RIZIN flyweight champion Kyoji Horiguchi desires to show that he’s the very best on the earth.
‘The Hurricane’ hasn’t been seen within the ring since a bantamweight conflict with Sergio Pettis in June. In a rematch of their Bellator 272 basic which noticed ‘The Phenom’ rating a knockout win, Kyoji Horiguchi dominated. After quarter-hour of motion, he moved his unbeaten streak to 5 by unanimous determination.
Simply six months after avenging his loss to Pettis, Kyoji Horiguchi is ready to return to the RIZIN ring. On the firm’s year-end present subsequent week, the flyweight champion will meet Nkazimulo Zulu. ‘Zulu Boy’ enters the bout using a three-fight profitable streak, final scoring a first-round stoppage win over Jo Arai in September.
For Kyoji Horiguchi, the bout shall be his first protection of his flyweight gold. Talking in a current interview with MMA Combating by means of a translator, ‘The Typoon’ mentioned his return to combating. There, Horiguchi was requested a couple of potential transfer to 135 kilos. Having held bantamweight gold in RIZIN and Bellator, it’s a legitimate query.
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Kyoji Horiguchi opens up on his RIZIN return towards Nkazimulo Zulu
Nevertheless, that’s not what the 34-year-old is specializing in proper now. Heading into his RIZIN return, Kyoji Horiguchi simply desires to show that he’s the very best 125-pound fighter on the planet. Having been undefeated at flyweight for almost a decade, the Japanese star plans so as to add Zulu to his resume by any means essential.
“I imagine that flyweight is my weight class, and I need to deal with that.” Kyoji Horiguchi said by means of a translator. “My purpose is to grow to be the very best on the earth at flyweight. I’ve sort of shifted in the direction of flyweight and specializing in there as a substitute of going backwards and forwards between the 2 divisions. As for bantamweight, as soon as I obtain my purpose at flyweight, then I can most likely consider transferring up.”
He continued, “However proper now, I’m simply targeted on turning into the very best at flyweight… For me, so long as it’s below the flyweight division, I’m all the time able to tackle anyone. So far as my opponent himself, he’s very athletic, and he’s very explosive, and I believe he’s an excellent fighter. My plan is to face him wherever the battle takes me, both on the placing or on the bottom.” (h/t MMA Combating)
What do you make of those feedback from the RIZIN flyweight champion? Do you suppose Kyoji Horiguchi will beat Nkazimulo Zulu?
