Akira Corassani
Encyclopedia
Hamid Akira Corassani is a Swedish
professional
mixed martial arts
(MMA) fighter. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Corassani has made a name for himself fighting mainly in Western Europe
. He is a competitor on Spike TV
's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller.
and also out of Brooklyn, New York with Renzo Gracie Combat Team
.
to compete on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller. In the first episode, Corassani fought Brian Pearman to gain entry into the Ultimate Fighter house. Corassani defeated Pearman in the first round via KO. Corassani was selected as a part of Team Bisping, he was the second featherweight chosen for the team (fifth overall).
In episodes three through five, Corassani was shown multiple times in altercations with Team Mayhem fighter, Dustin Neace. The two would later be paired in a bout against each other in the preliminary round. During the fight, inside the first round, Neace applied a heel hook submission that looked like Corassani tapped to; however referee Herb Dean
did not stop the fight and Corassani was released from the hold. Corassani went on to defeat Neace via a majority decision after two rounds. After the win Corassani moved onto the semi-finals.
Corassani was chosen to fight Team Mayhem fighter, Dennis Bermudez
, in the semi-final round. The fight would determine who would move into the final round of the featherweight tournament. Though Corassani controlled throughout the fight with effective striking, scoring several knockdowns, Corassani lost the fight via submission (guillotine choke) in the first round. When the referee stopped the fight, Akira had lost consciousness and had to be told that he lost the fight.
against Steven Siler. However, after an injury in training camp, Corassani was forced to pull out of the bout and was replaced by newcomer Josh Clopton.
|Loss
|align=center|9-3 (1 NC)
|Paul Reed
|TKO (punches)
|The Zone FC 8
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|3:28
|Gothenburg, Sweden
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|9-2 (1 NC)
|Graham Turner
|Decision (unanimous)
|Superior Challenge 6
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Stockholm, Sweden
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|8-2 (1 NC)
|Martin Begley
|Submission (scissor choke)
|Vision Fighting Championship 1
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|4:28
|Karlstad, Sweden
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|7-2 (1 NC)
|Ivan Buchinger
|Decision (unanimous)
|Battle of Botnia 2
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Umea, Sweden
|
|-
| Win
|align=center|6-2 (1 NC)
|Peter Mettler
|TKO (punches)
|Superior Challenge 4
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|3:42
|Stockholm, Sweden
|
|-
| NC
|align=center|5-2 (1 NC)
|Felipe Enomoto
|No Contest (Overturned)
|Gods of War 5
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Baumholder, Germany
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|5-2
|Dominique Stetefeld
|Submission (arm-triangle choke)
|La Onda Fight Night 2
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Magdeburg, Germany
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|4-2
|Grzegorz Tredowski
|Decision (unanimous)
|United Glory 10
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Arnhem, Netherlands
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|3-2
|Darin Hughes
|TKO (punches)
|Superior Challenge 1
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|4:10
|Stockholm, Sweden
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|3-1
|Jukka Kuitunen
|Decision (unanimous)
|Shooto Finland
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Lahti, Finland
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|2-1
|Raymond Jarman
|Submission (triangle choke)
|United Glory 5
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|N/A
|Amersfoort
, Netherlands
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|1-1
|Jaroslav Poborsky
|Decision (unanimous)
| Gods of War 1
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Germany
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|0-1
|Dion Staring
|TKO (corner stoppage)
|United Glory 3
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|2:52
|Amersfoort
, Netherlands
|
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
professional
Professional
A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...
mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
(MMA) fighter. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Corassani has made a name for himself fighting mainly in Western Europe
Western Europe
Western Europe is a loose term for the collection of countries in the western most region of the European continents, though this definition is context-dependent and carries cultural and political connotations. One definition describes Western Europe as a geographic entity—the region lying in the...
. He is a competitor on Spike TV
Spike TV
Spike is an American cable television channel. It launched on March 7, 1983 as The Nashville Network , a joint venture of WSM, Inc...
's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller.
Early career
Corassani began fighting professionally in 2007, and traveling all across Europe to compete. Since making his professional debut, Corassani has built a record of 9-3-0 (1 NC). Currently, he is training in Liverpool, England with Team KaobonTeam Kaobon
Team Kaobon formerly known as Fighters and Fitness is a mixed martial arts team from Liverpool, England. The team is known for being the training camp of multiple English lightweight fighters based in the Ultimate Fighting Championships - the top MMA organisation - as well as...
and also out of Brooklyn, New York with Renzo Gracie Combat Team
Renzo Gracie
Renzo Gracie is a Gracie Barra Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr. and a former mixed martial arts competitor in the Ultimate Fighting Championship . He is member of the Gracie family of Brazil. He is the son of Robson Gracie, grandson of Carlos Gracie, nephew of Carlos...
.
The Ultimate Fighter
In 2011, Corassani had signed with the UFCUltimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...
to compete on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller. In the first episode, Corassani fought Brian Pearman to gain entry into the Ultimate Fighter house. Corassani defeated Pearman in the first round via KO. Corassani was selected as a part of Team Bisping, he was the second featherweight chosen for the team (fifth overall).
In episodes three through five, Corassani was shown multiple times in altercations with Team Mayhem fighter, Dustin Neace. The two would later be paired in a bout against each other in the preliminary round. During the fight, inside the first round, Neace applied a heel hook submission that looked like Corassani tapped to; however referee Herb Dean
Herb Dean
Herb Dean is an American mixed martial arts fighter and referee. Dean is one of the most seen and well respected referees in mixed martial arts with well over 3,500 professional matches worldwide...
did not stop the fight and Corassani was released from the hold. Corassani went on to defeat Neace via a majority decision after two rounds. After the win Corassani moved onto the semi-finals.
Corassani was chosen to fight Team Mayhem fighter, Dennis Bermudez
Dennis Bermudez
Dennis Bermudez is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division and formerly in the lightweight division. Bermudez has been a professional MMA competitor since 2009. He has made a name for himself mainly fighting on the east coast. He is a competitor on Spike TV's...
, in the semi-final round. The fight would determine who would move into the final round of the featherweight tournament. Though Corassani controlled throughout the fight with effective striking, scoring several knockdowns, Corassani lost the fight via submission (guillotine choke) in the first round. When the referee stopped the fight, Akira had lost consciousness and had to be told that he lost the fight.
Ultimate Fighting Championships
Though Corassani lost in the semi-final round, and did not win the show, he signed an exclusive deal with the UFC. He was set to make his debut on December 3, 2011 at The Ultimate Fighter 14 FinaleThe Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale
The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 3, 2011 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.-Background:...
against Steven Siler. However, after an injury in training camp, Corassani was forced to pull out of the bout and was replaced by newcomer Josh Clopton.
MMA Record
|-|Loss
|align=center|9-3 (1 NC)
|Paul Reed
Paul Reed (fighter)
Paul Reed is a Scottish mixed martial artist, who competes in the featherweight division. He is a veteran of British MMA, having fought in the Cage Rage Championships and the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts....
|TKO (punches)
|The Zone FC 8
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|3:28
|Gothenburg, Sweden
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|9-2 (1 NC)
|Graham Turner
|Decision (unanimous)
|Superior Challenge 6
Superior Challenge 6
Superior Challenge 6: Lions Den was a mixed martial arts event held in Hovet, Stockholm. The greatest MMA event of Norse and one of Europe's finest.-Background:...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Stockholm, Sweden
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|8-2 (1 NC)
|Martin Begley
|Submission (scissor choke)
|Vision Fighting Championship 1
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|4:28
|Karlstad, Sweden
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|7-2 (1 NC)
|Ivan Buchinger
|Decision (unanimous)
|Battle of Botnia 2
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Umea, Sweden
|
|-
| Win
|align=center|6-2 (1 NC)
|Peter Mettler
Peter Mettler
Peter Mettler is a Canadian film director and cinematographer.-Biography:Peter Mettler was born in 1958 to Swiss parents and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
|TKO (punches)
|Superior Challenge 4
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|3:42
|Stockholm, Sweden
|
|-
| NC
|align=center|5-2 (1 NC)
|Felipe Enomoto
Felipe Enomoto
Felipe Enomoto is a Japanese mixed martial artist who lives and trains in Zurich, Switzerland. His father is Japanese and his mother is Swiss; his older brother, Yasubey Enomoto, is also a mixed martial artist....
|No Contest (Overturned)
|Gods of War 5
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Baumholder, Germany
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|5-2
|Dominique Stetefeld
|Submission (arm-triangle choke)
|La Onda Fight Night 2
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Magdeburg, Germany
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|4-2
|Grzegorz Tredowski
|Decision (unanimous)
|United Glory 10
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Arnhem, Netherlands
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|3-2
|Darin Hughes
|TKO (punches)
|Superior Challenge 1
Superior Challenge 1
Superior Challenge 1: The Uprising was a mixed martial arts event held by the Superior Challenge on April 5, 2008, at Fryshuset in Stockholm, Sweden.-Fightcard:*Middleweight bout: Daniel Engström vs. Farshad Farsiani...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|4:10
|Stockholm, Sweden
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|3-1
|Jukka Kuitunen
|Decision (unanimous)
|Shooto Finland
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Lahti, Finland
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|2-1
|Raymond Jarman
|Submission (triangle choke)
|United Glory 5
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|N/A
|Amersfoort
Amersfoort
Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city is growing quickly but has a well-preserved and protected medieval centre. Amersfoort is one of the largest railway junctions in the country, because of its location on two of the...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|1-1
|Jaroslav Poborsky
|Decision (unanimous)
| Gods of War 1
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|0-1
|Dion Staring
Dion Staring
|-| Win|align=center| 24–7| Roman Savochka| Submission | Ultimate Glory 14| |align=center| 1|align=center| 2:35|Moscow, Russia||-| Win|align=center| 23–7| Rudolf Kriz| Decision | Born to Fight| |align=center| 2...
|TKO (corner stoppage)
|United Glory 3
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|2:52
|Amersfoort
Amersfoort
Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city is growing quickly but has a well-preserved and protected medieval centre. Amersfoort is one of the largest railway junctions in the country, because of its location on two of the...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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