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Kyoji Horiguchi

Kyoji Horiguchi

Known for Acting

10/12/1990(Age 35)
Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Professional mixed martial artist competing in the Bellator MMA Bantamweight division.

Known For (29 credits)

RIZIN DECADE
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RIZIN DECADE

2024

Witness the Fight Card of the Decade! Celebrate 10 years of Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation's spectacular martial arts legacy with the ultimate year-end event! This is more than a fight card—it’s a night of champions, legends, and rising stars.

RIZIN 47
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RIZIN 47

2024

Kyoji Horiguchi faces former Bellator champion Sergio Pettis in a revenge match!

RIZIN 45
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RIZIN 45

2023

RIZIN 45 live from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The main event will be a bantamweight title showdown between Juan Archuleta and Kai Asakura. American athlete “The Spaniard” Archuleta picked up the RIZIN title earlier this year and is now looking to add his first title defense. Additionally, the 36-year-old athlete is a former Bellator MMA world champion. Japan’s Kai Asakura is a fan favorite. He and his brother are known for their exciting and tactical style of fighting. Throughout his career, the majority of his wins were captured by way of knockout or TKO. Asakura is coming off a of knockout by way of a knee to the body to earn his title shot.

Bellator MMA x RIZIN 2
Movie

Bellator MMA x RIZIN 2

2023

Bellator MMA x Rizin 2 and Super Rizin 2 was a mixed martial arts event being co-promoted by Bellator MMA and the Rizin Fighting Federation that took place on July 30, 2023, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. A Bellator Lightweight World Grand Prix quarterfinal bout between former Bellator Featherweight Champion A. J. McKee and former Bellator Lightweight Champion Patricky Pitbull was scheduled to headline the event. However, on July 26, it was announced McKee had pulled out of the bout due to medical issues and was replaced by current Rizin Lightweight Champion Roberto de Souza at a catchweight of 161 pounds.[

Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN
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Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN

2022

Bellator vs. RIZIN was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Saturday, December 31, 2022 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

RIZIN 40
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RIZIN 40

2022

RIZIN 40 was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Saturday, December 31, 2022 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

RIZIN 38
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RIZIN 38

2022

RIZIN 38 live from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event includes the continuation of their Super Atomweight Grand Prix and Hiromasa Ougikubo’s first appearance since winning a bantamweight tournament last year. In what is the biggest return of the night, RIZIN Bantamweight Champion Kyoji Horiguchi fights in Japan for the first time since late 2020, facing Kintaro in the main event.

Bellator 279: Cyborg vs. Blencowe 2
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Bellator 279: Cyborg vs. Blencowe 2

2022

Bellator 279: Cyborg vs. Blencowe 2 is a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took take place on April 23, 2022, at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.

Bellator 272: Pettis vs. Horiguchi
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Bellator 272: Pettis vs. Horiguchi

2021

Sergio Pettis vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (Bantamweight) Emmanuel Sanchez vs. Jeremy Kennedy (Featherweight) Josh Hill vs. Jared Scoggins (Bantamweight) Johnny Eblen vs. Collin Huckbody (Middleweight)

RIZIN 26
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RIZIN 26

2020

RIZIN 26 live from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The bill is topped by a highly anticipated rematch between current Rizin bantamweight kingpin Kai Asakura and former titleholder Kyoji Horiguchi. The two first met in a non-title affair when Horiguchi held both the Rizin and Bellator gold. Asakura finished the former UFC flyweight in just over a minute. The rivals were set to fight again at the New Year’s Eve show last year, but a leg injury forced Horiguchi to the sidelines and set the table for a title bout between Asakura and Manel Kape. Kape left with the strap, but it eventually found its way back to Asakura. Now, Horiguchi hopes to not only avenge his prior loss, but regain the belt he was forced to vacate.

RIZIN 18
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RIZIN 18

2019

RIZIN 18 live from the Dolphins Arena in Nagoya, Japan. In the evening’s main event, former UFC title challenger and current Rizin and Bellator champion Kyoji Horiguchi takes on rising star Kai Asakura. The co-main event pits the promotion’s women’s super atomweight titleholder Ayaka Hamasaki against Thailand’s Suwanan Boonsorn in a non-title affair.

Bellator 222: MacDonald vs. Gracie
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Bellator 222: MacDonald vs. Gracie

2019

Machida vs. Sonnen June 14, 2019 Madison Square Garden New York, NY The event featured a Bellator Welterweight Championship bout between the champion Rory MacDonald and Neiman Gracie. The bout served as both a title defense for MacDonald and a semi-final match in the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix. The event also featured a light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida and Chael Sonnen, as well as a Bellator Bantamweight Championship bout between current champ Darrion Caldwell and Kyoji Horiguchi. The bout was a rematch from the 2018 meeting between the two that took place at RIZIN 14 on New Year's Eve.