Sexyama!

The “Yoshihiro Sexyama Battlestation SEXWAGON!!!” has become a phenomenon on the Sherdog.net forums.Over 10,000 posts on 1000 pages and quickly approaching 500,000 views. Tony Loiseleur and myself decided that it was our responsibility to inform Akiyama that he has a tangerine scarf wearing, banana milk drinking legion of followers ahead of his debut at UFC 100. Akiyama was a very nice guy in person. Loves to laugh and very talkative. He is universally hated here after the Sakuraba greasing incident but I personally love to watch him fight.

For these photos I used a two light set up. I had very little room to move or place lights as it was a small room but I’m pretty happy with the photos.

I am still hoping to get access to his training camp before his fight. He is proving very hard to nail down though and travels a lot between Korea and Japan.

Lots of photos at Sherdog. Also, check out the interview that Tony did and at your own risk, have a look at the Sexwagon. Apparently he is thinking of adopting the nickname Sexyama now. If he does, I think about 5,000 keyboard warriors are going to have heart attacks. I heard that at Buffer 720 would be in order for that one and I can’t disagree.