if anything, the new leadership would be quicker to fire the likes of Okami, Fitch and Shields (the holy blanket trinity).It could be said that Dana played a hand in that, and that's probable, but I'd think Joe Silva had a lot to do with it.
True. Maybe they don't understand what they've done?if anything, the new leadership would be quicker to fire the likes of Okami, Fitch and Shields (the holy blanket trinity).
When asked via Twitter why he released Okami, UFC President Dana White remarked "Our roster is packed." When asked by Yahoo Sports why he was releasing a highly ranked fighter who had won three of his last four bouts, White responded: "He was always a tough guy and was right up there, but it's almost like he'd become a gatekeeper. I like Okami, and you've heard me say this many times, that a win over Yushin Okami meant something ... But he was never able to get over the hump and win one of those [significant] fights. We have a lot of guys coming in and I've been saying this all year: We have a full roster and there are guys who deserve opportunities. When you bring guys in, someone has to go. That's why these fights are so meaningful.
So, that's why according to wiki. And they only brought him back for this card because he didn't need to get a Japanese visa on a week's notice to save the card.
Sad thing is, we will never know. They don't have to report salaries from cards in Japan.I hope Okami is getting some big $$ out of WME for saving this card.
Why is that?Sad thing is, we will never know. They don't have to report salaries from cards in Japan.
Stateside commissions can request the public disclosure of fight purses, but the disclosure is only required in states that specifically request them. States like New York and several others (Kentucky? Tennessee? And others I can't remember) don't care. And outside of the states, the UFC is bound by a country's athletic commission if the country has one, and if they don't, they can act as their own commission (which includes ref choice, judges, etc). They had some controversy in Macau when Dana benched a judge during an event because that judge screwed up two fights in a row.Why is that?
Or ya know. None of the divisional lhw's are randomly hanging out in Japan to take a short notice fight205 is so fucking sad they had to bring Okami lol