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QUOTABLES: Yushin Okami doesn't think there's much point to GSP-Anderson Silva fight, promises victory over Silva in a title bout
Mar 25, 2011 - 9:30:45 AM QUOTABLES: Yushin Okami doesn't think there's much point to GSP-Anderson Silva fight, promises victory over Silva in a title bout

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"Well, I've heard various things, but instead of GSP 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... There is the problem of weight [in that fight]... and GSP will go for the takedown. But the middleweight division is for the fighters who are there, and have been fighting there, so I don't think there's much point in that fight. Basically, I haven't really thought about it because Anderson and I are top of the middleweight division, so it should be left to us... 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."

-Yushin Okami talks to CagePotato.com about the possibility of Georges St. Pierre usurping him for a shot at Anderson Silva and how he believes he'll defeat Silva.

Penick's Analysis: I'm in the camp that believes Okami absolutely deserves a title shot, and with how much time St. Pierre is likely to need to bulk up to middleweight the Silva-Okami fight should happen this summer. Okami technically holds the last "win" over Silva, albeit by DQ due to a vicious upkick while Okami was in Silva's guard, but still, his style is such that he could have some success against Silva in a rematch and makes for a deserving and difficult challenge for the Champion. It's a fight Okami absolutely deserves, now it's just up to the UFC to put it together whether or not GSP decides to make the move up.