UFC UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira Final

Flyweight

Kyoji Horiguchi vs Amir Albazi

Kyoji Horiguchi
Japan

Kyoji Horiguchi

“Karate Kid”

36-6

Winner

VS
Amir Albazi
Sweden

Amir Albazi

“The Prince”

17-3

Winner

Kyoji Horiguchi

Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 — 5:00

7 February 2026 · Meta Apex, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Kyoji Horiguchi beat Amir Albazi by unanimous decision after three rounds.
  • Kyoji Horiguchi landed 99 of 163 total strikes and 0 of 2 takedowns, with 1:02 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 30-27, 30-27, 29-28.

Tale of the tape

Kyoji HoriguchiAmir Albazi
36-6Record17-3
35Age on fight night32
5′5″ (165 cm)Height5′5″ (165 cm)
66″ (168 cm)Reach68″ (173 cm)
125 lb (56.7 kg)Weight125 lb (56.7 kg)
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
American Top TeamTeamXtreme Couture
Maebashi, Gunma, JapanFromBaghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

Fight statistics

99of 163 · 61%Total strikes landed20of 75 · 27%
80of 139Head strikes16of 70
5of 8Body strikes4of 5
14of 16Leg strikes0
1:02Control time3:50

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Kyoji HoriguchiRoundAmir Albazi
26/38strikes0/1TD0KD0:48controlR14/19strikes0/2TD0KD0:27control
45/70strikes0/0TD0KD0:14controlR29/31strikes0/1TD0KD1:10control
28/55strikes0/1TD0KD0:00controlR37/25strikes0/4TD0KD2:13control

Judges’ scorecards

Eric Colon

10R1910R2910R39

30total27

Junichiro Kamijo

10R1910R2910R39

30total27

Ron McCarthy

9R11010R2910R39

29total28

Form going into the fight

Kyoji Horiguchi

  1. WTagir Ulanbekovsubmission R3 2:182025
  2. WNkazimulo Zuluunanimous decision2024
  3. WSergio Pettisunanimous decision2024
  4. WMakoto Shinryusubmission R2 3:572023
  5. WAli Bagautinovunanimous decision2016

Amir Albazi

  1. LBrandon Morenounanimous decision2024
  2. WKai Kara-Francesplit decision2023
  3. WAlessandro CostaKO/TKO R3 2:132022
  4. WFrancisco Figueiredosubmission R1 4:342022
  5. WZhalgas Zhumagulovunanimous decision2021

Also on this card

Mario Bautista vs Vinicius OliveiraBantamweightsubmission R2 4:46Rizvan Kuniev vs Ryan SpannJailton Almeida vs Rizvan KunievHeavyweightunanimous decisionMichal Oleksiejczuk vs Marc-Andre BarriaultMiddleweightunanimous decisionJean Matsumoto vs Farid BasharatBantamweightsplit decision

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