Wand vs Akiyama in Japan?

Should Michael Bisping get past Wanderlei Silva at UFC 110, Fighters Only has been told, he will most likely face Yoshihiro Akiyama in his next fight.

Akiyama is also likely to be on the menu for Wanderlei should he get past Bisping. ... According to a Las Vegas source, the UFC would like to make Wand-Akiyama on a card to be staged in Japan.

... No news yet on who is being considered for the loser of Wanderlei-Bisping, although Nate Marquardt could be a possibility.

saw this coming a mile away.

seems backwards to me winner should get nate

They should use the Pride banner for that event.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

saw this coming a mile away.

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Wolfgangsta wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

saw this coming a mile away.

suuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrre

https://ninjasplace.forumotion.net/mma-f1/whats-next-for-wanderlei-bisping-t2839-15.htm

If that is the case then I called it too

OK, I'm going to call that they are going to use the Pride banner for this event.

OUSOONERSOU wrote:

OK, I'm going to call that they are going to use the Pride banner for this event.

Nah, they want to expand the UFC brand, let it get a foothold in the japanese market, not further muddy the picture.

Dana just last week said he wants to use the Pride brand again, and it has long been a common theory that Japanese Zuffa expansion would involve the Pride brand.

I wouldn't be surprised if the UFC simply started marketing under Pride in Japan.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Dana just last week said he wants to use the Pride brand again, and it has long been a common theory that Japanese Zuffa expansion would involve the Pride brand.

I wouldn't be surprised if the UFC simply started marketing under Pride in Japan.

Get in line Wolfy, I called this one.

yo ill let you have this one, even if ive been postulating that the wandy akiyama in japan under pride theory for months, simply because someone else needs to call something around here.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

yo ill let you have this one, even if ive been postulating that the wandy akiyama in japan under pride theory for months, simply because someone else needs to call something around here.

sweet, I'll take it....but if it doesn't work out I'm blaming you.

If its Wandy vs Akiyama it works for me but Bisping vs Akiyama in Japan! I dont know about that lol.

Two ex colonial island powers that through a complex socio-economic process that causes island nations to become warlike sending their best MW representatives to the UFC to duke it out isn't interesting?