Sources: Despite protests, Yoshihiro Akiyama will fight Chris Leben at UFC 116

Fear not UFC fans; you’ll get your required dose of “Sexyama” in July.

MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the
promotion that despite some initial resistance to facing a new opponent,
Japanese judoka Yoshihiro Akiyama has indeed
agreed to …

Fear not UFC fans; you’ll get your required dose of “Sexyama” in July.

MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the
promotion that despite some initial resistance to facing a new opponent,
Japanese judoka Yoshihiro Akiyama has indeed
agreed to face Chris Leben at next week’s UFC 116
event in Las Vegas.

Akiyama had expressed some concern with the late change of opponent; Leben was selected earlier this week to replace initial foe
Wanderlei Silva after “The Axe Murderer” was
forced to bow out due to injury.