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  thats sad.okami is an awesome fighter.yet he should be glad hes injured so he can put off the huge hospital bill he will incur from fighting the spider.

  Posted 7/19/2008 [reply] [flag]

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Okami injured, Cote’s execution moved forward
Published 7/18/2008 by fightlinker at Fightlinker.com » Fightlinker - MMA, UFC, and other funny fight crap
... , Yushin Okami recently returned to training after a long break due to a broken hand. But now it looks like he might have come back too early, or maybe he didn’t drink enough milk (or soy, or bamboo goo, or whatever Japanese people drink for calcium). Because Okami has re-injured his hand: MMARated.com has learned that UFC middleweight fighter Yushin Okami has recently suffered a broken hand and thus a potential title fight pitting Okami and Anderson Silva, once thought to be slated for September or October, has now been put on hold. We’ve also learned that if Silva leaves the ...

Report: Okami Suffers Another Broken Hand
Published 7/19/2008 by John Chandler at MMA on Tap
... The news comes from our friend Ariel Helwani at MMARated.com, who reports that Okami suffered the injury during a recent training session. It’s unknown if the broken hand is the same one that Okami injured in his knockout win over former title holder Evan Tanner earlier this year. ...

Report: Yushin Okami breaks hand, out of Silva fight; Cote next in line
Published 7/19/2008 by Adam Morgan at Five Ounces of Pain
MMA Rated has the scoop: MMARated.com has learned that UFC middleweight fighter Yushin Okami has recently suffered a broken hand and thus a potential title fight pitting Okami and Anderson Silva, once thought to be slated for September or October, has now been put on hold. We’ve also learned that if Silva leaves the Octagon tomorrow night without any major injuries there are plans to book Patrick Cote as his next opponent, possibly this Fall as well. This is an unfortunate turn of events if it’s true as I was sort of looking forward to seeing Yushin Okami step into the cage ...

Report: Yushin Okami breaks hand in training
Published 7/19/2008 by MMAmania at UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com
... Top middleweight contender Yushin Okami has suffered another hand injury — this time in training — and will more than likely be unable to challenge 185-pound champion Anderson Silva anytime soon, according to MMARated.com. ...

GSP Is Not Worthy of Anderson Silva
Published 7/22/2008 by ben at Cage Potato - MMA News, Knockout Videos, and the Hottest Ring Girls
... , who doesn’t deserve to be in the same room as Silva or GSP. With Yushin Okami suffering a broken hand, Cote is really and truly next in line for a title shot; that little shitshow could happen at UFC 88 (September 6th, Atlanta). ...