UFC releases Yushin Okami

[irish_thug]

Shit. That's more than a bit surprising.

 

[BukHumLae]

thats boolshiet. Okami is actually good. but i guess they dont see him beating the topper guys n they prob dont liek his style. he should go to bellator

 

[Furious George]

what the fuck

 

[TheLastSamurai]

You have to be exciting and winning to stay I guess.

 

[riitzni]

Fucking lame.

 

[Frazzles]

Maybe his contract was up for renewal and he wanted too much money?

 

[tappedtostrikes**]

I checked again, just to be sure. He's listed as an MMA fighter. I then double checked the ratings. He's universally rated in the top 10.

Good, he can go fight in some feeder league that I don't ever have to watch.

 

[Ghost in the Shell]

Maybe his contract was up for renewal and he wanted too much money?

Seems like it, but if the UFC signed Sonnen again, why didn't they bothered with Okami?

 

[JayElectra]

Good, he can go fight in some feeder league that I don't ever have to watch.

Someone is forcing you to watch his UFC fights? Shit, you should get something done about that.

 

[Xeth]

If you don't pay to see him fight you have no right to whine about this.

 

[Prex32]

what da hell?

 

[Lavitz]

Seems like it, but if the UFC signed Sonnen again, why didn't they bothered with Okami?

Dana said the roster is too packed.

 

[Mikedh]

I don't like the policy, but if you are a grinding type fighter and your ceiling isn't the top or close to it, the UFC will get rid of you.

 

[Deleted member 347815]

Beats Belcher, beats Lombard then loses to just about title contender Jacare and is cut? Not to mention having fought for the title and having 13 wins in the UFC lol wowwwww.

 

[Loiosh]

I don't even know why he was ranked so high for so long when in that whole time he only had 3-4 ranked wins and the rest were against guys that weren't ranked. As for beating better guys, I just don't see who he beat that is better than the guys Yushin beat. Highly touted yes, but even at this point Silva is highly unproven and is yet to beat a legit opponent, he didn't look fantastic either. Silva made that fight exciting.

Both cuts are complete shit and as you see the majority agrees with me.

I'm glad you're old and shit, however I just don't see the point of cutting a legit top ranked MW like Okami. There are a good amount of fighters in the UFC that are boring as shit and don't have half the ranked wins that Okami has and they are still employed.





Can't wait to hear both from Dana and Okami.

You not knowing why doesn't mean it wasn't so.

I'm not arguing it was a good cut, but I don't think it was a terrible cut. He was knocked out in three of his last six fights and hasn't looked great.

 

[Spath]

What the ffuuuu.... This really makes no sense.

 

[Mikedh]

The Japanese crowd is pleased.

Is he anymore popular than the other Japanese fighters? He was an unknown on the JMMA scene before going to the UFC. He isn't one of the guys with a leftover Pride fanbase.

 

[xcvbn]

Really hard to support such a company

 

[ravifreitas]

What is this shit, really, worst cut ever

 

[Ghost in the Shell]

Dana said the roster is too packed.

As if, the UFC toted more Brazilians this year than the BOPE ever did!