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Kyoji Horiguchi
“Karate Kid”
Flyweight
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36WINS
6LOSSES
0DRAWS
15KO/TKO
6SUB
15DEC
Upcoming bout
Tale of the tape
- Age
- 35 · born Oct 12, 1990 UFC.com
- Height
- 5′4″ 163 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 69″ 175 cm⚑ UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 38″ 97 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Flyweight UFC.com
- UFC ranking
- #5 Flyweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- MMA UFC.com
- Team / gym
- American Top Team UFC.com
- Born
- Takasaki, Japan UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- Japan UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Oct. 20, 2013 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 10 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
48%Striking accuracy555 of 1166 landed
36%Takedown accuracy15 of 42 landed
3.64Sig. strikes landedper min
2.08Sig. strikes absorbedper min
64%Striking defense
1.67Takedownsper 15 min
61%Takedown defense
0.1Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.59Knockdownsper 15 min
13:53Average fight time
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 11 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Manel Kape | KO/TKO | 3 | Jun 20, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Amir Albazi | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Feb 7, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Tagir Ulanbekov | Submission | 3 | Nov 22, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Ali Bagautinov | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Nov 19, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Neil Seery | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | May 8, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Chico Camus | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Sep 26, 2015 | ↗ |
| L | Demetrious Johnson | Submission | 5 | Apr 25, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Louis Gaudinot | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jan 3, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Jon Delos Reyes | KO/TKO | 1 | Sep 20, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Darrell Montague | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | May 10, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Dustin Pague | KO/TKO | 2 | Oct 19, 2013 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.