Yushin Okami in an Ultimate Fighting Championship main event, and at 205 pounds? What year is this?
For the fourth time in the last four UFC cards, we have a late substitution in the main event or co-feature, as Mauricio “Shogun” Rua’s decade-long battle with brutal knee injuries was reignited, forcing the Brazilian out of his rematch with Ovince St. Preux. In his stead, former UFC middleweight title challenger Okami returns to the Octagon for the first time in four years, bumping up to 205 pounds for the assignment and hoping to recapture his prime, at least for one evening, by pulling off the upset. As the most successful Japanese-born fighter in UFC history, Okami is a…
