Two years ago, injury forced Kyoji Horiguchi to relinquish both of his belts. Having reconquered one already, next week he will look to complete his comeback.
The 31-year-old American Top Team representative, who faces Sergio Pettis for the vacant Bellator MMA bantamweight title in the main event of Bellator 272 on Dec. 3, established himself as one of the top fighters in the sport by holding the Bellator and Rizin Fighting Federation bantamweight titles simultaneously until he vacated them in November 2019. He won back the Rizin belt in a sensational beatdown of Kai Asakura at Rizin 26 last New Year’s Eve.