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It was a great night of fights as per usual from the Japanese based MMA leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In action, that night was none other than the RIZIN bantamweight king, Kyoji Horiguchi (27-2) who defeated Ben Nguyen via first-round TKO. The dominant 28-year old entered the ring for the first time since he won the title on New Year&#8217;s Eve 2018 at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rizin-ff\/rizin-14-results-kyoji-horiguchi-scores-huge-comeback-win-over-darrion-caldwell-ayaka-hamasaki-claims-gold\/\">RIZIN 14<\/a> when he defeated the Bellator champion, Darrion &#8220;The Wolf&#8221; Caldwell (13-2) in a crazy comeback effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since that night, a rematch was inevitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Horiguchi&#8217;s recent win over Nguyen, RIZIN Founder Nobuyuki Sakakibara entered the ring to announce that Horiguchi vs Caldwell 2 was on for Bellator 222 on June 14 in Madison Square Garden. However, on Friday, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/exclusive-scott-coker-says-kyoji-horiguchi-vs-darrion-caldwell-2-not-done-deal-but-working-on-it\/\">Bellator President Scott Coker revealed that the fight wasn&#8217;t quite finalized just yet<\/a> but that was the direction that they were indeed heading in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast forward to Sunday and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"ESPN (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/26629796\/horiguchi-caldwell-rematch-set-june-msg\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a> has now confirmed with Coker that the champion vs champion rematch is on. According to the Bellator President, if Horiguchi wins he will have to defend his Bellator title at least once a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Horiguchi, this will be his first fight outside of Japan since he defeated Ali Bagautinov in November 2016 in his last UFC fight at UFC Belfast. 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