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“Me going to somewhere else is 100% happening…. Later on after the fight was over, I was sitting down going over the loss, I think that’s when it really touched me that that’s going to be my last time walking out for the UFC. It’s really hard to say, but the president, the way he treats me, I can’t continue on with them. He’s a monster and I’m going to go elsewhere where they respect me…. No, I’m not going back to the UFC, I don’t want to. I can sleep now and not worry about what’s going to be said about me. I don’t have to worry about what I have to say to make sure I say the right thing. I’m sick of kissing ass and I’m not doing it anymore.”
Former UFC light heavyweight champion TIto Ortiz confirms that he will no longer compete inside the Octagon. “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” left the door open for a possible return — despite his epic public feuds with promotion president Dana White — immediately following his loss to Lyoto Machida at UFC 84: “Ill Will” on May 24. In fact, reports circulated that the owner of the organization, Lorenzo Fertitta, offered Ortiz a new (and better) contract prior to the fight. He’s apparently had time to mull the offer, as well as the working environment, and has determined that he will be better off elsewhere.
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Cry me a river Tito, I’m so sick of hearing him try to play the victim. The UFC made him a millionare and he’s acting like he was being paid minimum wage.
Go away Tito and take your psycho girlfriend with you.
Agreed – every whine that comes from his pie hole reeks of bimbo…
Tito says:
“I’m sick of kissing ass and I’m not doing it anymore.”
Appearantly he is also sick of KICKING ass as well because he hasn’t done that for years!
Da-damn…
LOL!!! I was thinking the same thing. I don’t think the UFC will miss paying him 220,000 to get his ass kicked!
I was watching the press conference (not the in the hall one mania had up), but before the presser, and Jenna is yelling “stay Tito” and “freedom of the press.” For this genius of a couple (so they say), do they not realize that UFC is a private company. The press and Tito can talk anytime, but the UFC doesn’t have to allow him at their press conference. Yes I picked Tito to win the fight, but man am I sick of him. If he concentrated on fighting as much as he and Jenna concentrate on everyone knowing what good business people they are, he then could maybe beat someone other than Ken Shamrock! He wants like 30 % of ppv buys…cmon douche, you just made 210,000 plus a percentage, and you lost to arguably the most boring fighter on the UFC roster!
VM – that is classic. You took the words right out of my mouth!
Tito will have great fights somewhere else because he has drop to a substandard level in the UFC. Have a great time Tito.
Not only that he said he wants one third of all the money the UFC makes on it’s events!
That was like 30% for all the fighters, I know Tito isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, and it did sound like that’s what he said, but it’s 30% given to all the fighters on the card… something like that.
By the way, I also guessed that Tito would not re-re-sign with the UFC, mainly because there is lots of guys in that weight class that could beat him now, and he would never be champ in the UFC again. Tito would rather be a large fish in a small pond than a small fish in a large pond… that’s the way it goes.
“He wants like 30 % of ppv buys…cmon douche, you just made 210,000 plus a percentage, and you lost to arguably the most boring fighter on the UFC roster!”
I think he said he wants fighters to get 30% gross of the PPV buys. I’m not sure what he wants but surely he cant be THAT stupid to think ANY promotion will give him personally 30%.
He makes over $200,000 per fight in the UFC and he hasnt been worth that much for like 5 years now… Good Ridance! He wont sign with Affliction because he doesnt want to fight top fighters. Expect him to land at EliteXC.
its $250,000 per fight!!!! just to show up man…that what he has been earning even against shamrock up to rashad! imagine if he had won againt machida!!! $500,000…he makes way more than that as well! with his gym!, clothing line, shows here and there! its just ridiculous! id ont know how he can complain about hit money when he puts on shitty performances…even without Machidas involvement. Yes he has done alot for the sport! your paychecks where signed for that long ago Tito! but being an pioneer then and performing as a fighter today as a one dimensional type wont get you the bragaining chips you want to throw a pen down a hall way with Jenna!
or you can reverse the thought and consider that the fighters made THE UFC a billion dollar company.
what you dont see about Zuffa and UFC!! they dont have a blue chip sponsor to handle the overhead and production. the money that is generated by the fighter is used inturn to make the shows and keep promoting their fighters.
compared to other combat sports he was,he made ufc the organazation it is today, and he deserves more you wouldn’t be on this site if it wasn’t for that”cry baby “
He didn’t do anything for me, I was raised watching respectful fighters like Hughes, Franklin, Couture, and the Iceman. What do you know the 4 guys who were champion raising the UFC together with a repectful attitude and only wanting to do it for the fans, not themselves. Tito has never done shit for the fans, he just wants whats coming to him. He doesn’t put on good fights, he just hypes them up as much as possible. Instead of training from other fighters he wants to train people, who wants to get training from a guy who is on the down slope of his career? I’m sorry but $250k per fight is enormous plus you get more money to KO somebody. That means for a punch you can make 20k! Sick, I would do a fight with Tito or Machida for 20k no doubt about it. Don’t tell me he deserves more because you don’t get a raise at work for messing up do you? No never, you’ve gotta win to get that raise and you gotta earn it, Tito isn’t earning it
I can’t wait for him to not beat anyone else in other promotions either. That is, unless they give him absurd opponents like they’re doing with Kimbo.
After reading the Sean Gannon/Kimbo Slice II bullshit, it makes me quite angry that EliteXC is taking the marketting road with him instead of giving him actual opponents. I’m sure Kimbo is training hard and is no slouch, but he needs to be treated like a fighter. Tito is no different and I don’t know that EliteXC can do the right thing with him, either.
i agree w/ you about kimbo. i like him and all and he seems to be seriuos about the sport, but sooner or later he will have to fight a real opponent and that will take him demanding it to gary shaw. look at the ufc’s”supposed” kimbo, brock lesnar. dana is making him fight tough guys despite the fact that he could go 0-2 in his 1rst time around in the ufc. dana and the ufc could have easily fed him a bunch of cans and built him up , but intstead they do what they always do and make guys prove that they belong. its either win or get out. i cant belive it when guys like tito amd randy call dana a hippocrite and a “monster”. they need to look in the mirror
That’s why the UFC will continue to be a COMPETITION brand, while EliteXC – whether on purpose or not — is being built up as an ENTERTAINMENT brand, a hybrid between WWE and MMA.
dana’s new bitch will be ?
Ummm, when did Dana personally pull Tito’s “bitch” card?
Post it here and educate us…
When Tito backed out of a boxing match that he wanted and tried to use getting more money as the excuse. “”"He got Shook”"”"
Tito took 2 beatings from Chuck, got owned by Couture and got schooled by Machida…
I don’t see Tito being scared of Dana.
Your reason is hollow and without credibility.
Sorry, but it was about the $$$…
Losing to credible fighters is no shame at all. its not about being scared it about being schooled by dana! i dont think it owuld have happened like that. but Tito is Tito in the end….he wants more money! so he could pay his gym to train him to draw with rashad!
Tito wasn’t scared of Dana White… it was a boxing match for godsake!… however, Tito didn’t want to LOSE and get EMBARRASSED. White was an ex-boxer and Tito is a crappy boxer… White would have won in my opinion… if it was an MMA fight… Tito wins in 30 seconds or less.
Thorazine :
I take boxing lessons (no, I don’t think I am an expert).
You have to be in above average shape to even spar for more than 2 rounds with all of the constant movement.
Dana is a fatty.
There is no way Tito gets embarrassed or loses to Dana in any physical event.
Tito is a professional athlete !
Not buying it, sorry.
you, now bend over
LOL
hahaha
Bye bye Tito. He was a great fighter once upon a time, but obviously he’s past it now. His only good performances in the last several years were against Ken Shamrock… who’s waaaaay past it.
I’m sure another organization will snap him up and pay him way more than he’s worth before they go bankrupt. Then he’ll come crawling back as usual. He really should concentrate on coaching and cornering, he is excellent at that as his time on TUF showed.
And since when has he ever worried about saying the right thing? He’s made his whole career on saying the wrong thing!
THANK GOD FOR SMALL MIRACLES!
Tito should have taken that contract and counted his blessings if he really wanted to stay in the UFC.
He must have some other MMA organization dangling some big $$$ in front of him.
I think this statement is just a smoke screen for wanting more $$$. I don’t think its whining. He is just spinning things, as usual.
A good business deal because Tito stopped being a full time MMA fighter a long time ago.
Oh well, the 205 division is still stacked regardless of whether he competes in the UFC or not.
Agreed…Tito is done anyway. He isn’t interested in fighting as much as he is in being a movie star. He could care less about fans and pride…he is after fame and $$$!!! He got paid pretty damn fat to get beat around the ring by Machida at Ill Will…I don’t see why he should bitch about Zuffa paychecks! Some company will pick him up and pay big money for a has-been who won’t want to fight hard because he might get hurt and won’t be able to compete on “Celebrity Mole”!
All wrong – should be a UFC hall of famer. One of the best at ground and pound. Like him or hate, guaranteed all of you watched his fights if you are a fan of 6+ years. And he should be a millionare – UFC should pay more to their fighters. Not to get off topic, but Jardine $10,000?
$10,000 on the table but who knows what’s passing under it? Jardine has already been quoted that he is getting really well by the UFC, i suspect he is getting a lot more than $10,000 per appearance.
Then the UFC should say so. Your whole “i’m pretty sure thing is purely subjective”…….
What Are you talking about? I’m pretty sure Tito is a multi millionare.
Dana said that in 2004 Tito made 5.6 million. Sounds good for a non-millionaire…
Why do people say he is one of the best at ground and pound. He has gnp’d like two people other than Ken Shamrock. Give me a freakin break. He was great back in the day. If the first round was 10 seconds longer Machida would have finished him with ground and pound. I agree he belongs in the hall of fame, but Tito isn’t even a top 10 LHW. He has become a character similar to a TUF guy. Very little talent, and a lot of entertainment. The WWE will probably give him the money he fills he deserves.
Tito was made a coach of The Ultimate Fighter, which promoted him in a way no other organization could possibly do! We are talking about nation wide TV for 12 weeks!!! Then he fights a very old Kem Shamrock who had no chance of winning, and makes a ton of money in the process. And yet Dana gets blamed for not promoting Tito? In fact Tito and Ken were both on the billboards in the Las Vagas promotions and yet Tim vs AA were not!!!! Tito wake up! U are wrong and not winning of late it’s your own fault.
Show Tito respect. He’s the king of ground and pound – just look at his girlfriend.
The true king of ground and pound is JJ.
can you ground n pound jenna!?!?! she has been pounded for her entire career! that sh*t is like throwing a hotdog down a hallway!
that sh*t is like throwing a hotdog down a hallway!
Nice visual.
I can’t help but wonder how much of the complaining is really coming from Tito, or if it’s Skeletor – I mean Jenna – nagging at him in the background. Just look at the way she butts in and interrupts almost every interview of his. Is it really an issue with HIS promotion… or is it the fact that any time a camera is pointed his way, it means more face time for her?
I think you’re on to somthing.
Maybe but Tito has always been a sally about publicity. Runs his mouth any chance he gets and does whatever he can to get the camera pointed at him. Look how he acted after Machida beat him, he wanted the camera’s on him. This is only good news that he won’t be around.
Tito your the best thing that happend to the ufc the greatest champion ever,you will be missed but your not leaving the ufc, you leaving the up and comming track all stars because thats all dana wants now machida will win a medal in this years olympics i hope he competes.Tito you will always be the best and i hope you go to a place where people will stand and fight like men are supposed to do,i still support you 1000%%.
God…….how do I comment on this?
Uhh…you don’t need to. We are all thinking the same thing.
LOLOLOLOL. Stand and fight like a man???
Have you ever seen Tito win a fight standing? Tito wanted the fight to go to the ground, however, he was unable to take Machida down, whom he probably outweighed by at least 12 lbs. Tito is no longer even in the Top 20 of the division. He is, and has been, officially DONE!
Stay in school, please…
thats what you call a TRUE fan! HAHA! YEA! Jacob did what he could against Machida. For what it’s worth I thought he was more aggressive and had octagon control. I hope his star power boosts elitexc revenues and he can get some respect. cmon… you know you’re going to watch.
Huh? we’re talking about Tito right?
Wow, Im suprised you could reach far enough out of Titos backside to type that post. Its like the Britney Youtube rant “Leave TITO alone….SOB”
Lol your on a runaway train. That shits goin nowhere
He’ll be the best at GnP’ing a cumbucket of a girlfriend
Tito is one of those guys who, although is still young and able to compete physically, he has already peaked skill wise and come back down in his MMA career, but is too stuborn to realize it. I think he WAS a great fighter and I was never a fan, but age is not the key to this sport, its skill and his skills are outdated or diminshed one or the other if not both. I would rather see him in EliteXC anyway with competition that may be on his level so at least there may be a chance he is in a somewhat exciting fight.
yup, ‘comment by Chadx23, that’s pretty much the point… i see it, u see it… and so the story of tito ortiz mma saga ends here.
Jenna!?!? is that you!! how did you get on here?
Jenna?… is that u?
Read this horribly researched article : http://www.miamiherald.com/674/story/550333.html
This GREG COTE guy sucks.
How many times was he wrong or inaccurate in the article…like a dozen? That was brutally biased. Almost as bad as that O’Reily guy.
I think his article is well written. However, he is obviously a hater. Don’t let it bother you.
He obviously does not know anything about any of the martial arts. He is comparing it to Jerry Springer?? and I don’t remember as he describes it… Jardine being “pummeled into bloody submission”.
Here is his email. We can all tell him what an idiot he is. There are plenty of loopholes in his article. gcote@MiamiHerald.com
violentmike what fight were u seeing? Tito was beating Machida everytime they clinched but he couldnt get him b/c Machida moved away props to him for that.. but Tito is still top 10! and many of the UFC fans seems to be out of their minds, everybody should be quiet and lick ass in your opinion like GSP n others are licking ass every f’in time, this is fighting not a contest in sweet talking.. your supposed to talk, we already know most of these guys are good ppl when.. Tito was probably on of the most normal guys in the UFC just that he’s a superstar.
No, Rob. The question is what fight were YOU seeing?
I am a big Tito fan but he lost to a better fighter.
Period.
Let it go.
WTF?? Tito got MANHANDLED in the clinch and thrown around the cage, then GnP.
Are you watching it in TitoVision?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm… I think we both need to rewatch the fight. I already watched it twice and still have the same opinion – and I appreciate Machida’s style more and more every time.
I already watched it about 5 times.. sure Machida had a very good gameplan but how exciting is it to watch? i wanna know what would have happened if he really fought Tito since i think Tito had more power to hurt Machida n better conditioning than the other way around.. maybe Machida would have won but still it would have been more of a fight and it’s just in theory.. I would also like to see Tito have someone that actually gives him a gameplan, and tells him that he fights the best when he’s angry.. im sure it would have been a closer fight, and finally OJR how can u be a Tito lover is my question? when u saw that Tito almost submitted Machida from his back? and grabbed his neck in the clinch and threw knees, and showed huge heart.. the real problem is that Tito needs to stop going for takedowns without setting them up and just throw..
I hear ya Rob!
Machida showed better GnP in the last 10 seconds then Tito has for years. The only thing Tito beat Machida at was getting punched in the face
LOLOL.
Machida’s GnP at the end of Round 1 was BRUTAL as well. If there was 30 more seconds in round 1, Machida had a chance at finshing Tito. He had him right up against the cage…
He can’t compete with the top guys in the division in the UFC, simple as that. Secretly I bet he understands that, and does not want his rep tarnished in his last 3 years of his career – so he moves to a lower class org and dominates a few people and retires with a pretty solid record, no major injuries and a boat load of cash. I think both parties benefit from this.
I think Dana and Tito have to share the blame for their butting of heads equally. Dana is a retard who has the narrowest vision of any large corp. CEO and Tito thinks that he should be able to say whatever he wants and have no repercussions from it. They are both juvenile. I like Dana less and less everytime he opens his mouth though. I liked it when Big John said that the best thing Dana did for the sport is take it to get sanctioned all over the place but the worst thing he is doing is not cross promoting. I think i know why now. Does anyone remember when he took Chuck to Japan to fight Rampage? Ufc didn’t exactly shine in that instance.
TO TITO HUGHUGGERS
What happened to Tito taking Machida down and pounding him out with vicious elbows?
yea i’m not a hugger like you but apparently I was wrong and it didn’t happen. Hey! Even guys like Machida can win! Anything can happen in this sport. Thats why its so great! LOLOL
Good Riddance.
Dam u people are vicious. Tito is still a good fighter and will be a good fit in any top org. I would of loved to see a rematch of Wandi and Tito. But instead we got the Karate Kid, and a big time snoozer fight. Great way to send him packing but not a true measure of his skill.
What? If Machida dances with him and he gets confused Wandy would just smash his face in. I’m sorry but he is nowhere near the champ he used to be. He hasn’t improved at all, the only way he would be a challenge is if we took all of the other fighters and made them the one dimensional fighters of old. He could finish Rashad, he couldn’t touch Machida, he was spanked by Couture, beaten twice by Chuck. What more do you want? Wandy to beat him too? Just cause he’s faced this top competition doesn’t mean he’s top competition he’ll have to start beating top competition for that to happen again.
I would have loved to see Tito just stand in the middle of the octogan and wave Machida in. Wonder what would have happened?
Nothing would happen.
Tito would wave him in, then stand back like he did for the entire fight.
Why is everyone bashing Tito? He puts his ass on the line everytime he goes out there and he only fights top tier guys. Is Forest not in the top 10? What about Rashad if he didn’t hold the cage for a second he wins that fight. His fight with Machida he almost caught him. What about Chuck? Is he not in the top 10 because he lost 2 of his last three fights? The thing that bothers me most is Tito was the face of the UFC for along time and they treated him like crap they did the same thing to Randy. Dana White what a lucky SOB. He should be thankfull for everything the UfC has afforded him and his family and he should realize it’s about the fight and the fighters not him. I have been an MMA fan for a very long time and know for a fact Tito puts ass’s in the seats and sells pay per views he did it way back when and he will do it where ever he goes.
No one is bashing Tito. I am a Tito lover but he lost.
The bashing comes when all the delusional Tito lovers make up excuses for his less than stellar performances.
If you don’t evolve you are yesterday’s news.
Tito is trying to stay relevant w/o evolving his skill set.
Bad results for him so far…
You kidding? Everyone is bashing Tito here. He presses Machida the whole fight and then almost pulls off a submission. He showed a lot of heart and gave Machida his toughest test to date. If Machida didn’t respect Tito, he wouldn’t have been so ‘elusive’. Since Machida is top of the food chain and Tito is not even top 10, why didn’t he finish him? Give him some credit.
Yeah…machida almost finished him twice man. When you mean by “elusive” you mean”know that tito is one dimensional and watch out for the sloppy singles and doubles and the transitions from the clinch to the takedown”. he did prove to push the fight! but he just now decided to do soemthing about it jess. he could have saved himself alot of pain by being the fighter he was for the last 30 sec of that fight. Tito lost the fight against Forrest.. he won it cuz they wanted to see shamrock tito 2 and 3. okay and tito could have won that fight if he didnt grab the fence. but if he is “so good” then why did he have to resort to those tactics with rashad? well forrest wasnt top ten…neither was the overweight Cote at UFC 54…so why didnt he finish them?
The problem with Tito is that he has not evolved with the sport. O well …
Adios muchacho! Hit the f*ckin road already DAMN! WE know, you’re done with the UFC so lets see where you end up Tito . . . In sindication on old UFC unleashes. Again, adios muchaacho.
WWE!
Just cause he’s faced this top competition doesn’t mean he’s top competition he’ll have to start beating top competition for that to happen again. Did everybody get that.? lol. Ragity BIC
Yeah everyone got it, and I’m not wrong here dude. You cut out a portion of my reply to you and then added the comment elsewhere so that the original comment wouldn’t be read. I said he is not the same champ he used to be, he hasn’t improved. I didn’t say he wasn’t top competition back in the day but I am saying he isn’t now. There isn’t the same intensity, he doesn’t having any stand up skill, he literally does lay n pray but when did he last finish someone who wasn’t named Shamrock? Truth be told it was in 2001 against a man named Elvis. Please let me know if anyone on here thinks Tito can hang with Chuck, Randy, Rua, Wandy, Rampage, Machida, Jardine, Forrest (he beat an up and coming Forrest IMO Forrest would tear him apart now). Just think about it and let me know, sure he might fight these guys but his chances of beating them are slim at best. Just accept it doode, Tito Ortiz is now just a gatekeeper at best.
some fighters have it in them to keep on slugging even in their late 30s early 40s…Liddel, Couture .. and some fizzle out when they hit cross their 20s and Tito unfortunately is in that category…just because he says he has 3 more years in him doesn’t mean he actually has that toughness …maybe to fight mediocre fighters to put food on his table but certainly not the elite…he knows that and right now these are just marketing ploys to get the top $$.
Tito bitches and complains about not getting paid, but yet drives off in his Rolls Royce with his stank ass girlfriend on Countdown to UFC 84 on Spike. I think he’s doing ok.
Oh he’ll be back no one else is going to want to deal with his mouth, and he’ll need more money sooner or laterhe wrecked his own thing by running his mouth and not backing it up!
I think Elite would shell out the money (if they have it) and deal with his mouth. Tito (of late) and Gary Shaw were made for eachother.
To the casual fan or newcomer to the UFC its people like Tito that they remember or take an interest in purely because they see him run to the octagon with his Mexican and USA flags he has a massive head with dyed blond hair and runs around the ring jumps with energy etc it all adds excitement.They don’t know or care about what is going on with him and Dana behind the scenes they just see an interesting character about to fight in a cage and spill some blood for our entertainment.
We here on the other hand have opinions on all aspects of the guy and what he says and does in and out of the octagon because we are not just casual fans.If mma and the ufc are to continue to grow it needs characters like Tito, Chuck, Rampage to attract new fans to buy the ppv etc.Lets face it when we all started watching the ufc we were on the whole not knowledgeable with regard to BJJ or even muay thai etc (Hell even some of the fighters didn’t know what a RNC was until they were in one!).
That said I do think Tito has had his day in the UFC but I will remember him for the early days and wish him all the best wherever he ends up and i will thank god I don’t have to hear any more Tito said this and Dana said that crap ever again.
Agreed.
Imagine if we had a UFC full of fighters like Lyoto Machida. Imagine watching a Lyoto Machida vs. Lyoto Machida fight – Ultra-skilled, ultra-ellusive, ultra-boring. I respect and enjoy watching Lyoto, but, a guy like Tito is polarizing. His brash comments, persona, and ring flare make people want to watch him just to see what happens next. He comes into a fight pushing forward. He may not win, but, his performances make people talk. Either good or bad, people talk – then buy the PPVs.
I disagree that he does that now, but Tito used to push forward. If all guys fought like Machida I think I would watch the sport alot more. People tend to think that two guys who have the same fight style will fight the same as when they fight a guy who has a different style than them. Machida changes his style per fighter and will tend to be more aggressive when he thinks a fighter will push the pace alot more, see the fight between him and Rich. Tito had no back up plan and ended up letting Machida fight his own fight, which is a technical attack that keeps Machida fit and winning in points. If you want to blame somebody blame Machida’s opponents. Tito made that fight boring.
Every top 205 is in UFC.
He’ll go to some other org, and beat no names for a couple years before he retires.
He will be back in the UFC. He would be stupid not to!. He isnt going to make as much money else where and plus he ISNT a headliner anymore. He is a mid card fighter. Machida beat him up. The thing that I remember most from that fight was 10 seconds left in the round the big head moron left his hands down and the got hit 4 to 5 times in the face. And then complained. Hey MORON keep your hands up at all times.
ok, bill u mean the last 10 seconds in the 2rnd ? Tito blocked 2 shots and then ran after him saying come on lets fight and kicked him, Machida’s face was like u can’t hit me.. Tito should’ve been like that the whole fight
Tito seems like a Mark Cuban kind of guy to me……I get the feeling we will see him on HDNet soon. If not Elite kind of makes sense. He could easily make HW, and a Tito/Kimbo fight would make a LOT of money.
everyone calls Jenna “SKELETOR”, but i think the proper anunchiation of should be “SKELEWHORE”…and ya Tito is a bitch i can only imagine how much money he got in indorsment that night on top of the 210,000. Cry me a f@#$%@ river go somewhere else, you were a cool guy but when you heard Randy makin a big stink about stuff you jumpped right on that bandwagon…..I hope you get bangged out by Kimbo in the nexted year
Exactly and imagine how much Randy makes and he’s making a big complaint. Look at how much Fedor is making off of one fight over a Mil, I don’t blame the UFC for not trying to buy his contract at that rate. I have no problem with never seeing Tito fight again, I think he’d do a better job in the WWE anyway. As for Randy its a shame I didn’t get to see Fedor waste him although Randy is quite good he is wasting his time with this whole deal. You never know how much longer you can keep fighting at that age but I hope Fedor gets a shot at Randy.
tito haters i bet all you haters would get your ass kicked if you tried to fight him
Lol I’m only 135 but I’d take Tito anyday. Not saying I’d win but I wouldn’t pussy out like Tito did against Chuck. and before you get your panties in a bunch I realize that Tito and Chuck have fought twice but thats because Tito wanted the belt back from Chuck whereas when Tito had the belt he didn’t give the number 1 contender Chuck a shot at it, he ducked him like the pussy he is. I’d take Tito no problem and I’d take all my time working on stand up cause I know Tito wants no part of anyone standup.
he draws attention whether you want to get his ass kicked or win you still watch him show him some respect
He should have shown all the other fighters respect. Like instead of trying to hog the spot light after Machida beat him, by jumping on the cage. Like showing up a half hour before all the other fighters do for the press confrence like you were the more important fighter. When he says everyone who got the PPV just was doing it to see him. Dude has his head up his ass and you’ve got your head up his ass too. He talked so much shit and Machida was calm and gracious in his interview and now Tito can say how he was so close to choking Machida out and how he ran the whole fight, screw that. You take your loss like a man and treat the guy who beat you with respect. Complain about money when you made more money on the flat than the guy who just beat you, bull. Tito deserves no respect and he needs to leave the UFC PERIOD!
Good riddance loser.
Comment by kevin
could maybe beat someone other than Ken Shamrock! He wants like 30 % of ppv buys…cmon douche, you just made 210,000 plus a percentage, and you lost to arguably the most boring fighter on the UFC roster!
Machida is probaly the best defencive fighter of all time. He frustrates his opponents till they start making mistakes, then he makes them pay. I have never seen him hurt to bad. he is the future of the light heavies
compared to other combat sports he wasn’t making what he should.He helped make ufc what it is today,he is one of the major reason we are on this site paying so much attention to mma.I say give him what he deserves.just because he is a millionaire doesn’t mean he got it from ufc .He has sponsers ,his clothing line ,and his gym.micheal jordan is possibly a billionaire but it wasn’t because of the bulls it was because he was very marketable,just like tito and chuck which ufc has used over and over again to sell the sport but have they really reaped the benefits of look at what they paid all the fighters for ill will then looked what they made at the gate 3.5 million now add pay per view buys multiply that by 45 cause thats what you paid then add merchandise and sponsers that pay to have their name on the mat then add it together and with a straight face try to say he is a cry baby he is right no matter what you think
I had to go back to 2002 just to find Tito winning a fight outright without it going to the judges and that was against you guessed it Ken Shamrock in 2002. Here are his next 10 fights.
Loss Lyoto Machida Unanimous Decision
Draw Rashad Evans Draw
Win Ken Shamrock Knock Out
Win Ken Shamrock Technical Knock Out
Loss Chuck Liddell Technical Knock Out
Win Forrest Griffin Split Decision
Win Vitor Belfort Split Decision
Win Patrick Cote Unanimous Decision
Loss Chuck Liddell Technical Knock Out
Loss Randy Couture Unanimous Decision
An overall record of 5-4-1. I never saw the Cote or Belfort fight but I thought Forrest won his fight against Ortiz so I would have his record at 4-5-1. Either way hes a .500 fighter and yet he isn’t getting paid enough at 250,000 just to be there. People complain about fighters not finishing fights, the only 2 wins that didn’t go the judges was once again against Shamrock, but he deserves more than 250,000. Go fight sub par competition with Kimbo at Elite XC as matter of fact since you said he wouldn’t last in the ring with real MMA fighters how about you go fight Kimbo.
Good research.
What if funny about reading the post is that I notice a good majority of you that were once praising Tito for all he has done and accomplished as a fighter. Now you turn your back because the last two fights did not go his way. I agree that Machida was elusive in the fight but TITO did get rocked and rocked and rocked. The submission would have been an excellent way to end with the UFC but it did not happen. Let him go his own way and try to get a large lucrative deal with another group. The bottom line is UFC made Tito and Tito helped make the UFC. Above all, this is a business and one that every fighter needs to learn. If you don’t put out then you are just another has been fighter. Good luck to Tito. You fans need to get off the fence. Crap or get off the pot. You are or you aren’t a Tito Oritz fan.
The UFC did a lot for Tito, and Tito did a lot for the UFC. In the end, Tito did not feel appreciated. His perception led him to, therefore, not appreciate what the UFC had done for him. It’s a messy divorce that will probably lead to Tito going to EliteXC where he will most likely fight Frank Shamrock at 205. Tito will not move up to HW and fight Kimbo. Tito enjoys being the bigger fighter by cutting the weight and fighting as a LHW.
Another Tito article? WTF!
Why do these 2 celebutards get press so much on this site?
Come on Mania. Read the posts above. Fans are sick of this shiat.
Stop wasting time on these two. More news about up and coming fighters.
Mania is reading about this, it gets the fans fired up. I really hope Tito can read all of this and see what a sellout he is. Hardcore fans hate him, he’s only getting 10 year olds and 40 year old dudes who’ve never seen him before to call him a badass anymore. After Randy spanked him I thought it was symbolic of what a badass Tito really was.
Give us all a break and leave Tito. UFC is the best and you are no longer one of the best.