It must had been tough to continue the fight after the low blow kick received in the begining of the fight, at your first UFC fight in a foreign country for you. Unfortunately, Belcher keeps on trying to kick another low blow. He was kicking and punching a lot but missed Akiyama frequently. So it often made Belcher looking like a 9th grader fighting whose aim is not very accurate. UFC should tighten the rule about kicking man on the groin, accidental or intentional! Penalize them enough for the kick if not the first time but the second time. I’d like to see Belcher getting kicked on his groin in the beginning of the first round and see how well he fights.

Misaki is full of it. If he really intended to ask for fan’s to forgive akiyama, he would have greeted Akiyama properly in the begining of fight first. He purposely did not greet Akiyama as the fighters usually do in the beginning (have a look at the fight tape). He walked away while Akiyama was standing purosely leaving Akiyam in the center of the ring looking unconfortable! Also, Misaki made those comments to make himself look good in front of the Japanese fans who’s been naive enough to think Akiyama is a real villan. And performed an illegal kick in Akiyama’s face while he was on ghe ground getting ready to get up. What a FAKE/LOW LIFE MISAKI IS!

The grease thing is about applying oil of olay for heaven sake, not vaseline. Yes, he was smiling and applying on camera pre-fight tape showed. So he did not know it would be considered banned substance at the time. Some people have created a villan out of him for that in Japan for an unnecessarily long time and they succeeded. The fans who believe Akiyama is a villan for applying oil of olay before the fight should have their IQs checked! You are being fooled by low life punks like Misaki!

If you ask me personally, I think Akiyama’s one of the more humble and modest fighters in MMA. It’s not easy to admit making a huge mistake. He came outta his shell and admitted that yes, he had skin cream on and honestly, I don’t think he used it to cheat anyways. How many of you guys ever watch all of his MMA fights prior to the one against Sakuraba? He was using a gi in all of his fights and only later on (beginning with his fight against Kestutis Smirnovas) that he started fighting without his gi on, so obviously, it doesn’t take a smart-ass to realize that he wasn’t intending on cheating in his fight against Sakuraba.

As for Misaki, for him to make those comments is disgraceful. Talk about a guy with no sportsmanship. First he lands an illegal kick to the head, then he had the balls to follow it up with racist comments to Akiyama. Is that what you call a respectful fighter? Thank god the Yarennoka officials declared the fight a no contest, even if Akiyama should’ve won by DQ by right.

If Tanigawa plans to run the next Dynamite!! show in Seoul (which I think would draw a helluva lot more than their LA one), they should try to book Akiyama vs Misaki II, especially since FEG and ProElite (who I believe are also tied to World Victory Road where Misaki’s competing in) are working together to collaborate on MMA fights. Hopefully, this would be a chance for redemption and the next time these two fighters meet, Akiyama will school his ass the way it should be done.

Misaki’s lecture may have been sincere at first..but it was obvious near the end that his motive was to throw even more shit on Akiyama’s face. Though Japanese and Korean relations in the modern day are quite okay now, turmoil still exists..and it was CRYSTAL CLEAR that Misaki was sending a message out that the Japanese are still superior (not speaking of how all Japanese think).

Misaki was trying to provide more support for Akiyama? Pfft..Give me a break. Spouting out your opponent’s own famous quote and saying, “Japanese is strong” to someone who’s faced hatred by the Japanese all his life is respectful? All of it was an insult, IMO. Props to Akiyama for taking on that shit directly.

Misaki should have realized that bowing before Akiyama’s feet, the way he did after his speech, is considered extremely disrespectful.