Unfinished business: Yushin ‘Phoenix’ Okami eyes rematch with UFC champion Anderson Silva
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Quoteworthy:
“I admit that I haven’t had the most exciting fights during my time in the UFC. From this point forward, I want to try making them more exciting, but not at the expense of winning. To do that, I’ve stepped up my training in standup in particular, learning how to push forward and effect more damage…. [UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson] Silva and I have unfinished business. I want that rematch because it feels like our first fight didn’t end definitively. I want to finish him, once and for all….. I’d like to knock him out, certainly, but I also really want to submit him. I want to take him down and force him to submit. I want to make him tap out.”
Great interview with Japanese UFC middleweight contender Yushin Okami in which he addresses numerous topics, as well as his long journey to the Octagon. “Phoenix” (a new nickname) defeated reigning 185-pound champion Anderson Silva at a Rumble on the Rock tournament in 2006 because of a disqualification. It was the last time “The Spider” dropped a bout — albeit under a veil of controversy. Okami wants to change that … and he might get the opportunity sometime in 2008 thanks to a brand-new four-fight contract extension.
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