Horiguchi vs Nguyen

Who won Horiguchi vs Nguyen?

Kyoji Horiguchi beat Ben Nguyen by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 15, on Sunday 21st April 2019 at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama.

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

Horiguchi vs Nguyen stats

Kyoji Horiguchi stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Ben Nguyen made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 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 Ben Nguyen's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested that Horiguchi and Nguyen have similar power, both with a 50% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nguyen had an advantage over Horiguchi, with a 31% submission rate over Horiguchi's 12%.

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

Horiguchi had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Horiguchi was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 5 months later than Nguyen, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 44 more professional rounds, 95 to Nguyen's 51.

Horiguchi vs Nguyen form

Horiguchi had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Yuto Hokamura at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had beaten Kai Asakura at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

He had been defeated by Kai Asakura at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Activity check

Horiguchi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 14 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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