Watching the respect he got in Physical 100 was amazing to me because he deserves every ounce. I don't think my girlfriend understood when he was announced and I got pretty excited. Sexyama is a legend no matter what

@jacksdad734

Жыл бұрын

Same here. “How do you know who any of these people are”? You got Sexyama and several well known Olympians and athletes out there.

@slicksilver9441

Жыл бұрын

I just seen this on Netflix and was excited to see him on there!

@chrislaverick6413

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@antonydharwood

Жыл бұрын

Same thing happened with me and my girlfriend aha. I spent like a solid 5 mins just excitedly talking about Sexyama

@samuelgreen7684

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I saw him walk out and I jumped up and shouted “SEXYAMA!!”. She looked at me and said “wtf is wrong with you? Who is that guy?” Hahaha. He’s a judo and mma legend.

If you look at his losses in the UFC, he pretty much only lost to absolute monsters

@yamjam7434

Жыл бұрын

Most Famous Korean ufc fighters only lost to straight up monsters. Stun gun only lost 4times in the ufc and it was prime maia,Colby,woodley and condit.all champions or champion could be’s Tkz only lost to champs too except for his wec fight and roider ortega Koreans tough af fr

@adilchaouche4326

Жыл бұрын

​@@yamjam7434 wait Ortega was on roid

@yamjam7434

Жыл бұрын

@@adilchaouche4326 he literally popped for it volk was making fun of that also.

@sukhdevr3489

Жыл бұрын

@@yamjam7434 Stun Gun was underrated. Beat Nate Diaz. Condit's KO over him was brilliant.

@sukhdevr3489

Жыл бұрын

@@yamjam7434 I was very surprised when KZ got beaten that badly by Ortega, who isn't that good of a striker.

Mad respect for him. Aoki been literally talking crap about him being Zainichi and representing Korea as well as Japan for over a decade. Aoki refused to get to Yama's weight class. After a hiatus, Yama returned, matched Aokis weight class and beat him. Dudes almost 50.. What an absolute legend and solid fighter against racism against Korean-Japanese people!

@skyereave9454

Жыл бұрын

I hope he can help heal the rift.

@ffnovice7

Жыл бұрын

As if Apki couldn't be even more hated. I was so happy when Nagashima the cosplay fighter kneed him into the shadow realm after 3 minutes of shinya dive kicking into referee stand-ups

Dude was competing against those guys that was 10-15 year younger than him in physical 100 and Still beat most of them to the semi final, If he was 10 year younger, he would’ve easily won the show PLAIN SIMPLE

I don't think people realize how small akiyama was compared to his opponents. And so much of his career was pre-ufc.

Singer, model, TV, Movies, MMA, Judo, dudes doing it all! Respect to Yoshihiro!

@karloscondit2544

Жыл бұрын

Asian johnny sins

@louieloya9811

Жыл бұрын

@@karloscondit2544 LMAOOOO😭😭😭😭

@DisingenuousComment

5 ай бұрын

and a cheater

Its cool your covering One Championship fighters, do more of these my guy

Sexyama has an underrated ASF MMA career, and it's nice to see a proper career review 💯

@DisingenuousComment

5 ай бұрын

underrated? He's a cheater. If anything he should be banned from fighting. He's lucky there are many people like you who don't know what he did.

@Ew_.

5 ай бұрын

​@@DisingenuousComment I'm aware of his past and potential cheating scandals, I just admittedly don't give a flying fuck and still love sexyama.

@DisingenuousComment

5 ай бұрын

@@Ew_. thats sad, but you do you i guess

@Ew_.

5 ай бұрын

@@DisingenuousComment going to an almost year old video about a fighter and replying to a bunch of comments to judge people for liking said fighter is sad too, but you do you I guess.

@DisingenuousComment

5 ай бұрын

@@Ew_. As a sports fan, I think it's important to call out cheaters, especially in combat sports, because it could be dangerous; and cheaters who are once exposed should never be fighting professionally again. Japan does it right for banning this guy. If you think that's sad, then its straight up just naive and absurd.

I became a fan of Akiyama funnily enough not from MMA, but for his appearance in Return of Superman. Only a few years ago did I notice that he appeared on both UFC and ONE, and even beat Aoki! Godspeed to this forever youthful man!

@vrownvegan3187

Жыл бұрын

hahahahahahahahahaha yo, I thought I was the only one. The Return of Superman was a great show and im not even so hooked with reality shows but him, his family and the other cast members like the Comedian guy and his twins were such a wholesome content.

@vashthefortress

Жыл бұрын

@@vrownvegan3187 Omgg, there's also the triplets that were just downright hilarious!

I’ve missed these type of videos. Always been my favorites. Max respect for this man. We were routing for him to win Physical 100, an inspiration

Yoshihiro Akiyama at Physical 100 was great and very tactical. i like him at that Netflix show , all respect. he raised the bar for many young people and for those who think that only strength is important

@sadworldwide

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad him and that other captain dominated that other team that was supposedly "the favorite" to win that challenge. I was rooting for Akiyama the entire time, a true leader, and a true warrior.

Much respect for Kiiyon for continuing to make these vids man - despite the whole monetisation bs

@overhyped_1005

Жыл бұрын

Fr

@TheGr8one1022

Жыл бұрын

Whatever fuck him, he's a woke tard.

@pirate546

Жыл бұрын

what were the monetisation changes?

@azadog1233

Жыл бұрын

@@pirate546 UFC demonetises all of them because of the clips of the fighters

That Chris leben fight was a certified classic. The whole match was just so exciting.

Akiyama has a beautiful physique and yet, when he stands next to his opponents, he looks surprisingly smaller. Despite this, as the video notes, he fearlessly went toe to toe against his noticeably bigger opponents. Win or lose, unlike so many of today's BORING-ASS fighters who just want to not get knocked out and hang on till the end, he always gave an all out great show, full of lots of action and techniques. He also was a great role model, as he always showed respect for his opponents, had great style, and always conducted himself with class and manners. He comes across as a great representative for the sport, unlike so many of today's classless asshats who think acting like a classless ghetto-refugee with a vulgar big mouth somehow makes you a "badass" worthy of admiration, when in fact it only impresses ignorant meatheads who understand nothing about what it means to be a great athlete and a respectable person.

Loved him in Physical 100 in all aspects, was one of my faves I was rooting for

Glad he’s getting some recognition with physical 100

Just knowing him from physical 100 the dude is a stand up guy and new he wasn’t going to win, but wanted him too because he’s a class act person

He was very good, when considering how late he got started in MMA. Within the UFC, he was never champion calibre or even top 5 contender quality, but could still hang with the best fighters in the world. He was already in his mid 30s when he entered top level competition, which by fighter years is basically a dinosaur. His career/record would have definitely benefited from getting into the sport earlier.

It's crazy that he fought the Gracie killer and is still fighting to this day!

@sammyzhang2472

Жыл бұрын

Sexyama is definitely a great fighter, but it bothers me if he is praised for fights like this when he was clearly cheating. He was greased and had a history of cheating in this same way in both mma and judo. This is why he's hated in Japan because he cheated against a legend. The man was caught on camera putting like 5 bottles of lotion on himself before the fight. That's exactly how you grease in both mma and bjj.

@sammyzhang2472

Жыл бұрын

Definitely doesn't feel good to see your hero getting his head bashed in by a dude who had an unfair advantage. However, he seems to have learned from his past and is a pretty cool dude.

@brandonmcneil3555

Жыл бұрын

It's crazy that he fought Jerome Le Banner at any weight and is still walking, let alone fighting. Le Banner is a unit!

@Senbonzakuraaaapp

Жыл бұрын

@@sammyzhang2472 He was terrible at striking but he did faced a juiced up Victor Belfort

@aimanmoonkanaphan7045

Жыл бұрын

​@@sammyzhang2472 Japanese love him tho, he's even more popular than his wife who's a top model there

another banger keep up the good work!

Great video as always, Kiiyon! Lets be real whose here because of Physical 100?

@johnhiltner6676

Жыл бұрын

Nope

No idea he had fought Belfort, Bisping, AND Sakuraba! Wow

I've just binged the first 4 episodes last night! What a timing

Win or lose, he always fought with heart. What more can you ask for?

@DisingenuousComment

5 ай бұрын

fought with heart? Or with oil?

@leafbreeze6640

Ай бұрын

a win

Great video as always. Would be better if the video featured your arms in a cutoff at some point.

Imagine if he started his mma career 10 years earlier. I think with him starting at 29 and getting his early experience in a much more brutal era is bad ass enough.

His physique got better the longer he stayed in One FC even at an older age. TRT is undefeated

He was an outstanding leader on Physical 100.

solid A-Tier fighter. just always fell short to S-Tier monsters (at their respective primes). what's impressive is that he's STILL going. culturally he's S-Tier for sure, especially for us asian fighters

@oddalfhutlur6760

Жыл бұрын

The best asian fighters are Ho-Lee Phuk and SumTing-Wong

I’m glad you mentioned the Sakuraba grease controversy. The legend that Sakuraba was/is. This was a Huge moment in his career.

this man ages like fine wine

Big fan of Akiyama. He was a beast in his prime. Fearless Judo guy that cant bang too.

Sexyyama is an icon! He went beyond a fighter... the man is absolutely a badass in and outside the ring.

@DisingenuousComment

5 ай бұрын

badasses don't oil themselves and cheat a fight. He's lucky there are people like you who don't know about his miserable shameless past

That Akiyama and Lieben fight was fucking incredible. Holds a special place in my heart

Thanks for doing this video. Sexyama has interesting backstory behind him, and he's a good fighter with a rich career.

I love this guy! He has magnificent screen presence and would love to see him in a great action film.

Along with Sakuraba, Akiyama is my favorite Asian MMA fighter. I became a fan when he beat Mahoef, who was an absolute killer at the time. Akiyama's Judo is the best that I've seen in MMA, not surprising considering he's a 2 time Olympian in Judo.

Yoshihiro Akiyama would 10-8 Paddy.

Always a fair rating, keep up the nice content (:

I've done Judo all my life and his fight against Melvin Manhoef was the first introduction I had to MMA. He made me a fan of the sport so in my mind he'll always be special.

I love how the narrator talked about his loses with such gracefulness. I tip my hat to that sir.

Of all the UFC stars i've trained with, this guy was the toughest of them all. It's just unlucky that he is inbetween 170-185lbs and took very long to figure out how to managed the weight as he was attempted to bulk to be stronger for middleweight but yet slimming and leaning down for welterweight. As a Judoka, he opened up the avenue for others to join MMA, similar to aoki and ronda. A fun fact that people who didn't know him from his judo career would never know is that his original nickname in judo was hyakuju no ryuo.

i liked where you said he didn't really care about his scores, cause he literally said that himself that he wanted to fight to entertain, not to be the best

Great video.

I remember him as a guy who put oil on his body against sakuraba

He's a living Legend 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾!!!

This connects the pieces of me. It was so cool to see the respect he got on Physical 100 . Now I understand why, buddy could squabble.

I first new him from his Korean reality show, 슈퍼맨 돌아왔다 (The Return of Superman). It is a show where dads take care of their kids.

Crazy respect from his fellow peers

it looked like all but one of his UFC fights were an absolute battle! He fought some absolute beasts in the UFC, and He's definitely a lot better than I thought he was.

Love these videos. I'd love 'how good was Ryo Chonan' (the guy who flying heel hooked Anderson Silva). He had a really interesting career where he fought at light heavyweight for most of his career despite being a natural lightweight. Fought some of the best light heavyweights and middleweights, even beating Anderson Silva. Now he coaches guys like Shinya Aoki and Yuya Wakamatsu

@matthewchristie2186

Жыл бұрын

Love all them Japanese Legends Kawajiri and Gono.are 2 of my faves aswell so much talent they had over there.

A true leader! Strategic, courageous, charismatic, humble and strong. He is my inspiration for this next phase of my middle age life!

Wow what a warrior. Dude competed against former world champions and title contenders!

His fights in HEROES was awesome he's one of my dads favorite fighters and his Bout against Allan Belcher and Chris Leben are back to back some of the best fights you'll ever see

Hands down one of my favorite fighters 😃

Sexyama one of the dopest nicknames in mma

His entrance was GREAT, that's for sure

The fact that he survived the backpack of Aoki....

i used to be disappointed that he didnt become ufc champ but thanks to your summary i realize this guy fought so many champs sakuraba lebanner vitor bisping - hes actually really awesome

@DisingenuousComment

5 ай бұрын

lol dumbass, its because no true fan can respect a cheating mfer. He oiled himself against one of MMA's legends Sakuraba and ran away from the country because he was shamed so hard.

As a fan of him in MMA, I would hear people say how big he is in Korea. I was like "okay, sure". Then I watched Physical 100... wow. Also, seeing how that culture respects the older people in 2023, makes me mad at Americans sometimes.

@Samperor

Жыл бұрын

Also, he was their senior in terms of Physical Institution and entertainment.

@DisingenuousComment

5 ай бұрын

you are a fan of a fighter whose cheated? I feel bad for you

The lead up to Aoki calling him out in ONE FC was some anime stuff haha

will you make a video about genki sudo?

This guy was so sick on the show, I was rooting for him.

He fought some titans in the UFC so kudos and much respect

Love and Respect to Akiyama

Lots of respect still at 47.

Once he left the ufc he took that costa secret juice

Love Physical 100 . They should make one for every country

@eulojiorodriguez1497

Жыл бұрын

There’s an idea!

@bendover7841

Жыл бұрын

Then they can have one with the winners of 100 countries.

i hope onefc treasures n keeps him till he retires,,,,..admired him esprcially when he had his first daughter sarang.....

I love him so much!!!!

He’s my fave fighter of all time 💪🏽

When I heard Francois Botha I couldn’t believe it, same guy who fought Tyson, Holyfield and a few other of the great heavyweights of that era.

It's not the success but the efforts that counts👍

Can you do kimo leopardo from 90s ufc

....I would love a grappling match between Akiyama and Genki Sudo. The antics alone would make it amazing.

How about one on Norifumi Yamamoto ?

Luluyama the slippery man

Oh yah he is a Korean raised in Japan. Some are confused at his duel names.

Akiyama got heart fr

Akiyama was the first UFC fighter I ever saw back in like 2008

Do Shinya Aoki next please!

Your vocal fry is a little difficult to listen to, but it's a great video regardless. Loved seeing sexyama in the return of Superman with his daughter as well lol

Valor is what makes a hero. What a beast !

Dude is in great shape. He is tough as nails

Leben vs Akiyama is one of my favorite fights of all time.

Can you do Clay Guida next

Didn't connect, used to watch UFC a lot in the 2000s and remember watching him fight. Didn't realize until now

This guy fought absolute killers - Jake Shields, Vitor Belford, Aoki, Botha, Jerome Le Banner, Melvin Manhoef - and defeated some of them despite being the smaller fighter usually. Bollocks of steel

Put some damn respect on his name that name is SEXYAMA

Juiced to the gills the legend

His UFC fights were very close. Even Vitor Belfort said Yakiyama was skilled, but didn’t want to fight technically. He wanted to brawl. Belfort said he has heart.

How good was MMA Guru refuting all Kiiyon's points?

I love Akiyama in Physical 100!

Wish we got to see him fight Mayhem

He fighted against Jérôme lebaner omg 😮

Please do how good was arjun Bhullar, first Indian mma world champion, he was in ufc, and one champ

Damn this guy is good looking

He wins the cool factor

francois botha deez fucken nuts ma boi

I found out who he was after watching physical100