UFC Vegas 113 Results: Kyoji Horiguchi defeats Amir Albazi (Highlights)

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We’ve all the outcomes from tonight’s UFC Vegas 113, together with the flyweight co-main occasion between Kyoji Horiguchi and Amir Albazi.

Albaji (17-3 combined martial arts) will probably be returning to motion for the primary time since dropping a choice to former flyweight kingpin Brandon Moreno in November 2024. Previous to that setback, ‘Prince’ was on a six-fight profitable streak, together with victories over Alessandro Costa and Kai Kara-France.

In the meantime, Kyoji Horiguchi (36-5 MMA) returned to the Octagon at UFC Qatar this November, the place he scored a formidable three-round submission victory over Tagir Ulanbekov (watch it right here). ‘The Storm’ has gained six of their previous seven matches, with the one blemish being a no contest.

Spherical 1 of the co-main occasion of UFC Vegas 113 begins and Amir Albazi rejects Kyoji Horiguchi’s request for a glove contact. “The Prince” with a low kick. The Japanese legend solutions together with his personal reply. “The Gooch” skillfully raises his proper hand. He seems very quick early on. The fighters collide within the pocket and find yourself in a clinch. “The Karate Child” with a pleasant knee to the physique whereas pushing Albaji in opposition to the cage. The fighter aircraft breaks down. Horiguchi with a flying knee. Albaji counters nicely with a jab. They each have good punch within the pocket. Kyoji Horiguchi strikes to the skin. Amir Albazi caught him with a sneaky left hook. There are lower than two minutes left within the opening recreation. “The Gooch” with a jab to the physique. He missed the next flying knee try. Albaji with an amazing left hand lowers the Japanese’s noticeable presence. Kyoji shortly recovered. He forces a clinch and tries to tug the struggle to the ground. Albaji is enjoying good protection. He eats a pair of knees for his efforts. 30 seconds left. Amir Albaji breaks out of the clinch and circles out. Kyoji Horiguchi is nice at kicking to the physique. The horn sounds and the primary spherical ends.

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Spherical two of the UFC Vegas 113 co-headliner begins and Amri Albaji shortly steps ahead and forces a clinch. He pushes Kyoji Horiguchi into the cage and begins touchdown brief punches. “The Prince” goals for a takedown. “The Gooch” does job of defending and ultimately escapes and returns to vary. Each gamers have good photographs within the pocket. Kyoji hits a phenomenal left hook. Now it is a huge proper hand. Albaji is presently bleeding. Storm appears to have the ability to odor blood and proceed to drive motion. One other nice proper that partially linked and resulted in a Japanese stand-up. There may be simply over two minutes left within the spherical. Good physique kick from the previous title challenger. Amir struggles with Kyoji’s pace. Good jab by Horiguchi. A pointy hook adopted by a physique kick. Albaji must regain respect right here. Kyoji Horiguchi forces a clinch and pushes “The Prince” into the cage. There was lower than a minute left within the second spherical. Kyoji is searching for a visit. Albaji confirmed good protection and broke free into capturing vary. Each males missed the highest with proper fingers. “The Gooch” misses his spinning again kick. He landed a pleasant jab earlier than the horn sounded to finish the second spherical.

The third and ultimate spherical of the co-main occasion of UFC Vegas 113 begins, and Kyoji Horiguchi shortly steps to the entrance. This permits Amir Albaji to clinch. He flips Kyoji over and pushes him in opposition to the cage. “The Gooch” escaped and returned to vary. Horiguchi with jab. Albaji’s face is swollen. An enormous left stuns “Prince”. Kyoji Horiguchi smells blood and appears for an additional huge shot. Albaji evades and efficiently clinch. Horiguchi slips out and returns to vary. He sneaks in one other good left and makes an attempt a head kick that narrowly misses. There’s simply over a minute left within the struggle. Amir clinch once more. He hits a pleasant elbow from the highest. 30 seconds left. Kyoji Horiguchi nonetheless seems contemporary. He scored an amazing 1-2. A horn sounds to finish the struggle.

UFC Vegas 113 Official Outcomes: Kyoji Horiguchi def. Amir Albazi unanimous choice (30-27 x2, 29-28)

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