On the other UFC 116: Lesnar vs Carwin main card, Yoshihiro Akiyama sets to fight Chris Leben in match of two middleweights.
The Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Chris Leben fight video is set to take place on July 3, 2010 live at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA and on PPV (Pay-Per-View).
Yoshihiro Akiyama, “Sexyama“, from Japan, #10 Middleweight in the world as ranked by Sherdog has a mixed martial arts record of 13 wins (5 by way of knock out, KO), 1 loss and 2 no contests. His last fight was a Split Decision win over Alan Belcher, July 2009.
While Chris Leben, “The Crippler“, from United States of America has a mixed martial arts record of 20 wins (11 by way of knock out) and 6 losses. He just came off a 2nd Round Technical Knock Out win over Aaron Simpson on Leben vs Simpson at TUF 11 Finale, June 2010.
The Akiyama vs Leben video will be an Ultimate Fighting Championship non-title match.
Leben agreed to fill in for injured Wanderlei Silva (broken ribs) as replacement against Akiyama. The Crippler is still fresh off a win last month. Does he have just enough time to recover for this match against Sexyama?
Before this event, check out the Countdown to UFC 116 then they’ll undergo the UFC 116 weigh in.
For the Akiyama vs Leben video on July 3, 2010, watch the UFC 116 live stream on fight night.
You can also check the Brock Lesnar vs Shane Carwin video as the main event and the Chris Lytle vs Matt Brown 2 video as well as the Krzysztof Soszynski vs Stephan Bonnar 2 video and George Sotiropoulos vs Kurt Pellegrino video other main cards.
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Chris Leben (21-6-0) defeated Yoshihiro Akiyama (13-2-2) via 3rd Round Submission by (triangle choke) in 4 minutes and 40 seconds.
This fight was really a tough one. Goes down to one of my all-time favorites. Both fighters exchanged blow by blow and Leben’s ground game impressed me this time. Tough chins for both fighters.
For me, this is the fight of the night and submission of the night (even before the main fight started).
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