Kyoji Horiguchi

“Karate Kid”

JapanFlyweightActiveage 35

36-6

86% win rate

L1 streak

2026-02-07 → 2026-02-07

50held 5 bouts-8 vs current

Bouts at peak

EndedLvs · KO · 2026-06-20 · score → 36

Career timeline

Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.

9 wins2 losseslast 5: L W W W Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2026

Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.

Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.

Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.

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Metrics

Metric	R1(11)	R2(10)	R3(9)	R4(1)	R5(1)
Sig Str landed	16.0	21.3	22.7	7.0	2.0
Sig Str absorbed	8.8	8.7	13.2	18.0	11.0
Takedowns landed	0.36	0.93	0.44	0.00	0.00
Takedowns absorbed	0.55	0.50	0.22	1.00	5.02
Control time	0:53	1:49	0:59	0:26	0:00

Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.

Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.

MMA FightingJul 10, 2026
Eric Nicksick, head coach to UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland and flyweight contender Manel Kape, has downplayed reports of tension between himself and Kape's manager Ali Abdelaziz following…
MMA FightingJun 22, 2026
Manel Kape secured a statement victory at UFC Vegas 119, defeating Kyoji Horiguchi in a rematch that avenged a pre-UFC loss and likely catapulted the flyweight into title contention.

Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.