Despite being outclassed in the striking department, Sexy Yama has great foot work and great strikes/kicks. He also keeps his head low in his stance. I was really impressed by how he was able to absorb the initial barrage of punches and kicks and how he even managed to keep his hands up and use his head to duck some of those punches.
Dude had some of the slickest trips, throws and reversals I have ever seen. Many other great judoka or wrestlers, but never seen any as smooth as Akiyama.
Feel bad for Melvin, he had no chance when the fight went to grappling. I think Melvin had a realy good chance had he stuck to striking since he is much faster. Trying to throw Akiyama was a BIG mistake. Akiyama was once ranked number one in the world in Judo and a champion in Japan. Melvin tried to throw him and got countered with a text book judo oshi. Overall Akiyama played this fight best to his advantage. Props to both.
That's real sad that Japanese are so racist they still see him as a Korean even though he is a 4th generation Japanese. That's just like Blacks and Mexicans here in the United States referring them to African or Mexican. If you think about it, Japan is comprised of many different countries and tribes put together by a conquerors before out time. People are people, leave the racial discrimination out. Akiyama has always represented Japan and he always will.
+Nice Guy It is sad, but then he considers himself Korean and he's really proud of it. He only became a Japanese national in 2001, for the sake of his career and his parents are still Korean nationals. And Sunghoon hasn’t always represented Japan. Until 2001, he represented Korea. He even won the gold medal at the 2001 Asian Championships for South Korea.
추형님이 진짜 대단한게 복서였던 난 추성훈형님 팬 이었지만 맬빈 맨호프라는 선수는 진짜 복서들도 놀랄정도의 복싱 머신 이었습니다. 그런 복싱 머신을 난장끝에 우승한 추형님에게 제 학교 복싱부 출신 친구와 후배들도 찬사를 보냈습니다. 우리 추형님 지금 다시봐도 감동 입니다.
3:01 탭쳤는데 성훈이형 또 때리네 비겁하네(농담) 추성훈 격투기 인생 최전성기 시점 아니었나 싶다. ufc이후론 나이도 있고 부상에 워낙 강자들이랑 붙어서 전적은 안좋은 편 근데 또 아이러니하게 강자들이랑 붙었어도 경기력은 상당한 수준이었음 즉 실력은 아시아 탑 수준이었던 건 확실하지
im 61 and have taught martial arts jiu jitsu kickboxing mma i for 48 years ive took teams to tournaments and i can assurre you its allways the mum in the crowd that suffers the most pain,,,god bless the judo guy domo aragatu
@@imsorrydave9000 Ok I think I was using a Japanese pronunciation in a romanized form. Foreigner would pronounce 'Arigato' but in Japanese it's pronounced as 'Arigatou' since it's from ありがとう the とう is tou :p
wiremessiah He probably would have won if it wasn't for the greasing accusation though. If you watch the fight (greasing or not) he still outperformed saku during the fight.The ref who inspected him after Saku's complaint even said that he didn't see any signs of greasing. It was only under board review when the reported video of Akiyama applying lotion before the fight was mentioned. All and all I'm not sure though, just because there was alot of corruption allegations behind the scene's in Japanese MMA at the time. One of the theories floating around was because of how well loved Sakuraba was in the Japanese MMA scene at the time, it would have looked bad if he lost the fight. I'm not sure if that's true, but it certainly makes the reality more elusive either way.
Godzilla52 Have you ever seen Akiyama fight without a gi? Then he takes it off right before the fight, against the best known shoot wrestler? Give me a break. You can't hit saku that many times before he grabs your leg, and most of those punches were not doing anything, he had to hit him many times to stun him, and saku can take a punch. He was screaming to the refs that he was way too slippery. Akiyama even admitted he put lotion on and apologized, then refused to fight him again.
wiremessiah Akiyama didn't refuse. He wanted to set another one up but was called away to the UFC and Wand was somebody that Akiyama wanted to fight more than anyone else on the planet. Plus he did admit to using lotion, but the video the board mentioned of him apparently using an excessive amount of lotion was never released publicly or shown on the internet, the only evidence of its existence was mentioned by the board without actually releasing that information to the public. The logic of Akiyama cheating still makes no sense. Akiyama decimated Manhoef in this fight and Sakuraba a few years later barely lasted a minute against the guy. Akiyama's Judo would be enough of a match for Sakuraba's shoot wrestling. Plus Akiyama never kicked Sakuraba in the balls like Saku did to him (even if it was an accident). Akiyama even made a point in his next MMA fight in Japan to wear a Gi against Shibata; and in his comeback fight before that, he KO'd Dennis Kang in a striking match without resorting to grappling at all just to make a point out of it.
Godzilla52"called away"? Give me a break. He pussed out. The thing is, if akiyama thought he could beat Sakuraba, then why did he have to cheat? You have to admit him taking off the gi at the last moment was highly suspicious. Sakuraba never lost a fight before his last four losses to a smaller guy except Schembri, but that was a fluke. Akiyama was nothing compared to Sakuraba, he knew that and had to cheat to beat him. If his judo was so good, he should have left his gi on. Why else would he take it off?
+Spec0pleader If you see closely in 1:48 there is a quick move from Yoshi. when he was about to be slammed, the centre of gravity of manhoeff is on his left shoulder as his right legs is off the mat.Thus, his left leg doest have a lot of weight now. Then,as he is about to finish it, Yoshi centre of gravity is in his back so he is falling but he kicks that left leg of manhoeff very fast with his left leg, which ends up both being actually in air. But Yoshi is swinging his right leg already, which creates a circle path for yoshi whole body, and ends up top. That is what i saw anyway hehe
Akiyama isolated his arm and locked his wrist of what is to be the beginning of a Kimura submission and the only way to defend the submission is to hold onto it so that he cannot extend it, but they were in a standing position therefore Manoeff had to take Akiyama off his feet so that he can have the dominant position back, but when they both fell, Akiyama twist his body to regain the dominant position by isolating Manoeff's head with his right leg, once Akiyama brought his left leg over and isolated the shoulder by locking both legs together, it is just a matter of time before Akiyama can break the hold with the power of his hips and waist and extend the arm for an arm bar submission. Excellent body positioning and isolation, most likely from his Karate, Judo and submission training from Greg Jackson.
***** the japanese emperor will always be japanese the family line has bred with japanese for thousands of years. whereas akiyama's family who hasn't mixed with the japanese is gonna retain his korean identity. by your way of thinking even the africans who have lived in france should be considered ethnicallly french. and akiyama seems to have only attained his japanese citizenship just ten years ago
do you know that the Korean immigration in Japan at Kofun era is actully the base of nowadays japanese people? Japanese and korean are ethnically the same. This is historical facts.
On Superman Returns, he's hinted a couple of times about a fight this summer. I haven't heard anything about a potential fight from the UFC though...Anyone know who he's fighting?
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This is the most spectacular and unexpected submission I've ever seen. And Manhoeff was so dangerous!
Wow when Melvin picked Akiyama up and threw him down but than Akiyama got on top of him was so impressive. Akiyama is such a skilled Judo fighter.
Judoka
@@davecollins9075 Judo fighter
Y'all got it wrong. Akiyama's mother was actually praying for Melvin Manoeff.
Lol
😂😂😂
U wanna believe that don't you ?
@@anthonymckenzie5182 bruh it’s just a joke
@@anthonymckenzie5182 Can you share with the class what was your retard of the day reward?
Totally out strengthened and outgunned in many ways, Akiyama stayed focused and came out on top.
Despite being outclassed in the striking department, Sexy Yama has great foot work and great strikes/kicks. He also keeps his head low in his stance. I was really impressed by how he was able to absorb the initial barrage of punches and kicks and how he even managed to keep his hands up and use his head to duck some of those punches.
His striking defense for MMA was always incredible
So good to see a mother happy😍💖
Melvin seemed to be also happy seeing how important this win was for Akiyama, incredible
Dude had some of the slickest trips, throws and reversals I have ever seen. Many other great judoka or wrestlers, but never seen any as smooth as Akiyama.
the power of mother love, the hope of a father. I think he dedicated this fight for his parents
0:47 Great Love of a Mother.
Feel bad for Melvin, he had no chance when the fight went to grappling. I think Melvin had a realy good chance had he stuck to striking since he is much faster. Trying to throw Akiyama was a BIG mistake. Akiyama was once ranked number one in the world in Judo and a champion in Japan. Melvin tried to throw him and got countered with a text book judo oshi. Overall Akiyama played this fight best to his advantage. Props to both.
una pelea perfecta del japones,no me canso de ver esta pelea
추성훈 한국사람
This is a great fight. Respect to both of them. 👍🥋🥊
Melvin is a scary scary man and Sexyama is a beast for sticking it out and finding a way to win.
멜빈의 펀치와 스피드와 저돌적 공격 너무좋아함 질때도 이길때도 시원시원해서 좋더라 ㅋㅋㅋ
이경기는 볼수록 대단하네
Оба бойца хороши, один ударник другой дзюдоист. Но в тот вечер японец был опытнее.
Красавчик.🤜🤛
respect to akiyama, he did the best of his martial art.
I think Akiyama is the only Japanese to ever beat Manhoef. Akiyama is a great Olympic Judo metalist. Nice Job Akiyama.
+Nice Guy He's actually Korean. (Note the Korean flag on his right sleeve). His real name is Choo Sunghoon.
That's real sad that Japanese are so racist they still see him as a Korean even though he is a 4th generation Japanese.
That's just like Blacks and Mexicans here in the United States referring them to African or Mexican.
If you think about it, Japan is comprised of many different countries and tribes put together by a conquerors before out time. People are people, leave the racial discrimination out.
Akiyama has always represented Japan and he always will.
+Nice Guy It is sad, but then he considers himself Korean and he's really proud of it. He only became a Japanese national in 2001, for the sake of his career and his parents are still Korean nationals.
And Sunghoon hasn’t always represented Japan. Until 2001, he represented Korea. He even won the gold medal at the 2001 Asian Championships for South Korea.
Nice Guy Obviously, I agree with you: . we must fight against discrimination, racism and xenophobia.
isn't he korean, not japanese?
추선수 대단합니다~훌륭하십니다~ 언제나 좋은경기 응원합니다~^^
Its really different side of akiyama a.k.a choo sunghoon, he really nice around his daughter....
I see Sarang in his smiles
Apakah sarang sudah lahir?
추형님이 진짜 대단한게 복서였던 난 추성훈형님 팬 이었지만 맬빈 맨호프라는 선수는 진짜 복서들도 놀랄정도의 복싱 머신 이었습니다. 그런 복싱 머신을 난장끝에 우승한 추형님에게 제 학교 복싱부 출신 친구와 후배들도 찬사를 보냈습니다. 우리 추형님 지금 다시봐도 감동 입니다.
사람이 아니라 흡사 짐승같음 멜빈
싸움은지고 결과만 승리한 아키야마
@@wwlaappqpq683 결과에서 이기면 싸움에서 이긴 거임.
@@juliotancredi7468 니가멀안다고
@@wwlaappqpq683 심판의 개입이 없었으면 멜빈은 팔을 쓸수 없는 불구가 되었을텐데 어찌 싸움에서 이긴게 되는지..
멜빈이 메쳤는데 멜빈이 땅에 있네 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Esse foi um grande merecedor representante do judô foi uma ótima luta meus parabéns
Man i wish we could see this Akyama in the UFC, what a beast
They did bring him over. But he didn't last too long. Was past his prime.
@@amsablan Yeah, I remember Vitor lit him up, still a legend though.
Once again... wrestling beats all other forms of fighting... wrestling is king
Judo and wrestling are similar but very different
Not the same thing
fue la mejor manera de VENCER a alguen que golpea fuerte, hacerlo que se rinda, la mejor victoria
Love 💗 from india jharkhand jamshedpur jugsalai chaprahiya mohallah home town Bihar Chapra jila gram khanpur ekma ❤ 1:43
수다맨 김대범 퀴즈 듣고 왔다가 졸라 울고있다
엄마가 경기 차마 못보고 이기고 나서 우는데...아들이 맞는 모습에 얼마나 마음이 갈갈이 찢어졌을까...ㅠ ㅠ
3:01 탭쳤는데 성훈이형 또 때리네 비겁하네(농담)
추성훈 격투기 인생 최전성기
시점 아니었나 싶다.
ufc이후론 나이도 있고 부상에
워낙 강자들이랑 붙어서 전적은
안좋은 편 근데 또 아이러니하게
강자들이랑 붙었어도 경기력은
상당한 수준이었음 즉 실력은
아시아 탑 수준이었던 건 확실하지
필요 없는 농담.
탭쳤는지 추성훈은 알 수가 없었음.
im 61 and have taught martial arts jiu jitsu kickboxing mma i for 48 years ive took teams to tournaments and i can assurre you its allways the mum in the crowd that suffers the most pain,,,god bless the judo guy domo aragatu
arigatou, not aragatu :)
@@NateWithWhoyour spelling isn’t correct either
@@imsorrydave9000 How so?
@@imsorrydave9000 Ok I think I was using a Japanese pronunciation in a romanized form. Foreigner would pronounce 'Arigato' but in Japanese it's pronounced as 'Arigatou' since it's from ありがとう the とう is tou :p
역시 유도선수라서 추성훈은 기회를 노렸다....추성훈선수 최고네요!
1:48 유도 금메탈리스트에게 안 먹힘 ㅎㅎ
그러네.
먼저 공격해서 뒤집은 거 같은데, 공격자가 뒤집혀서 누워 있네..
넘어가는디 공중에서 저걸 돌려버리네 진짜 존나멋있다
Manhoef is like a smaller Mike Tyson but Akiyama was better at that particular fight.
미친..ㅡ 엎어치기 당했는데. 위에 추성훈이있네..대박...
i wonder what would have happened if he had entered UFC when he was in his prime..
lorenzo would have had him busted him for peds. thats what he did back in the day to people who where not his boys
So he was the guy who beat the beast in his prime, very dramatic and epic...
아소름이야 졸라 멋있다
수다맨듣고옴
대빡이도 전설입니다.
Akiyama knew... 1 punch and it's over, great win!
Ебать,этот чувак в свое время побеждал манхуфа,а я про него узнал недавно когда он дрался с египтянином в 40 лишним лет и нокаутировпл его.Уважение!
Very Happy for this win, love from Malaysia 🇲🇾
Eu assisti essa luta, foi fantástico.
The wack to the face to break the defensive hold was hawk eye skill. What a fighter.
Damn Akiyama, once it whent to the floor it was all his. that's a lot of money 😗
Damnnn Manoeff kicks look hard as fuck!
4:04 와근데 추성훈 전성기때 근육은 맨호프랑 비교해도 많이 밀리진 않네
This is an amazing moment in time
Akiyoma u real beauty....
beating beasts...
I've watched this fight many times and still can't comprehend those throws... 😂😂.. Impressive (ง ͠° ͟ل͜ ͡°)ง
1:49 OMG
2:43 nice takedown!
waah c'est celui de 100% physique? Il est chaud
추신수 대단합니다
If Melvin had any ground game at all he'd be a world champion. I think Melvin is prob one of the most vicious strikers I've ever seen!!
Fucking Beautiful
2024 it's still proud to be Japan fighters
이 경기랑
vs데니스강 전은
볼때마다 소름 돋는다...
레알.....
Wow, very, very beautiful 😢
This fight is legendary
1:48. Akiyama is probably one of the scariest takedown artists in MMA. He can set up and complete a takedown before touching the ground.
he had to cheat against saku though.
wiremessiah He probably would have won if it wasn't for the greasing accusation though. If you watch the fight (greasing or not) he still outperformed saku during the fight.The ref who inspected him after Saku's complaint even said that he didn't see any signs of greasing. It was only under board review when the reported video of Akiyama applying lotion before the fight was mentioned. All and all I'm not sure though, just because there was alot of corruption allegations behind the scene's in Japanese MMA at the time. One of the theories floating around was because of how well loved Sakuraba was in the Japanese MMA scene at the time, it would have looked bad if he lost the fight. I'm not sure if that's true, but it certainly makes the reality more elusive either way.
Godzilla52
Have you ever seen Akiyama fight without a gi? Then he takes it off right before the fight, against the best known shoot wrestler? Give me a break. You can't hit saku that many times before he grabs your leg, and most of those punches were not doing anything, he had to hit him many times to stun him, and saku can take a punch. He was screaming to the refs that he was way too slippery.
Akiyama even admitted he put lotion on and apologized, then refused to fight him again.
wiremessiah Akiyama didn't refuse. He wanted to set another one up but was called away to the UFC and Wand was somebody that Akiyama wanted to fight more than anyone else on the planet. Plus he did admit to using lotion, but the video the board mentioned of him apparently using an excessive amount of lotion was never released publicly or shown on the internet, the only evidence of its existence was mentioned by the board without actually releasing that information to the public. The logic of Akiyama cheating still makes no sense. Akiyama decimated Manhoef in this fight and Sakuraba a few years later barely lasted a minute against the guy. Akiyama's Judo would be enough of a match for Sakuraba's shoot wrestling. Plus Akiyama never kicked Sakuraba in the balls like Saku did to him (even if it was an accident). Akiyama even made a point in his next MMA fight in Japan to wear a Gi against Shibata; and in his comeback fight before that, he KO'd Dennis Kang in a striking match without resorting to grappling at all just to make a point out of it.
Godzilla52"called away"? Give me a break. He pussed out. The thing is, if akiyama thought he could beat Sakuraba, then why did he have to cheat?
You have to admit him taking off the gi at the last moment was highly suspicious.
Sakuraba never lost a fight before his last four losses to a smaller guy except Schembri, but that was a fluke.
Akiyama was nothing compared to Sakuraba, he knew that and had to cheat to beat him. If his judo was so good, he should have left his gi on. Why else would he take it off?
Yoshihiro's papa!!! He now has a full head of white hair. What a sight to see. :)
The power of judo the power of rolling
Its JJ
Beautiful.
Wow yoshihiro has really cool fighting style
Saiyan fighter vz cocky fighter..it makes me happy everytime cocky fighters got destroyed..
진짜 맬빈 저건 동물임 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 유도선수 상대로 들어서 던져버리네
Watch this bcoz of Netflix show Physical 100.
The greatest warrior in this world is a mother
Ahí me di cuenta que para ganar una lucha no es necesario la fuerza , sino la inteligencia
so much racism in the comment section... like seriously.. he beat manoeff that's it.
1:48 how? Can somebody explain to me
솔직히 지금 봐도 멋있다
Melvin such a great warrior and sportsman
OOOOOOOOHHHHHH snap that lady prayers were answered...
That's Her Mom Tho...
Impecable victory
Manhoef has raw power, but no grappling defense whatsoever, but saw him recently on Bellatore & alot of improvement in versatility
No grappling defense whatsoever? Man you seems to downgrade the skills level of Akiyama.
"FOR A MOMENT LIKE THIS"....Playing in the background in Japanese 😂😂😂😂
Bravo👍🥳😀
How did he counter Manhoefs first takedown and end up on top???
Judo.
Luca Canfora Just saw how, he quickly slipped his leg between Melvins in mid air... dayum
+Spec0pleader If you see closely in 1:48 there is a quick move from Yoshi. when he was about to be slammed, the centre of gravity of manhoeff is on his left shoulder as his right legs is off the mat.Thus, his left leg doest have a lot of weight now. Then,as he is about to finish it, Yoshi centre of gravity is in his back so he is falling but he kicks that left leg of manhoeff very fast with his left leg, which ends up both being actually in air. But Yoshi is swinging his right leg already, which creates a circle path for yoshi whole body, and ends up top.
That is what i saw anyway hehe
abcsinger123 Nice analysis
It was fuckin stupendous is what it was. Looked like he got it a last minute butterfly hook with one leg
Incredible... as soon as it went into judo territory, it was like a trap ensnared Manoeff and never let go of him until it was over.
luv it how akiyama lands every time
never hug a judo man who is determined to knock you down or give you injuries.. NEVER.. 😁
02:39.... wtf he did that... melvin manoeff try to dump him?? DAMN
Akiyama isolated his arm and locked his wrist of what is to be the beginning of a Kimura submission and the only way to defend the submission is to hold onto it so that he cannot extend it, but they were in a standing position therefore Manoeff had to take Akiyama off his feet so that he can have the dominant position back, but when they both fell, Akiyama twist his body to regain the dominant position by isolating Manoeff's head with his right leg, once Akiyama brought his left leg over and isolated the shoulder by locking both legs together, it is just a matter of time before Akiyama can break the hold with the power of his hips and waist and extend the arm for an arm bar submission. Excellent body positioning and isolation, most likely from his Karate, Judo and submission training from Greg Jackson.
I know his mother believed in him, but she figured a prayer was in order, just in case.
Akiyama focused on winning, exactly 👍
Yoshihiro Akiyama the warrior
i had no idea what he was saying in his victory speech but i still got excited for some reason
After the muaythai guy failed to take the judo guy out with the punches he pretty much knew he's pucked.
did anybody else get goosebumps?
its Manhoef!! how did he beat Manhoef!!?
He got beaten many times before lol
If this was League of Legends, it looks like Lucian built Magic Resist and Lee Sin built Armor.
***** the japanese emperor will always be japanese the family line has bred with japanese for thousands of years. whereas akiyama's family who hasn't mixed with the japanese is gonna retain his korean identity. by your way of thinking even the africans who have lived in france should be considered ethnicallly french. and akiyama seems to have only attained his japanese citizenship just ten years ago
do you know that the Korean immigration in Japan at Kofun era is actully the base of nowadays japanese people? Japanese and korean are ethnically the same. This is historical facts.
Japan & Korea = friendship and brother!
Melvin congratulates him like he wasnt humbled by sexyama😂😂
Bro won by just one move ❤
On Superman Returns, he's hinted a couple of times about a fight this summer. I haven't heard anything about a potential fight from the UFC though...Anyone know who he's fighting?
Never go to the ground with an experienced judoka! 😮
Saya sangat suka kejadian ini.😀
Chu is really good at ground techniques but fighting straight forward is not that sharp to knock down