According to mutliple reports this evening, former flyweight title challenger, Kyoji Horiguchi has finally made good on his rumored return to the UFC — with the Japense sensation currently targeted to fight on an upcoming UFC Fight Night Baku card in Azerbaijan this summer.
Horiguchi, a former flyweight title challenger during his lengthy Octagon tenure, challenged former dominant champion, Demetrious Johnson for the title back in 2015, dropping a buzzer-beating armbar submission loss in their UFC 186 headliner.
However, earlier this month, reports detailed how Horiguchi, a former Bellator MMA bantamweight champion who also struck both bantamweight and flyweight gold with Rizin FF — was set to make good on a long-speculated return to the Octagon.