Horiguchi vs Caldwell

Who won Horiguchi vs Caldwell?

Kyoji Horiguchi beat Darrion Caldwell by submission in the 3rd round during the main card of RIZIN 14, on Monday 31st December 2018 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

This contest was for the Rizin horiguchi vs caldwell championship.

Horiguchi vs Caldwell stats

Kyoji Horiguchi stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Darrion Caldwell made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Kyoji Horiguchi's Rizin record stood at 12-1-0, while Darrion Caldwell's came in at 0-1-0.

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 8%.

Kyoji Horiguchi was the younger man by 3 years, at 33 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 13 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 34 more professional rounds, 87 to Caldwell's 53.

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Caldwell's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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