Kyoji Horiguchi

FlyweightComplete Fighter
9 - 2

11 UFC Fights | 82% Win Rate | 3 Finishes (33%)

Height
5' 4"
Reach
63"
Weight
125 lbs.
Age
35
Orthodox

Kyoji Horiguchi UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Kyoji Horiguchi is 9-2 in the UFC across 11 fights, with 2 wins by knockout, 1 by submission and 6 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 36-6 (1 NC), 27-4 of it outside the UFC. Horiguchi competes at flyweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 5'4" with a 63" reach at 35 years old. The last bout was a loss to Manel Kape by knockout in Jun 2026.

Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 88th percentile among 115 flyweight fighters (0.55/fight).

Kyoji Horiguchi's UFC win rate is 82% (9 of 11 fights), and 33% of those wins came by finish. Horiguchi averages 1.6 takedowns per fight at 41% accuracy and stops 61% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
36-6 (1 NC)
UFC Record
9-2
Height
5'4"
Reach
63"
Age
35
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Manel Kape · KO/TKO · Jun 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Kyoji Horiguchi's Last 5 Fights

Horiguchi is 4-1 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Manel Kape · KO/TKO · R3 2:42 · UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi · Jun 2026
  2. Win vs Amir Albazi · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira · Feb 2026
  3. Win vs Tagir Ulanbekov · Submission · R3 2:18 · UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker · Nov 2025
  4. Win vs Ali Bagautinov · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2 · Nov 2016
  5. Win vs Neil Seery · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski · May 2016

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.6
+1.8x ratio
Accuracy
48%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.55

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.1
0.6x avg
Strike Differential
+1.6
Opp. Accuracy Against
36%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.6
Takedown Accuracy
41%
Takedown Defense
61%
Control Time / Fight
3:01
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.1

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
9% KO
0% Sub
R2
9% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
9% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Kyoji Horiguchi vs Average

Kyoji Horiguchi lands 15.1 strikes in R1 but 16.6 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Kyoji Horiguchi's UFC Fight History

11 UFC fights on record (9-2), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LManel KapeKO/TKOR3 · 2:42UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi2026-06-20
WAmir AlbaziDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira2026-02-07
WTagir UlanbekovSubmissionR3 · 2:18UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker2025-11-22
WAli BagautinovDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 22016-11-19
WNeil SeeryDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski2016-05-08
WChico CamusDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs Nelson2015-09-26
L★Demetrious JohnsonSubmissionR5 · 4:59UFC 186: Johnson vs Horiguchi2015-04-25
WLouis GaudinotDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 182: Jones vs Cormier2015-01-03
WJon Delos ReyesKO/TKOR1 · 3:48UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Nelson2014-09-20
WDarrell MontagueDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Brown vs Silva2014-05-10
WDustin PagueKO/TKOR2 · 3:51UFC 166: Velasquez vs Dos Santos 32013-10-19

How Horiguchi Ranks at Flyweight

Percentile among the 115 flyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.6 sig. strikes/min
63rd percentile
Striking accuracy48%
69th percentile
Strikes absorbed2.1/min
86th percentile
Takedowns1.6/fight
70th percentile
Takedown defense61%
50th percentile
Knockdown power0.55/fight
88th percentile

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