Respect to O.S.P. (those who watched him from early in his fight career know).

[Afrikan]

I remember when first watching him fight on Strikeforce Challengers. I'm thinking, this guy is way too slow and nonchalant to make it far (ended up being his strategy)... also he keeps sticking with his college team, training at the facility....

but next thing you know.. kept working and winning and surprising many fighters with his style. Then he made it all the way to a title fight, going 5 rounds with Jon F'n Jones.

16 years of fighting. You would think he is done. Hell many folks thought he was done 5 years ago. Hope he saved enough to relax and retire, but I get the feeling he'll pop up some where lol.

*hope Shogun fans play nice in this thread*

 

[HHJ]

No reason to hate on OSP, but I think he should retire.

 

[13Seconds]

Hespect. Doesn't he have the most Von Flue chokes in UFC history?

 

[JBJisGOAT14]

Never had a strong opinion on him but he is shot now and should retire. Pretty cool he was a major D1 football player though!

 

[2004 account]

Total slopbrawler but respect for the balls it took to fight in the ufc

 

[Lee Danger]

he won a lot of fights that he was losing.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[The XL]

Good fighter in his prime. Athletic and powerful guy who mastered the Von Flue choke. Has been on the decline for a while now though

 

[NicholasJBasile]

I remember when first watching him fight on Strikeforce Challengers. I'm thinking, this guy is way too slow and nonchalant to make it far (ended up being his strategy)... also he keeps sticking with his college team, training at the facility....

but next thing you know.. kept working and winning and surprising many fighters with his style. Then he made it all the way to a title fight, going 5 rounds with Jon F'n Jones.

16 years of fighting. You would think he is done. Hell many folks thought he was done 5 years ago. Hope he saved enough to relax and retire, but I get the feeling he'll pop up some where lol.

*hope Shogun fans play nice in this thread*

He had many great highlights to look back on -- cheers to OSP for being a humble fighter with many accomplishments! He's one of very few fighters with a background in football to have a lot of success in MMA.

 

[pankrat]

Such a freak athlete.
His fight with Okami is probably the biggest missmatch in physicality in recent UFC history. Luckily, it ended quickly with no strikes landed by either fighter.

 

[xhaydenx]

Yeh, cheers to OSP for being an absolute bum. Always hated this OSP.

Dude is shit at everything but got where he is based on being big and athletic and nothing else.

Him vs Bader for 5 rounds stands out as one of the most pathetic fights I've ever seen. 5 whole rounds of two guys who knew nothing about striking at the time throwing sloppy sad punches. OSP still knows nothing about striking. Absolute can level skills.

Hate those dumb brand things he has on his arm and the dumb expressions he does when he wins.

Always a pleasure watching this guy get his ass handed to him.

Only good thing this can done was beat Kennedy by decision, which was paying 15.00 and I'd bet on.

 

[Schoolboy Q]

Loved when he KTFO Corey Anderson.

 

[Nintendo 64]

He did welcome Shobum to the big leagues.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

I still can't believe they never found out who threw in that skateboard. Should have been a no contest.

 

[josh345]

He has some nice wins honestly. He just never threw enough volume in his fights lmao. Solid fighter imo.

 

[BroRogan]

You gotta respect such veterans who stay(ed) in the game that long.