Yoshihiro Akiyama‘s management has told MMAFighting.com that the Japanese/Korean fighter is still not sure if he will be fighting Wanderlei Silva‘s replacement, Chris Leben.
Akiyama was scheduled to hold a press conference at Narita Airport in Japan prior to his departure tomorrow but only hours ago Akiyama’s manager told MMAFighting.com that he is not 100% on whether Akiyama will make the trip to Vegas. Akiyama has reportedly been suffering from depression ever since Silva’s injury was announced and has not trained for the past week.
Update: Akiyama has since updated his blog. “I had various choices but … I’ll do my best in my fight!”