Yoshihiro Akiyama’s career has contained many highlights. But Saturday wasn’t one of them as the Japanese veteran found himself unable to cope with the early pace set by Malaysian welterweight Agilan ...

UFC Fight Night 52 was a battle for career resurrection for Amir Sadollah and Yoshihiro Akiyama, both men stepping into the Octagon on Saturday in Tokyo trying after long layoffs. Sadollah, The ...

The UFC recently signed notorious, Korean judoka Yoshihiro "Grease Lighting" Akiyama in a possible attempt to edge its way into the Asian MMA market. Dana White has expressed interest in moving the ...

On this day in 2014, the UFC made a rare trip to Japan where a cult hero produced his last win inside the Octagon. Competing at Saitama Super Arena is a feat that very few UFC fighters have been able ...

Yoshihiro Akiyama hasn’t had much luck at middleweight, so the former top Japanese star will try his luck at welterweight. The UFC announced on Monday morning that Akiyama has verbally agreed to face ...

Japanese superstar and UFC and PRIDE veteran Yoshihiro Akiyama today revealed his next opponent in the Octagon: he’ll face mixed martial arts legend Wanderlei Silva. While Akiyama did not indicate ...

While United States audiences and Ultimate Fighting Championship fans alike were gripped by the legacies carved by fighters like Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell, across the Pacific, a different breed ...

Tomorrow's UFC 133 in Philadelphia will feature two exciting and hard hitting middleweights who are looking to remain viable contenders in their division as former UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion Vitor ...