UFC 144’s Yoshihiro Akiyama planning for a ‘sexy fight in Japan’

TOKYO – Japan, meet “Sexyama.”

Yoshihiro Akiyama said fans in the Land of the Rising Sun aren’t familiar with the tongue-in-cheek nickname that stateside fans have for him, and it’s been awhile since they’ve seen him at all.

Nonetheless, he feels it’s his responsibility to show why American fans have taken such a liking to him and to make UFC 144 a success.