Kyoji Horiguchi should be talked about more when discussing the best bantamweights in MMA, says Mike Brown . The American Top Team coach has been working with Horiguchi (28-3) for almost five years. Since leaving the UFC in 2017, the Japanese fighter went on to win the Rizin bantamweight grand prix, the inaugural Rizin bantamweight title, and the Bellator 135-pound title – thus becoming a two-promotion champion. However, Horiguchi lost to Kai Asakura in August of 2019, losing his Rizin bantamweight belt. Shortly after, he suffered a knee injury that required surgery and was stripped of his Bellator title. With Horiguchi making a long awaited return in a championship rematch against Asakura at Rizin FF 26 on Thursday, Brown, who’s in Japan to corner his fighter, believes people are not paying respect to the Japanese talent
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