This is the UFC Vegas 113 live blog for Amir Albazi vs. Kyoji Horiguchi, the flyweight co-main event Saturday in Las Vegas.
Currently tied for the No. 8 spot in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, Albazi joined the UFC in 2020 and immediately made noise, stringing together five consecutive wins to get to the cusp of title contention. However, Albazi lost his most recent fight, a unanimous decision to former two-time champion Brandon Moreno at UFC Edmonton in 2024, and has not competed since. Injury issues kept Albazi out of the cage for 15 months, but now he’s finally back and ready to reassert his claim to being one of the best flyweights alive.
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There’s not much left for Horiguchi, ranked No. 3, to accomplish in MMA. During his first UFC stint, Horiguchi fought for the flyweight title, losing to all-time great Demetrious Johnson by a literal last-second armbar. Shortly after that, Horiguchi left the promotion and started racking up accomplishments, winning the Bellator bantamweight title, and the RIZIN bantamweight and flyweight titles. Horiguchi returned to the UFC last year and ran through Tagir Ulanbekov, and if he can do the same to Albazi, it won’t be long before he’s fighting for the flyweight title again.
Check out the live blog for Amir Albazi vs. Kyoji Horiguchi below.
Preamble
Let us never talk about that Jailton Almeida vs. Rizvan Kuniev fight again. It was dreadful.
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This, hopefully, will not be.
Walkouts and Announcements
Kyoji out first in black shorts and grinning from ear to ear. What a very happy man.
And so is Albazi. He’s positively beaming as he makes his way to the cage in white shorts.
Amir is 3 years younger, 1 inch taller, and has a 5-inch reach advantage.
Joe Martinez kicks things off. Both men looking very confident. Game time.
