Kyoji Horiguchi (back) defeated Hiromasa Ougikubo in his return to flyweight at the first Bellator x Rizin event on New Year’s Eve 2022. Rizin FF Horiguchi, who in 2015 challenged flyweight ...

Kyoji Horiguchi faces Sergio Pettis for the Bellator bantamweight title at Bellator 272. Should the Japanese sensation win, it will be his second time holding Bellator’s 135lb strap.

Kyoji Horiguchi (Photo BY Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images) Fans have often seen fighters move up a weight class either to chase a second title or for personal reasons. Recently, Ilia Topuria vacated ...

Kyoji Horiguchi, a former champion in multiple promotions who is widely considered among the best active 135-pound fighters in the world, agreed Thursday to return to Bellator MMA.

As a former Rizin athlete, Kyoji Horiguchi was a little bit conflicted following Bellator’s 5-0 head-to-head triumph against the Japanese promotion on New Year’s Eve.

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. -- Kyoji Horiguchi laughs when he recounts the story. It was 2019, and after his coaches and teammates at American Top Team (ATT) urged him to put down roots in the area, he ...

Kyoji Horiguchi can be the man that the UFC has waited for with bated breath. Japan has a storied martial arts history, but the sport of mixed martial arts has long lacked a mainstream star from ...