Former UFC and Bellator star Kyoji Horiguchi retained his flyweight title at RIZIN’s New Year’s Eve spectacular inside the Saitama Super Arena on Tuesday.
Coming off a big win over Sergio Pettis in June, ‘The Typhoon’ extended his unbeaten streak to five with an impressive performance against South African sensation Nkazimulo Zulu in the RIZIN 49: Decade co-main event.
Things got off to a fast and furious start in the evening’s penultimate bout with both fighters landing late knockdowns in the opening round. The action kept coming in the second with Horiguchi wasting no time putting Zulu on his back and grinding out a few minutes on the mat before the referee stood them up.