Give Okami His Shot

It's old news now that GSP/Shields at UFC 129 is for the champion's right to face Anderson Silva for the title of true all-time P4P king. While that's all well and good, there's another guy who has earned his shot at The Spider named Yushin Okami. While Okami certainly hasn't been around the block as long as GSP has, he has a 10-2 record in the UFC and the fact remains that his fight with Nate Marquardt at 122 was confirmed to be for a shot at the belt. Even when one thinks about it deeper, this may very easily be a better stylistic matchup for Okami than it was for Sonnen. While Okami was outwrestled by the Team Quest product at 104, Okami has much better submission defense and is still a very good wrestler in his own right. The bottom line, however, is that while Dana White isn't exactly a man of his word, he explicitly stated that since Okami won, he would get a shot at the winner of Silva and Vitor Belfort. The "legacy" match can wait as it has since at least Silva/Demian Maia at 112; the time to give Okami what he's earned is now.