5 Main Card Predictions For UFC 182

By Jay Anderson /

4. Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Louis Gaudinot

Weight Class: Flyweight Louis Gaudinot (6-3, 1NC) would probably like to be known as something other than "the guy with the green hair from one of those iffy seasons of The Ultimate Fighter" - and do so so, he's going to need to pick up a win against eleventh ranked flyweight Kyoji Horiguchi (14-1). Gaudinot is coming off a drug test failure which saw his submission victory over Phil Harris overturned, and hasn't fought since March as a result. Horiguchi, meanwhile, is on a three-fight win streak in the UFC. He's a former Shooto bantamweight champion, and hasn't lost a fight since 2012. He knocked out unheralded Jon Delos Reyes at Japan's UFC Fight Night event in September, headlined by Hunt vs. Nelson. Look for Horiguchi to pick up a decision win here. He has been more active, and prior to the no contest, Gaudinot dropped a decision to Tim Elliot. Elliot's actually ranked a spot above Horiguchi in the UFC official rankings.