Alexandre Pantoja or Kyoji Horiguchi? Demetrious Johnson would favor UFC champion

Henry Cejudo highlights what makes new UFC signing Kyoji Horiguchi "extremely dangerous"

Henry Cejudo recently weighed in and shared his thoughts on Kyoji Horiguchi returning to the UFC.

Alexandre Pantoja or Kyoji Horiguchi? Demetrious Johnson would favor UFC champion

Demetrious Johnson doesn’t see Kyoji Horiguchi being the one to dethrone UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja. Horiguchi (34-5 MMA, 7-1 UFC) has re-signed with the UFC after vacating his RIZIN flyweight title. The former UFC 125-pound title challenger, former Bellator champ and former RIZIN champion will return to the octagon for the first time since November 2016. After failing in his first UFC title bid against Johnson in 2015, Horiguchi h…

Kyoji Horiguchi Back In The UFC Complicates The Title Picture Due To Relationship With Champ Alexandre Pantoja

While Kyoji Horiguchi will pump some much-needed new blood (sort of) into the UFC’s flyweight division, ex-titleholder Demetrious Johnson thinks his addition could further complicate things at 125. Last month, Horiguchi announced that he would vacate the RIZIN flyweight championship after signing with the Ultimate Fighting Championship for the second time in his career. Horiguchi previously competed for the UFC between 2013 and 2016, going 7-1 i…