Comments on: Yushin Okami guaranteed title shot by Dana White

By: Blazen

Blazen — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:15:09 +0000

nimbuszero hit it on the money
in fights, just because A defeats B and B defeats C doesn’t mean A can beat C, Okami has a style that stimies an opponents offence while still able to land just enough shots to win a fight convincingly. Not exciting no… but Okami’s fanbase are the purest MMA fans because true MMA isn’t about entertainment but about defeating the opponent across from you.

Okami has good potential to do so against Silva, but Ross is right, Dana White would shit in his mouth if Okami won because as a fighter he would not be a good money draw for the organization, half to blame to the UFC itself for so poorly marketing him. Okami could easily be the token fighter little Japanese fans rally behind

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By: kyu

kyu — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:28:08 +0000

GO OKAMI! *AISHITERU!!!*

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By: glock

glock — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:45:13 +0000

Hex, my mind says you’re right, my love of mma and wallet say
I hope JoeK is wrong and, friends decide to make each other some money
so we get to see machida /silva B4 silva decides he has nothing left to prove, particularly @ 205 ……and leaves the UFC to go fishin’….

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By: HexRei

HexRei — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:31:53 +0000

You don’t refuse a guy a title shot because he wins via decision a lot. A win is a win and whether you feel he can beat Silva or not, he is the best contender for the MW title right now beside perhaps Leites (who is equally questionable and likely to lose imho)

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By: NJMMAFan

NJMMAFan — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:42:08 +0000

i agree glock I dont see how if a guy cant finish fights against guys not half as good as silva, he can beat silva himself. I just see okami either being boring and losing or 1r tko silva. trust me id like to believe silva isnt as good as he is but i dont believe IMO this is a test for him

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By: glock

glock — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:40:58 +0000

okami took 3 rds to win over rory singer,kalib starns,alan belcher, jason mcdonald, and mike swick…….. I’m not impressed- the only back i see silva on, is okami’s
this would be yet another “Happy Meal” for silva.
A waste of a ppv.

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By: JOe K.

JOe K. — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:29:47 +0000

Machida/Anderson Silva will never happen because they are friends.

I am pretty sure Dana will guarantee the winner of Silva/Machida a shot.

If he doesn’t Perhaps we can try to get to Joe Rogan so he can talk ON AIR during the LHW fight about how the LHW title fight is not featuring the No. 1 contenders.

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By: whatever

whatever — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:05:24 +0000

^^^^thank you, i thought i was the only one that thought that, i kept telling my friend how easily Okami could have beaten Franklin in that fight, cause he never saw it

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By: nimbuszero

nimbuszero — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:03:06 +0000

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Uh, because mma math isn’t an actual science. People that watched Okami vs Franklin realized that fight could have easily gone the other way if Yushin hadn’t been in a standing coma for the first half of the fight. Silva won’t let him do nothing, he’ll have to react, and it’s not out of the question that he could put Silva on his back.

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By: glock

glock — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:50:33 +0000

I’m REALLY missing something, if Franklin was ineffective, AT BEST, embarrassingly outclassed at worst, against Silva, and still decisioned okami, explain to me why we want to see an Okami / Silva TITLE FIGHT ! ??
I mean styles make fights, but come on.
No way I’m drinkin’ this Koolaid…..
This is a lesson in marketing (to the Japanese fanbase) not MMA fight making.

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