Akira Corassani

Quick Facts

Full Name	Akira Corassani
Occupation	MMA Fighter
Date Of Birth	Aug 27, 1982(1982-08-27)
Age	42
Birthplace	Sweden
Country	Sweden
Horoscope	Virgo

Akira Corassani Biography

Akira Corassani is one of the most popular and richest MMA Fighter who was born on August 27, 1982 in Sweden, Sweden. Mixed martial arts fighter who made his UFC debut September 29, 2012, winning a split decision against Andy Ogle at UFC on Fuel TV: Struve vs. Miocic.

He lost a UFC bout to Dustin Poirier April 16, 2014.

Hamid Khorassani (Persian: حمید خراسانی ‎; born August 27, 1982), professionally known as Akira Corassani, is a retired Swedish-Iranian mixed martial artist who most recently competed as a Featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Corassani has made a name for himself fighting mainly in Western Europe. He was a competitor on Spike TV’s The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller as a member of Team Bisping.

In 2005 Corassani started training at a local MMA gym in Gothenburg where he lived at the time. He decided to dedicate his life to martial arts and only four months later he competed in his first grappling tournament where he took a silver medal. Up until his professional debut Corassani had 30 grappling matches and 12 boxing fights. Corassani began fighting professionally in 2007, and traveling all across Europe to compete. In his professional debut fight he challenged the Dutch heavyweight fighter Dion Staring. Corassani had travelled to Holland to corner his friend but heard about Straing’s opponent pulling out. Corassani stepped up on the scale as 76 kg as his opponent weighed 102 kg. The fight was titled as an open weight fight. He built a record of 9–3 (1 NC) beating good names before his UFC debut. He moved to New York in 2011 and was a part of Team Renzo Gracie. In US he joined their MMA team coached by Ricardo Almeida with teammates such as Frankie Edgar, Edson Barboza, Eddie Alvarez, Corey Anderson and Marlon Moraes.

He was born in Lund, Sweden.

Akira Corassani Net Worth

Akira Corassani is one of the richest MMA Fighter from Sweden. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Akira Corassani 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began practicing martial arts when he was 6 years old.

He won his November 2013 bout at The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale against Maximo Blanco, who was disqualified due to an illegal knee.

Corassani was born in Lund, southern Sweden. His parents moved to Sweden from Iran around 1976. He began martial arts when he was six years old, Shotokan Karate became his discipline for 1 year until he switched over to Tae Kwon Do. He was playing football in his hometown team as well as pursuing his black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Corassani graduated fast and was considered a natural talent early on. At the age of 14 he became a Tae Kwon Do black belt to shortly after quit and pursue his football journey. Football became his main focus in life as he played in the highest youth league in Sweden. At the age of 22 Corassani found his way back to martial arts and he began training MMA. Corassani comes from an academic family and has four sibling who are all doctors. Corassani is vegan. Corassani speaks seven different languages: Swedish, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Persian, Azeri and Turkish.

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Corassani faced Maximo Blanco on November 30, 2013 at The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale. Early in the opening round Blanco landed an illegal knee to the head of Corassani when he had a knee and hand on the ground. Corassani was unable to continue, so he was rendered with the victory by disqualification. It was later revealed that the illegal knee had broken his nose in five different places.

Facts & Trivia

Akira Ranked on the list of most popular MMA Fighter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sweden. Akira Corassani celebrates birthday on August 27 of every year.

A bout with Robbie Peralta, previously linked to UFC 156, was moved April 6, 2013 at UFC on Fuel TV 9, after an illness sidelined Corassani for a time. He won the fight by unanimous decision.

Top Facts about Akira Corassani

1. Akira Corassani is a retired Swedish mixed martial artist.
2. He was born on August 27, 1982 in Lund, Sweden.
3. Corassani competed in the featherweight division of the UFC.
4. He had a professional MMA record of 14 wins and 7 losses.
5. Corassani won his first three fights in the UFC.
6. He retired from MMA competition in 2015 due to injuries.
7. Corassani also worked as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs Team Faber.
8. His last fight was against Sam Sicilia at UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Johnson.
9. Corassani has a background in boxing and kickboxing before transitioning to MMA.
10. He is known for his aggressive fighting style and entertaining personality inside and outside the octagon.