’s Eve card, and several of the promotion’s biggest names will be competing.

In the headliner, former bantamweight champ Kyoji Horiguchi (28-3) will look to … Read More

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Recently Kyoji Horiguchi relinquished RIZIN’s bantamweight title, after undergoing knee surgery, and now he’s done the same with Bellator’s 135 crown.

Horigicuchi won Bellator’s bantamweight title by earning a decision win over Darrion Caldwell in June. In … Read More

By FCF Staff

Not only will RIZIN 20 no longer feature Kyoji Horiguchi in action, the Japanese star has been forced to vacate the promotion’s bantamweight title after injuring his knee.

Recently RIZIN announced that Horiguchi will no longer fight … Read More

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RIZIN 18 took place today in Nagoya, Japan, and the card saw Kai Asakura score an upset win over bantamweight champ, Kyoji Horiguchi, in a non-title fight.

Asakura took Horiguchi out in the opening round with a … Read More

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