UFC releases Yushin Okami

[CageSage]

agree

Shlemenko KOs him.

 

[Joe]

if it was money how the hell is REEM still signed when he's been ruined...

are people likelier to watch a card with overeem or okami?

 

[Total Immortal]

It's not the W/L record that really determines everything. He has looked bad even winning, such as in his split decision win against Lombard. He wins primarily by way of wrestle-fuck or "position" with low damage output. His loss to Boetch is primarily the reason the "Barbarian" was given so much credibility, which was terrible in my mind: Boetch is a guy that rose above his station, for sure. Why did it happen? Because Okami thought he could do something besides decision his opponent by humping him for fifteen and then crumbled in the face of a determined offense by Boetch. It wasn't like Boetch one-punched him; he caught and flustered him and he folded like a piece of paper. His performance against Anderson Silva was reminiscent of a dear caught in the headlights. It seemed that his game plan was to go in and tire Anderson out by absorbing every punch the man threw. Anyone who couldn't tell Okami's career is on a downward trajectory is just blind. The man is not a serious contender in the best organization in the world.

You sure you watched the Okami/Boetsch fight? Okami was beating the shit out of Tim before that 3rd round surge.

 

[controlyotroll]

He's not one of their best fightrers. His entire game was just based around making a "fight" slow down and grinding guys with his cage hugging and dry humping. I'm glad I never have to watch that bullshit anymore or pretend that what he's doing is fighting.

I hate to break it to you but as long as you watch UFC or MMA in general you'll be seeing lots of it.

 

[OldManGrip]

If you are a "grinder", you better win almost every fight. Shitty cut but along with the Fitch cut, the message is pretty obvious.

he did win ALMOST every fight but still got cut, Can't lose any fights

 

[SODACKER]

It is not a legitimate sport.

People pay to see certain fighters fight, they don't care about rankings as much as hard core fans.

Who the ufc employs and doesn't employ has nothing to do with the sports legitimacy

 

[Kanster]

It's not the W/L record that really determines everything. He has looked bad even winning, such as in his split decision win against Lombard. He wins primarily by way of wrestle-fuck or "position" with low damage output. His loss to Boetch is primarily the reason the "Barbarian" was given so much credibility, which was terrible in my mind: Boetch is a guy that rose above his station, for sure. Why did it happen? Because Okami thought he could do something besides decision his opponent by humping him for fifteen and then crumbled in the face of a determined offense by Boetch. It wasn't like Boetch one-punched him; he caught and flustered him and he folded like a piece of paper. His performance against Anderson Silva was reminiscent of a dear caught in the headlights. It seemed that his game plan was to go in and tire Anderson out by absorbing every punch the man threw. Anyone who couldn't tell Okami's career is on a downward trajectory is just blind. The man is not a serious contender in the best organization in the world.

Obviously, but winning fights does help his case. So you criticize him because he wins fights by wrestlefucking or positioning, yet there are plenty of others fighters currently in the UFC that do the same fucking shit and still keep have their job, like Guida for instance.

He was riding a nice win streak over Lombard and Belcher, who a lot of people thought would one day fight for the title and Okami beat him and more recently he lost to a guy like Jacare who is a top five and now all the sudden he's on the downside of his career? I don't buy that shit for a second. He can still beat most of the guys on the roster. This cut is horrible, the only worse cut that comes to mind is when Coenen got cut.

 

[Epicness]

Thank god

 

[Perrichet]

if it was money how the hell is REEM still signed when he's been ruined...

Probably because even though Reem has been ruined he brings more to the table for the UFC than Okami

 

[Loiosh]

he did win ALMOST every fight but still got cut, Can't lose any fights

He was knocked out in three of his last six fights.

 

[RyanRAW]

Err, this isnt that wierd a cut, but if this is how the UFC are going to run things, Bisping and Munoz should be getting worried right now

Munoz appeals majorly to Filipinos and Bisping appeal to the English/US hates him. There jobs are more secure then anybody else at Middleweight that hasn't had a title fight.

 

[Hard Charger]

The funny part is he switched camp to Alliance, get's cut, and somehow Vera manages to stay part of the Zuffa family

 

[AznTrojan]

bullshit cut.. i'm not sure wtf zuffa is doing here

 

[Loiosh]

Who the ufc employs and doesn't employ has nothing to do with the sports legitimacy

Expand? I don't follow.

 

[ali2013champ]

That's not really the point. The criticism is that they're not maintaining the best fighters possible on the roster. That's one of the key drawing points of the UFC and the only reason why anyone should ever tolerate a single dominant promotion.

true just look at their recent signings ,they sign cheap fighters who are not really top level talent and they cut likes of Okami or Fitch?

if you want to be legit sport, keep best fighters even if they're boring grinders.

 

[MarcCA]

Munoz appeals majorly to Filipinos and Bisping appeal to the English/US hates him. There jobs are more secure then anybody else at Middleweight that hasn't had a title fight.

And Okami appeals to the Japanese...
I actually enjoyed his fights.

 

[dns2344]

Truth be told I never once looked forward to an Okami fight.

Which why fans and the UFC should just call themselves an entertainment company instead of a sport. A large amount fans only want to watch the 'exciting' fighters and don't care if the Fitch's and Okami's of the world get canned after dedicating decades to the "sport".

I don't like watching certain NFL teams who rely on defense and only score 10 points per game. F em, hope the league bans them.

 

[Ghost in the Shell]

This sucks. Why in the world would a successful get the slip?

Anyone who thinks Okami is boring is delusional. Don't even compare him to Fitch.

 

[Wrathsoul]

He was knocked out in three of his last six fights.

Anderson Silva was knocked out in 1 of his last two fights.

 

[bubkusjones]

Bellator should grab him ASAP

Depends how they value his name/drawing power vs the likelyhood he beats Schlemenko. Don't want some UFC reject embarassing their champion.

But, it's probably Okami's best opportunity to make money in the sport if he's ruling out a return to the UFC. If his goal is to return to the UFC, he might be better off in WSOF, Legacy or RFA (RFC? Whatever the one Ed Soares is running).

its ok he was never going to be a champ

You can apply that to the majority of fighters in the UFC, though. Johny Hendricks is never going to be champ, but they're going to keep him around for a while.

Okami is a strong upper-middle 185 pound fighter. There is no reason he should've been cut, unless it was a contract renegotiation issue. This is actually more confusing to me than Fitch. Say what you want about Fitch, but he was 1-2-1 in his last four fights at the time of his release, Okami is 3-1.

Glad I don't have to watch him anymore.

I don't get this. Televisions come with remote controls, you can always change the channel or fast forward if it's a recording.