Carlyle vs Horie

Who won Carlyle vs Horie?

Yoshinori Horie beat Spike Carlyle by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 44, on Sunday 24th September 2023 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yoshinori Horie.

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

Carlyle vs Horie stats

Spike Carlyle stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Yoshinori Horie made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

Spike Carlyle's Rizin record stood at 1-2-0, while Yoshinori Horie's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Horie had a slight advantage in power over Carlyle, with a 50% knock out percentage over Carlyle's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Carlyle had a massive advantage over Horie, boasting a 50% submission rate over Horie's 0%.

Spike Carlyle was the older man by 2 years, at 30 years old.

Carlyle had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Carlyle's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Horie's, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 11 months later than Horie, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 39 to Horie's 43.

Carlyle vs Horie form

Carlyle had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by AJ McKee Jr at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Koji Takeda at RIZIN 35 on 17th April 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Chofu, Japan.

Before that, he had beaten Dan Moret at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

He had defeated JJ Ambrose at Cage Warriors 130 on 17th October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Humphrey's on the Bay, San Diego, California.

Activity check

Carlyle's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Horie's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Carlyle vs Horie?

Spike Carlyle was a 4/11 (-280) favourite going into the contest, while Yoshinori Horie made his way into the ring at 21/10 (+210) with oddsmakers.