Horiguchi vs Caldwell

Who won Horiguchi vs Caldwell?

Kyoji Horiguchi beat Darrion Caldwell by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main card of Bellator 222, on Friday 14th June 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Kyoji Horiguchi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator Bantamweight championship.

Horiguchi vs Caldwell stats

Kyoji Horiguchi stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Darrion Caldwell made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Kyoji Horiguchi's 5th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Kyoji Horiguchi's Bellator record stood at 2-2-0, while Darrion Caldwell's came in at 12-6-0.

The stats suggested Horiguchi had a massive power advantage over Caldwell, boasting a 52% knock out percentage over Caldwell's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Caldwell had a large advantage over Horiguchi, boasting a 38% submission rate over Horiguchi's 11%.

Kyoji Horiguchi was the younger man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Caldwell had a height advantage of 5 inches over Horiguchi. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Horiguchi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 4 months earlier than Caldwell, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 42 more professional rounds, 95 to Caldwell's 53.

Horiguchi vs Caldwell form

Kyoji Horiguchi had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Sergio Pettis at RIZIN 47 on 9th June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Makoto Takahashi at RIZIN 45 on 31st December 2023 by submission in the 2nd round in their Rizin Flyweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, his fight against Makoto Takahashi at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN 2 on 31st July 2023 ended in a no contest.

Before that, he had defeated Hiromasa Ougikubo at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He was victorious against Yuto Hokamura at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Horiguchi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Caldwell's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 5 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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