Ray Borg meets Kyoji Horiguchi at Bellator 295 on April 22 in Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii: Bellator 295 event just got more interesting as Kyoji Horiguchi (31-5) is scheduled to face Ray Borg (16-5) who will be debuting under the Bellator banner in the flyweight division on April 22, 2023, at Bellator 295 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Borg competed under the UFC banner 12 times and he defeated some of the best fighters the likes of Louis Smolka and Jussier Formiga. Borg also fought for the title against Demetrious Johnson at UFC 216. After his departure from the UFC, Borg won his last fight against Ricky Bandejas by a split decision at Eagle FC 46.

FightBook MMA reached out to Ray and stated:

I’m super excited to be making my bellator debut in Honolulu and even more excited to be fighting Horiguchi. I feel like this is a fight that is years in the making and I’m excited that it is finally happening.

Horiguchi is stepping into the cage dropping back-to-back bouts to Bellator bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis and Patchy Mix. Horiguchi came back in the winning circle with a submission win against Yuto Hokamura. He then won by a unanimous decision against Hiromasa Ougikubo in the flyweight decision.

Stay tuned to FightBook MMA as we will have more details on this fight card in the coming days.

The current Bellator 295 fight card includes:

  • Raufeon Stots vs. Patchy Mix
  • Ilima-Lei Macfarlane vs. Kana Watanabe
  • Kasim Aras vs. Davion Franklin
  • Adil Edwards vs. Kai Kamaka III
  • Charlie Leary vs. Yancy Medeiros
  • Aalon Cruz vs. Bobby King
  • Keoni Diggs vs. Weber Almeida
  • Sumiko Inaba vs. Veta Arteaga
  • Ray Borg vs. Kyoji Horiguchi

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