Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami Official for UFC: Rio in August
by Nick Thomas on Apr 13, 2011 9:54 PM EDT
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UFC President Dana White confirmed the bout with USA Today. UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva will fight Yushin Okami, the last opponent to defeat him (by DQ at Rumble on the Rock 8, in 2006) and will try to set a new record of nine straight title defenses in the UFC. The Aug. 27th event in Brazil will mark the UFC's second in the country.Aug 27th, live on Pay-per-view from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
Anderson "The Spider" Silva (28-4) [Num. 1]
Win Vitor Belfort - KO (Front Kick and Punches) UFC 126
Win Chael Sonnen - Submission (Triangle Armbar) UFC 117
Win Demian Maia - Decision (Unanimous) UFC 112
Yushin "Thunder" Okami (26-5) [Num. 2]Yushin Okami vows to beat Anderson Silva and become UFC Champion:
Win Nate Marquardt - Decision (Unanimous) UFC 122
Win Mark Munoz - Decision (Split) UFC Versus 2
Win Lucio Linhares - TKO (Doctor Stoppage) UFC FN 21
"I want to fight Anderson, beat him, and I believe I’ll become a new star in the UFC. I’m concentrating and training for that fight now. ... Anderson is the top of the middleweight division and I am coming for the belt. I promise you’ll see him fall and I’ll be the new champion."
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OMG THANK YOU BASED GOD
Legendary lay-up Jordan with the right-left switch.
Hang time, Hand glide, Stir fried, Chinky-eyed, Shanghai
no.
please don’t bring that Lil’ B nonsense onto BE
by kanginator10 on Apr 13, 2011 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Rec'd for a level of Hate for Lil' B
I’m not resting until I’m officially Anderson Silva status.- Jon "Bones" Jones
by AfroSamurai on Apr 13, 2011 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
haha
the dude says that he looks like Jesus…
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Apr 14, 2011 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Hahahaha. You really put that. Hahaha
by intro820 on Apr 13, 2011 10:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You know what,
I am completely cool with this matchup. Although I want GSP/ Silva at a catchweight, Georges wants time to pack on muscle. Maybe they can still do it at a catchweight, and if GSP loses (/ decides not to move up to 185), then he goes back to 170.
Let’s just hope Ando takes care of business with Okami.
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by ElliotMatheny on Apr 14, 2011 1:25 AM EDT up reply actions
I believe he was for a short while at least
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by Austin Martin on Apr 13, 2011 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn't Chael block off a room of his home for his "brother" Yushin?
I think he said that he had a room dedicated in his home to Yushin and that when he:s not there, no one else is permitted to stay there. I really can’t remember if this is my spotty memory or if Chael has just told us so many things that I can’t really remember what’s what anymore.
That is what Sonnen said
Whether its true or not is anyone’s guess…
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by The American Ronin on Apr 13, 2011 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Cool....
it was the right thing to do. Should be NUTS in Rio.
by John Danaher's Hair on Apr 13, 2011 9:57 PM EDT reply actions
unfinished business
then off to 205
Jonny Bench called.
by Sterling Archer on Apr 13, 2011 9:58 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
's plan of attack?
go for takedown/defend against the subs, or circle and use his length/jab and try to outpoint him? Gotta think since he’s trained with team quest he’ll go with the lindland/sonnen plan of attack.
It will probably involve avoiding upkicks
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by Austin Martin on Apr 13, 2011 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
GREAT NOW PEOPLE CAN STOP THEIR BITCHING
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Why you think I've been quiet?
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Get that hemmerhoid donut out Yushin. This is gonna be the ass whooping of a lifetime
"Every time I talk on the phone with someone who doesn’t know me, they call me "ma’am"." - Scott C. Broussard
by Earl Montclair on Apr 13, 2011 10:02 PM EDT reply actions
For sure, just like the ass whupping Anderson handed out to Sonnen. Oh wait…
"Referees, be sure to step in and stop the fight on time tomorrow, because I might get carried away in the moment and my many punches may end up destroying my opponent." - Tatsuya "CRUSHER" Kawajiri
Yushin Okami is not Chael Sonnen
Chael proved it.
"Every time I talk on the phone with someone who doesn’t know me, they call me "ma’am"." - Scott C. Broussard
by Earl Montclair on Apr 13, 2011 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
But everyone was writing off Sonnen just like you’re doing it now to Okami. Point is, anything can happen.
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who do you think is going to win?
"Every time I talk on the phone with someone who doesn’t know me, they call me "ma’am"." - Scott C. Broussard
by Earl Montclair on Apr 13, 2011 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Silva. Unlike you, though, I’m not making baseless statements about the fight as if they are fact.
"Referees, be sure to step in and stop the fight on time tomorrow, because I might get carried away in the moment and my many punches may end up destroying my opponent." - Tatsuya "CRUSHER" Kawajiri
where did I do that?
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by Earl Montclair on Apr 13, 2011 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
If I have to point it out for you, you’re no longer worth my time. Have a nice night.
"Referees, be sure to step in and stop the fight on time tomorrow, because I might get carried away in the moment and my many punches may end up destroying my opponent." - Tatsuya "CRUSHER" Kawajiri
by andrew861 on Apr 13, 2011 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i am not above making baseless statements
silva WILL destroy yushins world
/fact
Have a nice night.
Jonny Bench called.
by Sterling Archer on Apr 13, 2011 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
haha okay.
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by Earl Montclair on Apr 13, 2011 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
might wanna change your sig
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by Austin Martin on Apr 13, 2011 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Wrong.
The last thing we need in MMA is more fairweather fans.
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 13, 2011 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Why?
"Referees, be sure to step in and stop the fight on time tomorrow, because I might get carried away in the moment and my many punches may end up destroying my opponent." - Tatsuya "CRUSHER" Kawajiri
Because he lost once
so now you’re supposed to jump ship and say that he was never that good anyways and now you’re a Melendez fan.
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 13, 2011 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh right.
I better get on that. Maybe I should add this year’s winner in a non-MMA sport. That way, I’ll be covered for at least a year.
"Referees, be sure to step in and stop the fight on time tomorrow, because I might get carried away in the moment and my many punches may end up destroying my opponent." - Tatsuya "CRUSHER" Kawajiri
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam!
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 13, 2011 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
sbnation stands for sports blog
I like to rep my huskies across all the blogs i like
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by Austin Martin on Apr 13, 2011 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
No dude
You can only have MMA related quotes on here!
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by Earl Montclair on Apr 13, 2011 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
If I have to point it out for you, you’re no longer worth my time. Have a nice night.
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by Austin Martin on Apr 13, 2011 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Boy, you’re on a roll tonight.
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by andrew861 on Apr 13, 2011 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don’t know if they’re baseless – Anderson has pretty much whooped everyone’s ass except Sonnen and he took everything Chael had for 29 minutes and then made him give up
"You should work for 15 minutes to knock your opponent out, submit him, or improve your position to give yourself the best chance of doing either." - Dan Hardy
29 minutes???
5, 5 minute rounds adds up to…25 lol. He whooped up on Anderson for about 22-23 minutes I think.
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by SentientAndroid on Apr 14, 2011 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm surprised, I would think you would be taking Anderson in this one
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by Austin Martin on Apr 13, 2011 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
He is.
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 13, 2011 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
yep
"Every time I talk on the phone with someone who doesn’t know me, they call me "ma’am"." - Scott C. Broussard
by Earl Montclair on Apr 13, 2011 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
sarcasm
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by Austin Martin on Apr 13, 2011 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
The eternal copout.
"Unless you can’t think of something intelligent to say, don’t reply and make the world as dumb as you are appearing to be." - mabel4life
by lowellthehammer on Apr 13, 2011 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
he didn't really leave any room for error
in assessing who he thought would win
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by Austin Martin on Apr 13, 2011 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok OK! FINE! I admit it!
Since Chael is a cheater, I guess I need to give Okami his due and say he IS the #1 contender and deserves to get a title shot. Beating Nate was huge, give the man the shot.
Not douchey enough for a Kindle yet.
I like Okami’s chances in this one. I think he could pull a Sonnen minus the shitty sub defence that handed the win to Silva on a silver platter.
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by Goonisis on Apr 13, 2011 10:07 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Okami isn't as quick or athletic.
It’s going to look like the Hendo fight – A round of ineffective Okami LnP followed by an absolute blitzing in the second by Silva.
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 13, 2011 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Perfect Place for Okami to fight Silva
Typically i’d be worried he d be bored with Okami but with this fight being in Brazil i see Anderson really trying to put on a show here and end the night quick.
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by AfroSamurai on Apr 13, 2011 10:10 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Yushin "The THUNDER God" Okami
After he becomes the new UFC Middleweight Champion. The God’s have SPOKEN!
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by Ryan Tical on Apr 13, 2011 10:16 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
I'll jump on this war wagon. WAR THUNDER!
Cause he needs some fans to cheer him on, while Andy has the whole of Brazil.
by squaresphere on Apr 14, 2011 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Yaaaaaay
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by Derek Suboticki on Apr 13, 2011 10:25 PM EDT reply actions
Based on his history Yushin has no way to finish this fight and his wrestling isnt good enough to hold Anderson down to win a decision. When was the last time he finished a fight?
Japans last great hope will be slaughtered like a lamb.
He finished Linhares two fights ago
Anderson has to get old at some point.
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by Derek Suboticki on Apr 13, 2011 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Linhares! He finished LINHARES!!!!
well that changes everything!
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by Earl Montclair on Apr 13, 2011 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
The fight was stopped on cuts
That barely counts.
But yeah Linhares was getting pasted anyway.
Okami’s last real finish was against Evan Tanner.
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by SSreporters on Apr 13, 2011 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
And when he's 50
he will still whip Okami’s ass.
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 13, 2011 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I would cry
If Yushin Antonio Tarver’d Anderson Silva.
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by Ryan Tical on Apr 13, 2011 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Somebody's gonna do it
Not everyone is Randy Couture
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by Derek Suboticki on Apr 13, 2011 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
You know who will beat him?
Jon Olav Einemo.
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by SSreporters on Apr 13, 2011 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wanna make a quick grand?! BET ON JOE!
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The only guys he’s finished in his entire career are nobodies. You cant go into a fight with Anderson for Five rounds and your only probable path of victory is a decision unless your wrestling is unbelievable.
He doesnt have the wrestling. It’s good enough for it to look like a competitive fight early like Anderson/Hendo or Anderson/Lutter but in reality he’s eventually toast.
I agree though his Roy Jones moment is coming. His win streak is unprecedented. But Okami is no tarver.
A lot of people said the same thing about Tarver
Until Tarver knocked Roy Jones out. Everyone doesn’t see it comin’.
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Okami does not have KO power.
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by SSreporters on Apr 13, 2011 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Have you been hit in the face by Okami?
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by Ryan Tical on Apr 13, 2011 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Frankly a puff of wind could knock me out
Your argument is irrelevant because Okami’s track record does not involve KOs.
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by SSreporters on Apr 13, 2011 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
True
And? It may be highly unlikely that Okami could knock Silva out, but just because it hasn’t happened doesn’t mean Okami doesn’t have KO power.
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It kinda does mean exactly that
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by Earl Montclair on Apr 13, 2011 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
All I'm saying
Okami isn’t a knockout artist, but that doesn’t mean if the opportunity came it wouldn’t or can’t happen.
Tarver wasn’t know for knocking out everyone he came across, but he threw a shot on Roy that Roy didn’t see comin’ and it was good night Irene.
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K-1 TOP 5: Overeem, Jienotsu, Masato, Buakaw, Zambidis
Tarver had 17 KO/TKOs out of 21 wins before the first Jones fight
He just never knocked anyone out of significance other than Eric Harding.
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by SSreporters on Apr 13, 2011 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Insignificant KO's on Tomato Can's are insignificant.
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K-1 TOP 5: Overeem, Jienotsu, Masato, Buakaw, Zambidis
Okami has fought tomato cans
And has only managed 9 career KO/TKOs. His only UFC finishes are (I believe) Linhares and Kalib Starnes.
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by SSreporters on Apr 13, 2011 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
That's fine.
All I’m saying is Okami has power, it just appears that he doesn’t allocate it to his hands to do heavy damage.
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we get that that is 'all your saying'
all everyone else is saying is…
no, stop, just, stop.
Jonny Bench called.
by Sterling Archer on Apr 14, 2011 8:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Finishing Starnes is good for his conditioning, means he can catch up to him.
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And Eric Harding isn't even worth mentioning.
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MMA TOP 5: A. Silva, Hendo, Rampage, Bones, Nick Diaz
K-1 TOP 5: Overeem, Jienotsu, Masato, Buakaw, Zambidis
So what, all this time Okami has been hiding it?
He hasn’t had a KO through punches in his entire career. His only career KO is a knee against Evan Tanner.
Okami has excellent boxing but just like someone with the technical ability of Martin Kampmann, he has not shown KO power.
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by SSreporters on Apr 13, 2011 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Who knows, I'm not Okami.
Maybe Okami doesn’t see angles that other guys can which brings KO’s to the table. Okami seems to use punches as a deterrent, not to knock anyone out — like a Boxer using a Jab.
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MMA TOP 5: A. Silva, Hendo, Rampage, Bones, Nick Diaz
K-1 TOP 5: Overeem, Jienotsu, Masato, Buakaw, Zambidis
sonnen wasn't supposed to knock Silva down either
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by Austin Martin on Apr 13, 2011 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Rec for truth.
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MMA TOP 5: A. Silva, Hendo, Rampage, Bones, Nick Diaz
K-1 TOP 5: Overeem, Jienotsu, Masato, Buakaw, Zambidis
He did? I missed that.
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by SSreporters on Apr 13, 2011 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe not a clean knockdown, but he for sure stumbled him.
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by andrew861 on Apr 13, 2011 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Chael Sonnen 101
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MMA TOP 5: A. Silva, Hendo, Rampage, Bones, Nick Diaz
K-1 TOP 5: Overeem, Jienotsu, Masato, Buakaw, Zambidis
Left hand definitely clipped him
But of course in that same GIF Anderson walks through two clean shots by Sonnen undefended.
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by SSreporters on Apr 13, 2011 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Right
I think it just caught him off guard, then he came back to show him “okay, I’ve felt what you have, bring it again, bitch”
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by The American Ronin on Apr 13, 2011 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
More like 5...
And by “walking through” I can only assume you mean “flailing one’s arms ineffectually while moving backwards and failing to even attempt the counterstrike you’re trying to set up”.
he’s talking about the second to last frame of the gif, Andy takes two clean punches without trying to defend them. The frame before that yeah he kinda flails his hands round a bit.
Andy’s my boy and all, but it looks like he definitely got rocked for a split second because it appears that one of his knees gave out. Chael definitely gave him all that he could handle.
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by SentientAndroid on Apr 14, 2011 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I would pay money...
just to watch Silva slip punches for an hour. It seems pretty clear to me, though, that he was trying to do his patented matrix-lean and counter on those last two punches, but he didn’t have Chael’s range down yet (probably because he was still scrambled from the prior shots).
Yep I’d say so as well, especially when he was kinda flailing around with the earlier exchanges in that gif.
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by SentientAndroid on Apr 14, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, we agreed on something. Rec’d.
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i love you anderson haters
he took everything that roided up cheater had to give for the better part of 25 minutes, was on the receiving end of a record setting number of strikes landed in any ufc (and possibly mma) bout ever, and guess who gave up?
not anderson. troll on brother, troll on.
Jonny Bench called.
by Sterling Archer on Apr 14, 2011 8:51 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm sorry but Anderson has no chance against OKAMIREEM.
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by andrew861 on Apr 13, 2011 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Damn
Look at that skinny-ass neck. Greatest Photoshop ever.
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This guy doesn't think so.
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Going to take Okami
I believe he has done his last several camps at Team Quest, and is continuing to work on his boxing and wrestling.
I think Okami’s best path to victory is the Chael Sonnen approach. I hear it now, “But his wrestling isn’t as good as Sonnen’s!” On paper, sure. However, it is MMA, and MMA wrestling can be a different ballgame.
Part of what makes Sonnen’s wrestling so effective in MMA (IMHO) is that he is willing to take a shot or dozen in order to get his hands on you and take you down. Will Okami show the same suicidal tendency, combined with a more well rounded game than Chael? I hope so.
I am banking on Chael’s tips + Silva’s age + Okami’s improvement in wrestling and striking + Okami’s submission defense = Okami WINS.
Of course, if Anderson goes all Karate Kid on Okami, I’d be ok with that too.
Don’t forget Sonnens other gameplan of roiding out so he never gets tired while GnP ing for 24 minutes…
by hexbreaker on Apr 13, 2011 11:02 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah because we all know steroids gives you EXTREME CARDIO.
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by andrew861 on Apr 13, 2011 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Chael Sonnen
Used EXTREME-CARDIO.exe on Anderson.
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Is this sarcasm?
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Umm...
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by The American Ronin on Apr 14, 2011 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Do you disagree?
I really can’t tell.
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Mind faster than typing fail
Meant to write “… and is continuing to work on his boxing and wrestling there.”
ITS ABOUT EFFING TIME.
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by DjCopasetic_519 on Apr 14, 2011 12:31 AM EDT reply actions
I guess he deserves it, but that doesn’t mean I’m overly interested. Silva should have a finish victory, it’s just a matter of whether Okami takes him down that determines what type of finish.
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by Haloe T. Jones on Apr 14, 2011 12:59 AM EDT reply actions
Okami is as good and worthy of an opponent as any UFC Middleweight, and he deserves the Title shot. I don’t think that he’ll win, but with just the way that Okami fights, it could at least be competitive in my opinion. Many are claiming that he’ll use the same strategy as Sonnen especially since Okami trains with him, but I don’t think that’ll happen. Okami just doesn’t have that go-forward mentality in his fights, and his takedowns aren’t nearly as powerful as Sonnen’s.
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your post could be shortened
Okami is as good and worthy of an opponent as any UFC Middleweight
which means its time for andy to move up to 205
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by Sterling Archer on Apr 14, 2011 8:59 AM EDT up reply actions
His takedowns aren’t as powerful as Sonnen’s, but Anderson has not shown decent TDD against anyone with good wrestling since he has been in the UFC, perhaps because of his previous knee injuries.
Okami is my no means a great MMA Wrestler, but he should be able to take Anderson down.
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by The American Ronin on Apr 14, 2011 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m sure that Okami can take down Anderson seeing that Lutter, I think Marquardt, and Henderson have. However, the blueprint that Sonnen laid out to beat Anderson isn’t just good takedowns. It’s a combination of go-forward aggression, not letting Anderson get any rhythm especially in the first couple minutes of the fight, staying active on top, and keeping top control at all costs, and I don’t think that Okami has shown that.
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I can’t think of a single time that Anderson has ever escaped once someone was in top control. In fact, he really doesn’t try – I have never seen him attempt a sweep or any other reversal that I can recall, he just tries to work wrist control and tie them up in a figure 4 body lock (hoping for a stand-up), with strikes occasionally thrown from the bottom and the obvious triangle attempts.
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by The American Ronin on Apr 14, 2011 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I want to fight Anderson, beat him, and I believe I’ll become a new star in the UFC. I’m concentrating and training for that fight now. … – Okami
Uhh Okami, you don`t
Damnit, wanted to press ‘cancel’.
Oh well, what I wanted to say is that Okami doesn’t have the personality to become a star. And becoming champion doesn’t instantly/magically make you a star. If he was ever going to be a star, he’d be one right now after 12 fights in the UFC, beating well-liked guys like Belcher, Tanner and Marquardt. But he’s not, because he’s rather boring outside of the cage, and not very flash inside the cage either.
Don't count Yushin out
The blueprint has been established, and if anyone is a master of game plans (besides Couture)
it’s Okami. Hope Anderson has been working on his upkicks.
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by MrTechnique420 on Apr 14, 2011 12:47 PM EDT reply actions
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