Akiyama Holds Press Conference in Tokyo - Discusses UFC Contract, Title Shot, Dana

by smoogy on Mar 2, 2009 11:41 PM EST

Fronted by Chris Nelson.

Photo from Yahoo! Japan

Yoshihiro Akiyama held a press conference today in Tokyo to address his recent signing of an exclusive contract with the UFC. He revealed that his deal would be for six fights, with the first to come in August. Akiyama confirmed that he would stay in the middleweight division, and said that Dana White wants to build him up to face Anderson Silva. He offered a statement of confidence:

"I want to press forward, never forgetting the feeling of challenge. Right now we are in a depression but when you see the fight I put up, conditions will turn around!"

HT: MMANews.com

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Can I get a center align on that? I’m lost.

Also, here is a gibberish translation of some of the fluff questions if you’re into that.

http://nifty.amikai.com/amiweb/browser.jsp?url=http3A2F2Fheadlines.yahoo.co.jp2Fhl3Fa3D20090303-00000000-gbr-fight&langpair=2%2C1&lang=JA&toolbar=yes&c_id=nifty

by smoogy on Mar 2, 2009 11:45 PM EST reply actions

Fixed & fronted.

Lavender scarf + gold tie = you’re dead, Anderson.

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by Chris Nelson on Mar 2, 2009 11:55 PM EST up reply actions

by smoogy on Mar 2, 2009 11:59 PM EST up reply actions

Actually, that looks like the same lavender scarf in both pictures… talk about versatility! Akiyama is the P4P Fashion King of MMA.

by smoogy on Mar 3, 2009 12:04 AM EST up reply actions

A certain rabbit skin vested someone would disagree

by George Lucas on Mar 3, 2009 12:31 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Real bad asses wear pink.

A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.

by iiowyn on Mar 3, 2009 1:00 AM EST up reply actions

Is that Rivers Cuomo?

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by Chris Nelson on Mar 3, 2009 1:05 AM EST up reply actions

lol, Cuomo doesn’t go out into public, you know that. He sits in the dark, in his house, wishing he was blacker than he was.

by Sam Cupitt on Mar 3, 2009 1:15 AM EST up reply actions

Thanks for the frontage, even if it gets the back of the bus treatment for being icky Japanese MMA news. I think I cracked the code: put sexy words like “UFC” and “Dana” in the title. A photo of the UFC logo and Sexyama in his best mobster costume doesn’t hurt either.

by smoogy on Mar 2, 2009 11:58 PM EST reply actions