Former UFC flyweight title challenger, Kyoji Horiguchi is reportedly close to inking a deal to make a stunning Octagon return this year — amid recent links to a stunning flyweight title challenge against current teammate, the incumbent, Alexandre Pantoja.
Horiguchi, the current Rizin FF flyweight champion and a former bantamweight titleholder with the Japanese promotion, as well as Bellator MMA — departed the UFC back in 2016.
And leaving the Dana White-led promotion off the back of a unanimous decision win over flyweight veteran, fellow ex-title chaser, Ali Bagautinov, Horiguchi himself challenged for spoils back in 2015.