Horiguchi vs Caldwell

Who won Horiguchi vs Caldwell?

Kyoji Horiguchi beat Darrion Caldwell by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main card of Bellator 222, on Friday 14th June 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Kyoji Horiguchi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator Bantamweight championship.

Horiguchi vs Caldwell stats

Kyoji Horiguchi stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

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

This was Kyoji Horiguchi's 5th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Kyoji Horiguchi's Bellator record stood at 2-2-0, while Darrion Caldwell's came in at 12-6-0.

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 11%.

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 14 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 36 more professional rounds, 89 to Caldwell's 53.

Horiguchi vs Caldwell 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.

Caldwell had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by AJ McKee Jr at Bellator 253 on 19th November 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Adam Borics at Bellator 238 on 25th January 2020 by submission in the 1st round at The Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Kyoji Horiguchi at Bellator 222 on 14th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had lost to Kyoji Horiguchi at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 3rd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

He had beaten Noad Lahat at Bellator 204 on 17th August 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Kyoji Horiguchi had last fought 3 years, 6 months and 23 days ago, while Darrion Caldwell's last outing had been 3 years, 8 months and 5 days ago.

Horiguchi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Caldwell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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