Yushin Okami vs. Evan Tanner

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The first round began. Four thirty-five. Four fifteen. Lengthy feeling-out process here. Tanner blocked a high kick. Four minutes. Tanner landed a right hand and a left hook nicely. Okami dropped Tanner with a straight left. He had the back on the ground with three thirty-five. Tanner hipped out and stood to the clinch. Ooooh he got a trip. Okami stood to the standing back and turned to the clinch. Three fifteen. Tanner worked a double. Okami was stuffing it. Tanner switched to a single and that was stuffed as well. Three minutes. Tanner kneed the leg. Okami replied to the body. Tanner kneed the leg. Another knee. Two thirty-five. Tanner was bleeding already. Okami kneed the thigh twice, Tanner replied hard to the body. Two fifteen. I think that cut is under Tanner's right eye. They broke away. Two minutes. Tanner landed an inside kick. Tanner came in to the clinch eating a knee to the body. Okami kept that plum. He kneed the body. One thirty-five. Another to the body. Another. Tanner broke from that clinch. One fifteen. One minute. Okami landed an inside kick. Tanner landed another inside kick. The crowd was booing. Thirty-five. Tanner landed another inside kick. Okami landed another straight left. Fifteen. Tanner blocked a high kick. The first round ended. The second round began and they touched gloves. Tanner landed a leg kick. Tanner was trying to work the footwork. He landed a leg kick and another one. Four thirty-five. Tanner landed a counter knee to the body. Four fifteen. Okami landed a body kick. An inside kick. Four minutes. Okami landed a nice uppercut there. Three thirty-five. Okami had the plum. He kneed the body. They broke. Tanner landed a body kick. Three fifteen. Tanner landed a left hook. Okami landed a big straight left. Three minutes. Okami landed the straight left again. Tanner kept trying to move forward. They clinched. Two thirty-five left. Tanner kneed the leg. Tanner's head is down a bit. Two fifteen. Okami had the plum kneeing the body. Another to the body. Two minutes as it was all over. What's funny is what Rogan was saying. "I think he also realizes that he has to be exciting. The UFC is not here to put on boring fights between effective fighters. If you're just a boring effective fighter, you're going to get pushed to the backburner. Joe Silva's got two hundred fighters under contract. And there are so many exciting guys that are fighting in other organizations that are just waiting--- OH! Evan's hurt bad! Out!"