Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Kazuo Misaki

Beef – Volume 3: A Japanese Conflict: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Kazuo Misaki
This video is fantastic and must be watched by all those invested in this “beef”.

And I know Akiyama is deplored by the Japanese, but how do you hate a fighter who enters the ring to “Con Te Partiro”?

Dream 6: Masanori Tonooka vs Yoshihiro Akiyama

Dream 6: Masanori Tonooka vs Yoshihiro Akiyama
Round 1: Akiyama, wearing the full gi again, picks Tonooka up and places him on his back after about 90 seconds of tentative exchange on the feet. The judoka is working side control and appears to be trying to smother his opponent with his gi jacket. With Tonooka’s left arm between his legs and right arm pinned down, Akiyama rains down short shots and hammerfists as the ref yells “Give up?!” Tonooka does not, and Akiyama transitions to full mount, softening the karate expert up with hammerfists, working for an armbar, and finally transitioning to back mount where Tonooka is able to escape! Akiyama takes him straight back down and regains mount, pivots his hips to Tonooka’s left and rolls him over for the submission.

Yoshihiro Akiyama def. Masanori Tonooka via Submission (Armbar) at 6:26 of Round 1

Dream 5: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama

Dream 5: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama