Kyoji Horiguchi

🇯🇵

(1990-10-12)

Statistics

UFC Record: 8-1

By Method:

KO/TKO: 2-0
Submission: 1-1
Decision: 5-0

By Elo:

As Favorite: 8-0
As Underdog: 0-1

By Weight Class:

Flyweight: 7-1
Bantamweight: 1-0

By Round:

Round 1: 1-0
Round 2: 1-0
Round 3: 6-0
Round 5: 0-1

By Type:

Main Event: 0-1
Title Fight: 0-1
Ranked Opponent: 4-1

UFC Roster Status: Active

Last 5: L W W W W

Elo: 3214

Peak Elo: 3214 (2025-11-22)

Avg Opponent Elo: 2702 (#880)

Bonuses: 1 (0 FOTN, 1 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 13m 53s

Total Fight Time: 2h 4m 56s

Avg Time Between Fights: 174 days

Avg Card Placement: 6.4

Current Rankings:

#8 Flyweight

Peak Rankings:

#3 Flyweight

Elo Rating & UFC Rankings

Bout History

2026-02-07
UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira

Kyoji Horiguchi (35) 🇯🇵
W W W W L • 8-1
UFC rank: #8 • Elo: 3214

FLYWEIGHT

🇮🇶 🇸🇪 Amir Albazi (32)
5-1 • W W W W L
Elo: 2941 • UFC rank: #6

Meta Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2025-11-22
UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker

⭐ Kyoji Horiguchi (35) 🇯🇵
W W W L W • 7-1
Elo: 3143

FLYWEIGHT
SUB
R3
2:18

🇷🇺 Tagir Ulanbekov (34)
6-1 • L W W W W
Elo: 3038 • UFC rank: #11

Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena
Al Rayyan
Qatar 🇶🇦

2016-11-19
UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2

Kyoji Horiguchi (26) 🇯🇵
W W L W W • 6-1
UFC rank: #4 • Elo: 2869

FLYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇷🇺 Ali Bagautinov (31)
4-2 • W W L L W
Elo: 2839 • UFC rank: #8

The SSE Arena
Belfast, Northern Ireland
United Kingdom 🇬🇧

2016-05-08
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski

Kyoji Horiguchi (25) 🇯🇵
W L W W W • 5-1
UFC rank: #5 • Elo: 2806

FLYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇮🇪 Neil Seery (36)
3-2 • L W W L W
Elo: 2669

Rotterdam Ahoy
Rotterdam
Netherlands 🇳🇱

2015-09-26
UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson

Kyoji Horiguchi (24) 🇯🇵
L W W W W • 4-1
UFC rank: #7 • Elo: 2753

FLYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 Chico Camus (30)
3-3 (1 NC) • W N L W L
Elo: 2577 • UFC rank: #13

Saitama Super Arena
Saitama
Japan 🇯🇵

2015-04-25
UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi

⭐ Demetrious Johnson (28) 🇺🇸
W W W W W • 9-1-1
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3164

FLYWEIGHT

SUB
R5
4:59

🇯🇵 Kyoji Horiguchi (24)
4-0 • W W W W
Elo: 2772 • UFC rank: #7

Bell Centre
Montreal
Canada 🇨🇦

2015-01-03
UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier

Kyoji Horiguchi (24) 🇯🇵
W W W • 3-0
UFC rank: #11 • Elo: 2743

FLYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 Louis Gaudinot (30)
1-2 (1 NC) • L W L N
Elo: 2435

MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2014-09-20
UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson

Kyoji Horiguchi (23) 🇯🇵
W W • 2-0
UFC rank: #14 • Elo: 2711

FLYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
3:48

🇬🇺 🇺🇸 Jon Delos Reyes (27)
0-1 • L
Elo: 2418

Saitama Super Arena
Saitama
Japan 🇯🇵

2014-05-10
UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva

Kyoji Horiguchi (23) 🇯🇵
W • 1-0
Elo: 2647

FLYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 Darrell Montague (26)
0-1 • L
Elo: 2519 • UFC rank: #15

U.S. Bank Arena
Cincinnati, Ohio
United States 🇺🇸

2013-10-19
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. dos Santos III

Kyoji Horiguchi (23) 🇯🇵
Debut 🔰
Elo: 2592

BANTAMWEIGHT
TKO
R2
3:51

🇺🇸 Dustin Pague (26)
1-4 • L W L L L
Elo: 2421

Toyota Center
Houston, Texas
United States 🇺🇸