In October last year, Aoki Shinya, a Japanese wrestler, met another well-known Japanese fighter, Yoshihiro Akiyama, at an event and proposed a contest at the ONE Championship in December. Although this battle was not achieved before 2022, it was announced at the RECENT ONE Championship that the duel between the two will be staged in "ONE X" on March 26, and the peak of the struggle in Japan and even throughout Asia has finally been announced.
In fact, Aoki Makoto has long wanted to compete with Akiyama Seiho, he explained: "Akiyama Seiho is the most interesting opponent for me, and the match between me and Akiyama will be very influential, I am Japanese, so I want to bring a great game to Japanese fans, which is why I am called Akiyama." ”
Makoto Aoki and Akiyama Are Both the most famous mixed martial artists in contemporary Japan, and Akiyama Ishimoto is even more famous than Makoto Aoki because of his active development in the entertainment film and television industry, and this duel will definitely cause a great shock in the fighting world. Makoto Aoki is also so active and repeatedly called Akiyama Seiho, also because both players are the top masters of the fighting system, and it is not surprising that Aoki Makoto, who has always regarded "the strongest challenge" as his career creed, has focused his attention on Akiyama Seihoku.
Makoto Aoki is also a double black belt of judo and jiu-jitsu, and is also a representative of the "partial" mixed martial arts players. He was the ONE Championship Lightweight World Champion and Japan's top wrestler. At present, Aoki Makoto's career record is 47 wins and 9 losses, of which 30 times and 4 (T) KO, the surrender rate alone is as high as 64%, and the (T) KO is basically achieved after obtaining an advantageous position on the ground. Such a high winning percentage is enough to prove that Aoki Makoto is also able to threaten any player of the same level with his super strong fighting skills.
Akiyama Seiho represents the highest level of Asian entanglement, judo origin he has the title of "judo anti-bone king", the peak of Akiyama Seiho once won 12 wins, 2 draws and 11 ending records in 3 years. In 2019, Akiyama returned to the field after a gap of four years, entered the round cage of the ONE Championship at the age of 44, and also got a wonderful KO.
Two legendary fighters, and representatives of Japan's post-mixed martial arts boom era, finally contributed to this contest when Akiyama Was about to bid farewell to the boxing ring once and for all, which will be a battle of feelings that pays tribute to legend and to an era.