Compare Alex Perez vs Kyoji Horiguchi — UFC matchup breakdown
Tale of the Tape
The biometric deltas where one side genuinely has an edge.
Activity & layoff
The recency dimension Tale of the Tape doesn't carry. How active each fighter has been, and how that compares to active peers in their division.
- Alex is speeding up while opponent slows
Division percentiles below rank both fighters against the Flyweight roster (206 fighters).
Recent form
Last five pro bouts (non-UFC fights dashed + tagged), current trajectory, and the level of opposition going into this matchup.
Schedule Score
Who they've faced × what they've done. Composite + components compared head-to-head, percentile-ranked against every UFC fighter w/ ≥3 resolved bouts.
Per-tier records + bout-by-bout
| Tier | Alex Perez | Kyoji Horiguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | 0-2 | 0-1 |
| Top-5 | 2-2 | 2-1 |
| Top-15 | 3-2, 1 NC | 4-0 |
| Cross-div ranked | 1-0 | — |
| Building | — | 1-0 |
| Unproven | 2-0 | 2-0 |
- NC vs Sumudaerji#1465May 30, 2026 · Top-15
- W vs Charles Johnson#1364Jan 24, 2026 · Top-15
- L vs Asu Almabayev#972Nov 22, 2025 · Top-15
- L vs Tatsuro Taira#1377Jun 15, 2024 · Top-5
- W vs Matheus Nicolau#578Apr 27, 2024 · Top-5
- L vs Muhammad Mokaev#874Mar 2, 2024 · Top-15
- L vs Alexandre Pantoja#493Jul 30, 2022 · Champion
- L vs Deiveson FigueiredoCHAMP100Nov 21, 2020 · Champion
- W vs Jussier Formiga#487Jun 6, 2020 · Top-5
- W vs Jordan Espinosa#1071Jan 25, 2020 · Top-15
- W vs Mark De La Rosa36Mar 30, 2019 · Cross-div ranked
- L vs Joseph Benavidez#388Nov 30, 2018 · Top-5
- W vs Jose Torres8Aug 4, 2018 · Unproven
- W vs Eric Shelton46Feb 24, 2018 · Top-15
- W vs Carls John De Tomas8Dec 9, 2017 · Unproven
- L vs Manel Kape#287Jun 20, 2026 · Top-5
- W vs Amir Albazi#683Feb 7, 2026 · Top-5
- W vs Tagir Ulanbekov#1267Nov 22, 2025 · Top-15
- W vs Ali Bagautinov#878Nov 19, 2016 · Top-5
- W vs Neil Seery18May 8, 2016 · Building
- W vs Chico Camus#1363Sep 26, 2015 · Top-15
- L vs Demetrious JohnsonCHAMP100Apr 25, 2015 · Champion
- W vs Louis Gaudinot#1570Jan 3, 2015 · Top-15
- W vs Jon Delos Reyes8Sep 20, 2014 · Unproven
- W vs Darrell Montague#1561May 10, 2014 · Top-15
- W vs Dustin Pague8Oct 19, 2013 · Unproven
All figures are 0–100 ratings (shown as %), not percentages of anything literal. Schedule strength = the average quality of every UFC opponent faced (win or lose). Win quality = the average quality of the opponents actually beaten. The composite Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) with win quality (35%). Per-bout opponent quality is scored on rank-at-time-of-fight (champion 100, ranks 1–5 = 90→78, ranks 6–15 = 75→60), with cross-division and P4P signals layered on, falling back to opponent UFC record-at-time for unranked opponents. For fighters with limited UFC experience the headline is held toward a rookie baseline, so debut / low-sample fighters read lower than established names. UFC ranking data is sparse before December 2018, so legacy-era fighters score from record-at-time when ranks are missing.
Career splits
Striking matchup
Each fighter's offense mapped against the other's defense — where one attacks meets where the other gets hit, across head, body, and leg. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time.
Horiguchi has the striking edge (+8).
Where Perez attacks (green = high volume) vs where Horiguchi gets hit (red = vulnerable) — Perez’s green zones meeting Horiguchi’s red zones are the openings.
- Head59%65th261
- Body18%62nd80
- Leg23%84th104
Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes
- Head56%75th176
- Body25%66th80
- Leg19%60th61
Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share absorbed · partly opponent-dependent
- Standing73%324
- Clinch13%59
- Ground14%62
- Standing75%237
- Clinch17%55
- Ground8%25
Each lane: the attacker’s strike rate (offense) vs the other’s rate absorbed (defense), graded on the division. The bar leans toward whoever wins the exchange — longer + greener = a bigger, higher-quality edge.
Full breakdown — all zones, both views
| Zone | Fighter | Landed / 15 | Accuracy | Absorbed / 15 | Career landed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Alex Perez | above division average35.0 | 37% | below division average34.2 | 261 |
| Head | Kyoji Horiguchi | top 22% of division38.6 | 43% | top 25% of division21.2 | 417 |
| Body | Alex Perez | above division average11.1 | 63% | above division average9.9 | 80 |
| Body | Kyoji Horiguchi | around division average9.3 | 66% | above division average8.7 | 90 |
| Leg | Alex Perez | top 16% of division12.7 | 73% | above division average6.3 | 104 |
| Leg | Kyoji Horiguchi | below division average5.4 | 77% | above division average6.6 | 48 |
Per-15-minute rates are sourced from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Division percentile is computed against every UFC fighter who has competed in this weight class with at least two recorded bouts. Lower “absorbed” values are better — the percentile is inverted so “top of division” always means better outcome.
Grappling matchup
Takedowns, submission threat, and control. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time, with takedown defense as a percentage of opponent attempts stopped.
Each metric graded on the division — the bar leans toward whoever wins that part of the grappling exchange (longer + greener = a bigger edge).
Perez has the grappling edge (+13).
Full breakdown — career grappling totals
| Metric | Alex Perez | Kyoji Horiguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Takedowns landed / 15career takedowns | 2.115 | 1.717 |
| Takedown accuracycareer landed / attempted | 45%15 / 33 | 40%17 / 42 |
| Takedown defensecareer stopped / faced | 73%27 / 37 | 61%30 / 49 |
| Submission attempts / 15career attempts | 0.75 | 0.11 |
| Control time / 15 (min)career total | 4.0 min28:22 | 3.3 min33:10 |
| Time controlled by opponent / 15 (min)career total | 1.6 min10:57 | 2.7 min27:12 |
All rates computed from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Takedown defense = opponent attempts stopped ÷ opponent total attempts. Control time figures are minutes the fighter spent in a dominant position per 15 minutes of fight time. Accuracy under 8 career attempts is shown raw and ungraded — too small a sample to rate against the division.
Finishing & durability
How often each fighter ends fights early — and how often they get put away. Outcomes view, not per-minute output.
When their fights end
every pro finish on the fight clockFinish & durability rates
Full professional career
Full method breakdown
| Outcome | Alex Perez | Kyoji Horiguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Wins | ||
| by KO / TKO | 7(27%) | 15(42%) |
| by submission | 7(27%) | 6(17%) |
| by decision | 12(46%) | 15(42%) |
| Losses | ||
| by KO / TKO | 2(20%) | 2(40%) |
| by submission | 6(60%) | 1(20%) |
| by decision | 2(20%) | 2(40%) |
Full professional career method splits, graded against the full-pro division distribution. Career KO losses are the total — clean knockouts and cut/injury stoppages can’t be separated outside the UFC corpus. Finish-time pace is UFC-only.
KO history
UFC fights only — knockout power and chin durability, head-to-head, then when the last finish landed, and on whom.
- Last time KO'dvs Tatsuro Taira2 years agoUFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira · Jun 15, 2024 · R2 · 2:59* injury · not a clean KO
- Last time submittedvs Asu Almabayev7 months agoUFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker · Nov 22, 2025 · R3 · 0:22
- Last time KO'dvs Manel Kape4 days agoUFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi · Jun 20, 2026 · R3 · 2:42
- Last time submittedvs Demetrious Johnson11y 1mo agoUFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi · Apr 25, 2015 · R5 · 4:59
Pace & fade
How each fighter's work rate holds up as a fight wears on — round-by-round output (striking, takedown attempts, and control time combined), and whether they fade. The fade % compares round-3 output to round 1 over bouts that reached the third round.
Cardio edge to Horiguchi: Horiguchi builds (+8% per round through round 3) while Perez fades (-16% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Perez sustains 101% of round-1 output by round 3, Horiguchi 130%.
Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.
Full per-round breakdown — both fighters
What drives the pace · per round
The composite output line above blends these three inputs. Splitting them out shows whether a fighter’s work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control — and which input fades.
| Round | Fighter | Output / min | Sig landed / min | Sig absorbed / min | TD att / min | Control | Bouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Alex Perez | 6.9 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 0.27 | 17% | 14 |
| R1 | Kyoji Horiguchi | 4.6 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.28 | 17% | 11 |
| R2 | Alex Perez | 6.5 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 0.29 | 45% | 7 |
| R2 | Kyoji Horiguchi | 6.7 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 0.35 | 35% | 10 |
| R3 | Alex Perez | 4.9 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 0.52 | 37% | 4 |
| R3 | Kyoji Horiguchi | 5.5 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 0.17 | 16% | 9 |
| R4 | Alex Perez | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| R4 | Kyoji Horiguchi | 3.5 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 0.60 | 9% | 1 |
| R5 | Alex Perez | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| R5 | Kyoji Horiguchi | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 0.00 | 0% | 1 |
Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length — a 2:30 stoppage counts as 2.5 minutes, not five — so an early finish doesn’t distort the per-minute pace.