Just a brief note.
I know many strong people and many world class athletes who rarely if ever use the strict overhead press so I'm pretty sure that the world will go on without the exercise being included in every strength and conditioning program.
This comment is useless, seeing that the same can be said for EVERY exercise in the book. I'm pretty sure that there are many athletes that never deadlift. I'm confident that there are some athletes that never bench. Some athletes may never front squat and others never power clean.
It seems like very few people reading this board even compete in MMA or are athletes apparently so my comment wasn't even applicable to most people on here.
People here getting personal does not mean that you have to be aggressive too. In addition, Cap'n's real name is Anal, so please understand that he wakes up feeling pretty grumpy every day.
Quite a few posters here compete in MMA, grappling, thai boxing, powerlifting, olympic lifting, highland games or strongman. However, many of those competing in MMA and other fight sports are still at a level at which many of the concepts you throw around may not yet be applicable in their entirety. You are probably aware of the fact that most pro-fighters have better things to do than spend all day on an internet message board. While your comments are usually very well thought out, you are making one basic mistake in my opinion. You spend a lot of time talking about specificity, but you rarely address the training status (training age and background) of the hypothetical trainee you are addressing.
Coming on here an saying "the OHP is bad for your shoulder and is not really applicable to MMA" is not much different from other people saying "benching irritates the rotator cuff and lying down is not sport specific outside the realm of hookers", "deadlifts hurt your back and make you slow" or "box squats compress the spine and what athlete sits down during a match?". The thread starter asked a question about the OHP on a strength forum (albeit on an MMA board) that clearly indicates that he is interested in his performance in the overhead press. As such, a comment that can be read as "OHP is dangerous and useless" will not come across as very relevant.
Keep up the good posting.