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UFC 100 Preview: Yoshihiro “Sexyama” Akiyama vs. Alan “The Talent” Belcher

Posted July 12th, 2009. Filed under Sport celebrity

Yoshihiro “Sexyama” Akiyama (12-1, 0-0 UFC) vs. Alan “The Talent” Belcher (14-5, 5-3 UFC)

“Sexyama” has a great story behind him and a strong recap can be found here. To summarize Akiyama brings an interesting story with him to the UFC because of his heritage, Eastern appeal, and talent. Akiyama is immensely popular in Japan and South Korea, but there is a strong dichotomy between the two. He is beloved in South Korea while seen as the villain in Japan. Not necessarily national pride, but the manner in

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UFC 100 weigh-in results: All 22 competitors officially make weight for historic show

Posted July 12th, 2009. Filed under Sport


by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Jul 10, 2009 at 7:25 pm ET
LAS VEGAS – All 22 competitors taking part in Saturday’s UFC 100 event have officially made weight for the show.

Weigh-ins took place today at a packed (albeit scaled-down) Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, and much of the crow remained ontheir feet throughout the ceremony.

While co-headliners Georges St-Pierre and Thiago Alves used every bit of the allowed 170-pounds in making their welterweight title fight official, so too did main-event fighter Brock Lesnar, who tipped

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