I think I heard he tore his ACL not too long ago not sure about when he did thou. If and when he does come back I'd love to see him against a good welterweight not named jake shields. maybe Thiago Alves or Erick Silva
This is a video from a couple weeks back. He was South Korean network during NYE. Looks like he was in the jungle recently. I think his wife is crying during the video but it could be another woman.
I always felt those two should have had a loser leaves town fight when Hardy was on a losing streak too.
He is UFC's biggest weapon should they ever decide to go to South Korea. He will put the ass in the seats single handedly.
Akiyama said himself that he doesn't want any easy fights. He said that he turned down easier opponents to challenge himself in the UFC.