Yushin Okami says that he has some unfinished business with Anderson Silva. After snatching a takedown in the opening round, Okami looked to open up his offense from the top, but Silva fired back with an illegal up-kick that absolutely floored him While it has to be considered one of the nastiest kicks ever in MMA, it was also illegal because Okami’s knees were on the mat.
Okami was laid out on the mat, hurting for several minutes, and simply could not continue. Silva was disqualified and lost the fight. That was the last time Anderson Silva ever tasted defeat.
Following the fight, Silva said that he never completely had the rules properly explained to him before the bout started, and did not know the kick was deemed illegal. Okami went on to the finals of the tournament where he lost to Jake Shields, but there was always some bad blood left brewing between the two fighters.