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Flyweight
3 Rounds
Kyoji Horiguchi won · U-DEC R3
Elo1514
Elo1355

Kyoji HoriguchivsDarrell MontagueUFC Prediction Result

UFC Fight Night: Brown vs Silva · Saturday, May 10, 2014Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Official fight result

Kyoji Horiguchi won

U-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Model Prediction: Kyoji Horiguchi wins(68.5%)

Actual result: Kyoji Horiguchi wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Correct

Hypothetical $100 stake on the replay pick

Kyoji Horiguchi at -210 American odds

+$48 profit

$148 total returned

Scouting Report

Auto-generated signals worth knowing before you read the deep stats below.

  • Kyoji Horiguchi has 11pp better strike defense — meaningful gap.
  • Kyoji Horiguchi has 28pp better takedown defense — controls where the fight happens.
  • Stance matchup historically favors Darrell Montague (53.5%).
  • Darrell Montague has a 10cm reach advantage.

Tale of the Tape

Kyoji Horiguchi
Red Corner
VS
Darrell Montague
Blue Corner
-210
(68%)
Vegas Odds
+190
(34%)
1514
Elo
1355
35
Age
38
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
5'4"
Height
5'6"
160.02 cm
Reach
170.18 cm

Recent Form

Last 5 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.

Kyoji Horiguchi
oldest →
W
vs Neil Seery · May 16
W
vs Ali Bagautinov · Nov 16
W
SUBvs Tagir Ulanbekov · Nov 25
W
vs Amir Albazi · Feb 26
L
KOvs Manel Kape · Jun 26
latest
Darrell MontagueL2 streak
oldest →
L
KOvs John Dodson · Oct 13
L
KOvs Willie Gates · Jul 15
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

Rate-normalized career statistics. Bold side has the edge per metric.

Kyoji HoriguchiMetricDarrell Montague
3.77
Strikes / min
1.92
2.13
Strikes absorbed / min
5.38
63%
Strike defense
52%
1.61
TDs / 15 min
0.72
61%
Takedown defense
33%
0.10
Sub atts / 15 min
1.40
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
+1.64Δ 5.10 — meaningful gap-3.46

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1514 vs 1485Strikes30.0 vs 10.0Takedowns1.0 vs 0.0Sub Atts0.00 vs 0.00Form1.0 vs -1.0
Kyoji HoriguchiDarrell Montague

Recent Elo Trajectory

Last 10 fights for each fighter, aligned right (most recent on the right).

14901505152015351550← oldermost recent →
Kyoji Horiguchi(10 fights)Darrell Montague(3 fights)

Model Feature Differentials

Red − Blue for each engineered feature. Bar leans toward the stronger fighter.Hover a label to see what it measures.

ELO Rating
Red +159.4|Blue -159.4
Recent Form
Red +1.9|Blue -1.9
Striker Score
Red 0.0|Blue 0.0
EVEN
Grappler Score
Red 0.0|Blue 0.0
EVEN
Layoff
Red 0.0|Blue 0.0
EVEN
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

Where the strikes landed. Head accuracy is the single strongest predictor of fight outcomes.

Kyoji HoriguchiTargetDarrell Montague

By target zone

51
42% acc · 78%
Head
16
20% acc · 62%
12
55% acc · 18%
Body
5
28% acc · 19%
2
67% acc · 3%
Leg
5
71% acc · 19%

By position

38
36% acc · 58%
Distance
25
25% acc · 96%
3
75% acc · 5%
Clinch
1
33% acc · 4%
24
63% acc · 37%
Ground
0
0% acc

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

Statistical round-winner heuristic based on strikes, takedowns, control time, and knockdowns. Not the official judges' scorecard.

2
Kyoji Horiguchi rounds
1
even
0
Darrell Montague rounds
Round 1Even round
Sig. strikes10
Takedowns0
Control0:00
5Sig. strikes
1Takedowns
0:38Control
Round 2Kyoji Horiguchi edged it
Sig. strikes31
Takedowns1
Control1:30
Knockdowns1
13Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:19Control
0Knockdowns
Round 3Kyoji Horiguchi edged it
Sig. strikes24
Takedowns1
Control1:17
8Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:00Control
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

1
KD
0
65 / 147
Sig Strikes
26 / 105
42.7%
Sig Str %
25%
82 / 169
Total Strikes
35 / 114
2 / 2
TDs
1 / 2
100%
TD %
50%
0
Sub Att
2
0
Rev
0
2:47
Ctrl Time
0:57

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Darrell Montague5 / 238 / 261 / 10
1Kyoji Horiguchi10 / 2610 / 260 / 00
2Darrell Montague13 / 3418 / 390 / 12
2Kyoji Horiguchi31 / 6346 / 831 / 10
3Darrell Montague8 / 489 / 490 / 00
3Kyoji Horiguchi24 / 5826 / 601 / 10

Kyoji Horiguchi

StanceOrthodox
Height64.0"
Reach63.0"
Fights11

Darrell Montague

StanceSouthpaw
Height66.0"
Reach67.0"
Fights3