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.

Kyoji Horiguchi's Rizin record stood at 12-1-0, 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 33 years old.

Horiguchi had 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 36 more professional rounds, 87 to Nguyen's 51.

Horiguchi vs Nguyen form

Horiguchi had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against 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.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kai Asakura at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 222 on 14th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Ben Nguyen at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan.

He was victorious against Darrion Caldwell at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 3rd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Horiguchi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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