Wanderlei Silva vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama In Early 2010

by Kelvin Hunt on Oct 13, 2009 4:00 PM EDT in News Comment 8 comments

That's the word from a UFC press conference in Japan in which Akiyama said that the fight would take place at 185 pounds. The surprise of course is that this fight could take place in Australia. The UFC has communicated that they would like to host a show 'down under' and apparently they will be doing so sometime in the early part of 2010. This will be Wanderlei's first fight at 185 since leaving the light heavyweight division where he was one of the top guys for over half a decade. Silva is coming off a close decision loss to former UFC middleweight champion and current light heavyweight Rich Franklin at UFC 99. Yoshihiro Akiyama made his successful UFC debut at UFC 100 in July, winning a very close split decision against the always game Alan Belcher.

The Akiyama/Silva rumor has been floating around now for quite a bit, but now it appears as though it'll come to fruition. Of course Demian Maia is looking for an opponent to face in either December or January, and I thought that Akiyama would have been a good choice. However, I suppose that Joe Silva and Dana White decided not to use my services this time around.

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hmmmm I’m not 100% sold on Akiyama in the octagon but I’m also not sure how good Wandy will be at 185, he gassed against Rich and Akiyama got some heavy hands…so ummmm good fight

by Charles Walker on Oct 13, 2009 4:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Good fight

I hope Wandy knocks him silly and then retires.

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Oct 13, 2009 4:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hmm

I like both fighters…but will be rooting for Wandy….

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by Kelvin Hunt on Oct 13, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't get me wrong

I have nothing against Sexyama, but Wandy is my all time favorite to ever throw down.

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Oct 13, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i'm glad someone else here thought the fight between alan belcher and akiyama

was very close. i do have 20/20 vision. belcher had an excellent submission win vs dennis kang who was a major favorite in that fight. i believe kang will take out his frustrations on michael bisping in their upcoming fight. i aslo believe belcher will have no problem “tooling” wilson gouevia in ther upcoming fight. like i said before it’s only good to great fighters or somebody the ufc is hyping who make it to the the big ufc pay per view events. it’s the “medicore” fighters who fight on ufc fight nights except the main event. peace.

by wolfmanshowlforever on Oct 13, 2009 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting matchup. Should be a good one.

by SlickRick00 on Oct 13, 2009 5:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This is a weird fight, but then again most Wandy fights at 185 are going to seem off. Akiyama is without a doubt top-ten at middleweight, but anybody fighting Silva is in for a fight, especially if they’re not the type to put him down early. It seemed like they were going to build up Akiyama for their eventual Japan/Korea invasion, but this fight and the Australian venue make me wonder what their intentions really are.

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by -Neil- on Oct 13, 2009 6:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Well

The Japanese/Koreans will be able to watch this fight live if it’s in Australia…as the time zone is only like 2 hours difference…both are hugely popular overseas.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Oct 13, 2009 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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