B.J. Penn and Yoshihiro Akiyama at the Zuffa fighter summit in Vegas; photo via Akiyama's blog,...

B.J. Penn and Yoshihiro Akiyama at the Zuffa fighter summit in Vegas; photo via Akiyama's blog, which also has this screenshot from the summit:
"ANNOUNCING FIGHTERS & FIGHTS

- UFC/Dana officially announces a fighter/fight

- Planning/strategy goes into announcing a fight

- Please keep fight confidential until UFC announces you or your fight"

Akiyama said the summit lasted 12 hours with breaks for lunch and dinner, and covered stuff like media relations, steroids, contracts and taxes.

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“This guy’s sexiest”

“NO, your the sexiest”

by Meshuggeth on Nov 3, 2009 10:33 PM EST reply actions

“Lyoto Machida is the sexiest!”

This shirt is "dry clean only", which means it's dirty.

by Sam Cupitt on Nov 3, 2009 11:20 PM EST up reply actions

i have more pics and tweets about the fighter summit in the next tweet tweet. :)

everyone was talking about it.. They tackled steroids and it’s harmful effects, twitter being important for everyone, policies like what you posted, sponsors, etc etc.

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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 3, 2009 10:36 PM EST reply actions

they were tweeting like a muff hugger today.

I think joe lauzon tweeted about four hundred times today.

by willydynamite on Nov 3, 2009 11:55 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

joe lauzon is a spammer.

haha.

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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 4, 2009 1:06 AM EST up reply actions

Why did BJ even bother getting in on that picture, he knows he’s gonna get outsexed.

by grein on Nov 3, 2009 10:36 PM EST reply actions

why would you want to have a picture standing next to a super model?

so that you can ogle at the sexy model ofcourse!

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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 3, 2009 10:40 PM EST up reply actions

PS

akiyama doesn’t look like he’s 2 weightclasses above BJ.. he should really drop to 170 IMO.

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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 3, 2009 10:36 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

I was thinking the same thing.

by CSKit on Nov 3, 2009 10:43 PM EST up reply actions

Who takes it?

Penn vs. Akiyama?

"He hit like a bitch."

by SMC on Nov 3, 2009 10:47 PM EST up reply actions

I’d bet the house on Penn in that one.

by Tedd Welch on Nov 3, 2009 10:59 PM EST up reply actions

At 170, mind you. Neither of the tan homeboys has any business fighting above welterweight.

by Tedd Welch on Nov 3, 2009 11:00 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, as evidenced by Akiyama’s horrible record as a middleweight.

by ufc4 on Nov 3, 2009 11:32 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

now imagine what his record would've been if he was fighting smaller guys

(granted that he doesn’t have weight cutting issues)

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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 3, 2009 11:34 PM EST up reply actions

Even at 170 he would fight bigger fighters, or at least his size.

by dancingChicken on Nov 4, 2009 3:58 AM EST up reply actions

when i said fighting smaller guys,

i meant smaller opponents compared to the MWs he’s usually put up against..

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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 4, 2009 4:45 AM EST up reply actions

…aa, too early to comprehend…

by dancingChicken on Nov 4, 2009 5:11 AM EST up reply actions

Akiyama via SEX

by CSKit on Nov 3, 2009 10:58 PM EST reply actions

Akiyamas pinky looks photoshopped.

This shirt is "dry clean only", which means it's dirty.

by Sam Cupitt on Nov 3, 2009 11:21 PM EST reply actions

Dana saying upcoming fights must be confidential until the UFC announces it sounds like he’s pissed about the fighters talking to the blogs and taking away his spotlight.

by steveoc24 on Nov 3, 2009 11:22 PM EST reply actions

Doesn’t really matter the reason, he’s the boss and if he says don’t do it then you shouldn’t.

by ufc4 on Nov 3, 2009 11:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

From a fan who attends events frequently, I never rely on ufc.com. Usually when the tickets go on sale, they have only a few fights on the card official and listed on their website. I rely on the blogs with their rumored fights on the card and decide if I want to purchase good seats or not.

by steveoc24 on Nov 3, 2009 11:43 PM EST up reply actions