Kyoji Horiguchi
“Karate Kid”
Kyoji Horiguchi is ranked 1st of 278 flyweights by the First Light Rating, and 5th in the UFC’s own flyweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,0391st of 278 · Flyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.23Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 2,057, 7 Feb 2026
- Record
- 36–6Pro, 1 NC
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2026 | Lost to Manel KapeUFC Fight Night 279 - Kape vs. Horiguchi 2 · TKO (Punches), R3 | −14 |
| 7 Feb 2026 | Won vs Amir AlbaziUFC Fight Night 266 - Bautista vs. Oliveira · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +15 |
| 22 Nov 2025 | Won vs Tagir UlanbekovUFC Fight Night 265 - Tsarukyan vs. Hooker · Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R3 | +17 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | Won vs Nkazimulo Zulu TitleRizin FF - Rizin Bangaichi / Rizin 49: Decade · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | 0 |
| 9 Jun 2024 | Won vs Sergio PettisRizin FF - Rizin 47 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +22 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | Won vs Makoto TakahashiRizin FF - Rizin 45 · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R2 | +7 |
| 29 Jul 2023 | No contest vs Makoto TakahashiBellator MMA x Rizin 2 - Pitbull vs. de Souza · No Contest (Accidental Eye Poke), R1 | — |
| 31 Dec 2022 | Won vs Hiromasa OugikuboRizin FF - Rizin 40: Bellator MMA vs. Rizin · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +16 |
| 25 Sept 2022 | Won vs Yuto HokamuraRizin FF - Super Rizin / Rizin 38 · Technical Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R2 | +3 |
| 23 Apr 2022 | Lost to Patrick MixBellator 279 - Cyborg vs. Blencowe 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −7 |
| 3 Dec 2021 | Lost to Sergio PettisBellator 272 - Pettis vs. Horiguchi · KO (Spinning Backfist), R4 | −40 |
| 31 Dec 2020 | Won vs Kai AsakuraRizin FF - Rizin 26 · KO (Punches), R1 | +6 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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