I broke my right hand, but I won, 日Fighter fantasy mentality → 11 years later champion Cho-joon Jung said, "I want a title shot... "I'll fight anytime"

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"Garate Kid" Kyodoji Horiguchi (36) continued his relentless move toward retrying the UFC title for the first time in 11 years by completely overpowering No. 6 Amir Albaji (33).

Horiguchi beat Albaji (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) in a flyweight match of the UFC Fight Night: Batista vs Oliveira event held at Meta Apex in Las Vegas on the 8th (Korea time). With this victory, Horiguchi's career record, which reported two consecutive wins after returning to UFC, was 36 wins, 5 losses, and 1 invalidity.

Horiguchi's overwhelming sense of distance and defense skills shone throughout the game. Horiguchi blocked Albaji's access with its proprietary active in-and-out step. In particular, the scene that neutralized all seven of Albaji's takedown attempts, which had dragged all the opponents he had met on the UFC stage to the ground so far, was the prevailing scene. Horiguchi did not miss a moment of control of the game, putting a left-handed check hook and a sharp jab in succession in Albaji's face.

Horiguchi is now aiming to reclaim the title for the first time in 11 years. In 2015, he challenged then-champion Dmitrius Johnson, but he swallowed his regret by losing the submission just before the end of the game. "Today's performance was good, but I have to show better performance next time," Horiguchi said in an interview after the game. "I want a title shot."

It was an injury fight. Horiguchi, who appeared in a simple cast at a press conference after the game, confessed to suffering a right hand injury during the first round. Horiguchi burned his desire to try again for the title title, saying, "My right hand may have been slightly broken, but I can fight anytime, anywhere as long as I get injured."

Currently, the UFC flyweight is full of top contenders such as Alessandri Pantoza, Manel Cop, and Tatsuro Taira, with Joshua Van in the championship. As Horiguchi, who built a justification by beating Albaji, joined the team, the flyweight title front became more intense.

In the main event, ninth-ranked Mario Battista overpowered 11th-ranked Vinicius Oliveira with a rear-naked choke just 4:46 of the second round. Immediately after the victory, Batista revealed his ambition to enter the top five with revenge, pointing to Corey Sandhagan, who had defeated him in the past.

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