UFC Veterans Kyoji Horiguchi, Ian McCall to Headline Rizin FF 9 on May 6
A pair of former UFC flyweight contenders will square off in the Rizin Fighting Federation 9 headliner when Kyoji Horiguchi meets Ian McCall on May 6.
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Horiguchi defeated Hideo Tokoro, Gabriel Leite de Oliveira, Kape and Shintaro Ishiwatari to capture Rizin’s bantamweight grand prix in 2017. The 27-year-old Japanese fighter is 8-0 since his flyweight title bout defeat to Demetrious Johnson at UFC 186 in April 2015.
McCall, meanwhile, returned to action for the first time in nearly
three years under the Rizin banner on Dec. 29, when he suffered a
first-round TKO defeat to Kape in a quarterfinal bout of the
bantamweight grand prix. “Uncle Creepy” went 2-3-1 during his stint
in the UFC, but had several fights fall through toward the end of
his promotional tenure.
Additionally, Rizin announced the remained of its scheduled for 2018:
Rizin 10 — July 29 Saitama Super Arena
Rizin 11 — Aug. 12 Aichi Gymnasium
Rizin 12 — Sept. 30 Saitama Super Arena
Rizin 13 — Dec. 31 Saitama Super Arena
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