Horiguchi vs Hokamura

Who won Horiguchi vs Hokamura?

Kyoji Horiguchi beat Yuto Hokamura by submission in the 2nd round during the main event of RIZIN 38, on Sunday 25th September 2022 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Horiguchi vs Hokamura division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Horiguchi vs Hokamura stats

Kyoji Horiguchi stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Yuto Hokamura made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 12 losses and 2 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Kyoji Horiguchi's 17th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Kyoji Horiguchi's Rizin record stood at 15-1-0, while Yuto Hokamura's came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Hokamura had an advantage in power over Horiguchi, with a 72% knock out percentage over Horiguchi's 52%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hokamura had a slight advantage over Horiguchi, with a 11% submission rate over Horiguchi's 10%.

Kyoji Horiguchi was the older man by 2 years, at 34 years old.

Hokamura had a height advantage of 1 inch over Horiguchi.

Horiguchi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 11 months earlier than Hokamura, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 41 more professional rounds, 95 to Hokamura's 54.

Horiguchi vs Hokamura form

Kyoji Horiguchi had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, his fight against Makoto Takahashi at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN 2 on 31st July 2023 ended in a no contest.

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

Going into that contest, he had beaten Yuto Hokamura at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had lost to Patchy Mix at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

He had been beaten by Sergio Pettis at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by knockout in the 4th round in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Yuto Hokamura had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 33 on 31st December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Naoki Inoue at RIZIN 30 on 19th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Kuya Ito at RIZIN 29 on 27th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka(丸善インテックアリーナ大阪), Osaka.

Before that, he had been beaten by Kenta Takizawa at RIZIN 24 on 27th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He was victorious against Kenji Kato at RIZIN 21 on 22nd February 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Kyoji Horiguchi had been fighting more than Yuto Hokamura.

Going to this contest, Kyoji Horiguchi had last fought 1 year, 7 months and 27 days ago, while Yuto Hokamura's last outing had been 3 years, 2 months and 27 days ago.

Horiguchi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Hokamura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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