Akiyama:"my motivation plummeted"

Japanese superstar, Yoshihiro Akiyama has revealed that is not at all happy with the agreement of Chris Leben in the co-main event after the withdrawal through injury of Wanderlei Silva, saying that "The Crippler" is not a great name, before threatening with no fighting.

Speaking to Daum.net, Akiyama said

"I'm not happy with the change. There are only 10 days for the fight so you can resolve the issues with Leben is insufficient time to establish a good game-plan. Apart Leben does not have a" high profile "as Silva, and that does not help me. "

'If there must be a replacement expected to be a great name. I spent a year training hard for this fight and the news has been a great disappointment, my motivation plummeted. Still do not know what will happen ... In the worst case will not participate in the UFC 116. We are working hard to resolve this problem "

A Akiyama has not been seen since the victory over Alan Belcher at UFC 100. A priority was scheduled to fight with Silva in February, but the developer decided that a fight between "The Axe Murderer" and Michael Bisping would be a major fight.