Former UFC Elite Prospect Horiguchi Gets Destroyed in Rizin 18

[Codpiece]

Your new around here

Any fighter with a fan base who loses is automatically a hype job and was never really that good

Also — he was never my friend

Perfectly put

 

[sampuncher]

Sometimes you lose, is Hori supposed to be a can now?

He lost, it's not the end of the world.

Not a can, also not the better than Cejudo or MM that people were claiming.

 

[Mga223]

Overhyped by little hipsters anyway

Mouse murdered him

Yeap. Woulda got slaughtered by Cejudo to but you had people in here saying he'd come back to the ufc and kill everyone.

 

[Prodigy]

So much for that short-lived Horiguchi hype.

Non title bout, he will get a rematch and probably win.

 

[muaytao]

He’s been too active and that was a fluke

 

[RonniePickering]

When you fight 5-6 times a year, shit happens. Especially fighting bigger guys.

He had 2 fights this year and 3 last year, the guy he fought was supposedly a can and was supposed to lose easily lol

 

[fortheo]

It's bound to happen when you fight as often as Kyoji does. He'll bounce back and defend his bellator belt.

 

[cauti0n]

Not a can, also not the better than Cejudo or MM that people were claiming.

I agree with this statement.

 

[ArmenianAssasin]

Not a can, also not the better than Cejudo or MM that people were claiming.

He would a top 10 guy in ufc imo

 

[GIBLERTBAPTISTA]

He had 2 fights this year and 3 last year, the guy he fought was supposedly a can and was supposed to lose easily lol

4 last year, including the kickboxing fight against Tenshin. And 3 this year so far, including the Asakura fight. 5 the previous year. Anyway the point being he stays active. And Asakura isn't really a can, he's a good prospect. He should have been easy work for Guchi, but Guchi got clipped and brawled with a brawler. Shit happens. Horiguchi is still one of the best fighters P4P

 

[John 8 44 -8 47]

Eh, I will give him a pass since it looked like a father in there with his son.

 

[Saku'sEar]

Lol at haters here.
How about ufc ex golden boy sage that got KO'd into oblivion first fight against real competition.
The competition is a little bit better outside the ufc.

 

[PAiN iS iN THE BUiLDiNG]

Your new around here

Any fighter with a fan base who loses is automatically a hype job and was never really that good

Also — he was never my friend

Lol.. Sorry I am new.. and I was triggered... as Horiguchi is literally one of the best 125lbers to ever exist in the history of human kind... and some pudding dweeb is calling him a hype job... go figure

 

[The_Renaissance]

Saw that, surprising.

I wouldn't rule him out in a rematch against MM though. MM is beginning to wane a bit nowadays. He hasn't looked amazing in ONE FC and is fighting lesser competition than his weakest UFC title defences (Borg, Reis etc), albeit guys who are probably on roids.

 

[Deleted member 512089]

He LoSt A fIgHt So He MuSt Be A cAn

 

[Fraz]

He should have retired years ago, he has always been mediocre, he has done nothing for us real fans lately

 

[DarkneT]

That was a long time ago. Guchi has improved a lot since then, and he's one of the best 35ers in the world, despite a rough, flukey loss here.

Hipster confirmed

 

[DarkneT]

Yeap. Woulda got slaughtered by Cejudo to but you had people in here saying he'd come back to the ufc and kill everyone.

There’s a reason he’s in Japan where ‘the competition is a little easier’
-Kenny Florian

 

[muaytao]

Biggest upset of the year by far and one of the most shocking in recent years TBH

Nah biggest shock was tj getting tko then banned lol

 

[Magnum1978]

The guy he lost to isn't a scrub, was 12-1 coming into the fight. He hadn't beaten anyone of real name, but the Japanese circuit there are lots of lesser known names, that's the way it is now.

For the UFC-only fans, it seems if someone loses outside the UFC, they are automatically straight up a 'can' beaten by another 'can'..... yet if that same fight took place in the UFC, we have a new 'hot prospect' (as long as they are from certain nations).... its weird thinking