The second meeting between Horiguchi and Asakura came under unique circumstances as Horiguchi was making a comeback to the ring after never having lost his RIZIN title in competition. However, has last fight before relinquishing the belt due to injury was a 67-second knockout loss to Asakura in a non-title bout at RIZIN 18. Asakura went on to capture a vacant bantamweight championship in Horiguchi’s absence.
When they met in the main event of RIZIN’s 2020 year-end show, it was the smaller Horiguchi who came out on top after a tense couple of minutes. A high knee from Asakura was met with a stunning counter blow, leading to a quick flurry from Horiguchi that stopped the fight at 2:48.
With the win, Horiguchi improved his record to 29-3 and now reigns as RIZIN’s bantamweight king once more.
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