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i wouldnt be suprised if we dont see him fight at all this year
Agreed. I dont really see Tito fight anytime this year…maybe he’ll make an announcement, but thats it. If he does fight, it’ll prolly be a one fight contract.
I making a BOLD prediction:
I say Tito will either fight a nobody just to WIN ..
or he’ll sell a big fight on PPV and get KO’ed out and retire. He won’t ever get a tite belt around his waist anywhere he goes. He got old and he is letting time slip. he’s FAT and out of shape. (MMA fighter out of shape)
He should of just stayed with the UFC. Swallow his pride (like Jenna) and get paid!
lol like jenna ..good one
tito vs fedor at affliction 4. oh please make that happen. a 100% full sized tito would be a better test than sylvia/aa.
WTF are you talking about mikeybear? he had back problems for years what didn’t u understand about that? an injury like that slows you down.. he did stay with the UFC for too long without getting a surgery on his back, he did “swallow his pride” and fought through pain that hindered his performance just to get paid until now that he had enough of it..
I would love to watch Fedor rag doll Tito Ortiz
sure you would, but in the end Tito’s still the one making the money and that is what it’s all about..
im still Freaking Shocked to see a guy like rOB, that I NEVER disagree with, defendiong Tito! Blasphemy rOB!!!!
Tito will never again win a title no matter what organization he fights in. He cant beat the top guys at Affliction, Strikeforce, UFc, dREAM…
I agree with MikeyBear: tito either fights a can to get a win, or takes a MEga fight and gets destroyed!
Personally I would want to see Tito fight Babalu or Fejao!
Yes it would be great to see Fedor toss around Tito like a little biatch…but that will nEVER happen! Tito is a Biatch deep inside, he doesnt have that I “will fight anyone” fighter mentality. Tito wouldnt step in the ring with Fedor, not even for 3 million! Sure I would like to see Tito get destroyed, but then I would have to hear all the Fedor haters talk about how Tito isnt real competition!
I would be happy to let the Fedor haters pick his opponents, that way once he destroys them, they wont have anything to say…then again, a hater, is a hater, and they will always have something to say!
him and Ken is the reason i even got into MMA, at first i liked Ken and thought Tito was a moron but then it all changed as i got to know the truth.. check this one out if you want some about the whole story, this guy is great and has another newer video about Tito: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_15bBC1k_o
good link Rob. When did people start hating Tito? Tito, IMO had one of the greatest strategies ever, i.e., be deadly from inside your opponents guard. This eliminates an opponents Jitz, doesn’t require any passing skills, and the opportunity arrises in almost ever fight unless you opponent has worldclass takedown defense. I still think Tito could take a lot of top LHWs.
Maybe Tito was made an example of. Maybe Dana wanted to send the message, “No one is too big to be cut.” Anyway, I like Dana, but I think it was a mistake to let Tito go.
RoB, there just has to be some kind of connection between you and Ortiz in order to explain your extreme nuthuggery when it comes to The Head. The guy just isn’t very likeable from a fan perspective. He constantly oversells his importance to this sport, he ducked Chuck while he was in his prime, and he has trouble speaking properly/clearly yet constantly runs his yap to anyone with a microphone. I mean, I understand that he was a big name in the early days but all his “outside of the cage” garbage has really hurt the guy’s long term credibility/respectability. So, how do you know Tito RoB? Are you a long lost family member? Did you meet him once and he winked at you? Perhaps you have a man-crush, or just a regular old crush, on the guy (not that there’s anything wrong with that)? Because frankly RoB, I just don’t get it.
Tito is an Arrogant peice of shit!!!
he ducked Chuck and still fought him twice, dude check out the link i just posted.. what you guys don’t understand is that Tito is one of the most fan friendly and nicest guys in the sport, he’s a father for gods sake, he’s just like everyother guy in the MMA business to work which means fighting to make a living.. Dana has made him out to be a bad boy a coward, moron and idiot! what’s incredible is that u believe all the crap.. what made and has always made Tito stand out from the crowd is his image and character he’s created.. If anything i must be one of the few intelligent guys on here that has not been fooled by Dana’s longlived dream to make Tito look like an idiot and ruin his whole image..
RoB, I understand you REALLY like defending the guy but seriously man, what’s your connection?
Now, I know this is going to confuse you but I (and the vast majority of MMA fans) don’t like Tito Ortiz because of what HE says and what HE does. End of story. Look, by most reports Tito was making anywhere between $1M and $6M per year before he left the UFC, and WHILE he was bitching about money. No other Org stepped up to pay the guy what he was asking, I mean even Affliction (the company that paid Mat Lindland $300K) thought that his demands were “shocking”. So, really Rob, who’s the idiot here? Dana White, or Tito? You or me? Personally, I think the answer is obvious.
Any douchebag can have kids, by-the-by, so I’m not sure what that has to do with respecting him as a fighter.
ok then i guess the majority of Tito’s popularity includes haters, and that the majority of ppl buying the PPV’s he’s on are haters.. you and Dana obviously are the idiots cause u can’t tell the difference.. The UFC is the biggest MMA organization by FAR! they have the money! no wonder other organizations thinks his demands are shocking.. Tito has made the UFC over hundreds of millions, and helped them set records over and over again, and he constantly got paid crap and was marketed as a coward and belittled all the time by Dana! $1-6M’s per year is a sh*t in the sea compared to what the UFC made on him.. any d-bag can’t run the business Tito does, and in the end he’s fooling guys like you that are haters to see him fight! Paris Hilton might be the smartest woman alive who knows, all we see is her putting on an image and doing things to get her name in the media all the time, have you ever heard of a PR stunt? It’s called hollywood for a reason, because it’s a fake..
He should fight “Theodore”…Fight a can first just to get back in there then hype a bout with Fedor to the max, get armbarred, make the big bucks and call it a day because I think he doesn’t have the appetite that he used to have for it. He might as well get another nice payday before he calls it quits. I wish him well.
The majority of Tito’s what, RoB? Because it kinda looks like you wrote “popularity”? Weird.
RoB. Sweet Jebus that Tito Juice must be some good tasting stuff.
The bottom line is that if Tito was a profitable fighter to have on any Org’s roster, he would have been picked up by now. I really like how you glossed over the point about Mat Lindland’s pay. Dude, Affliction’s fighter salaries are significantly HIGHER than the UFC’s, and yet they told Tito to pound sand. You have so much respect for “business”, perhaps you should read exactly what the Trumps said about Tito’s demands?
And do you honestly think that Tito has personally made the UFC “over hundreds of millions”? Because, if so, you need to check your med levels man (not to mention your phrasing). You do remember that in the early Zufa days, the UFC actually lost money, right? And that the fight credited with the fairly recent explosion in the sports popularity was the final of original TUF series? How about the fact that Tito’s career was saved when one Dana White put him in a later season to coach against Ken? That Dana, always screwing poor Tito. Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth.
Oh and what the hell are you talking about when you invoke Paris Hilton and “hollywood”, although that said, Hilton’s “career” as a celebrity is a pretty good representation of Tito’s “career” as a fighter.
bottom line you know nothing..
just go and check out the video i put a link on my post above.. and you will get to hear the facts!
Facts are that TIto only chose to fight Chuck when he had no choice because Chuck had the title…Tito Disgraced the UFC title by refusing to fight Chuck who was the #1 contender at the time…I will never forget nor forgive that! The UFC title is a prestigious thing in my eyes, and I hate fighters who disgrace the title of being a champion. “the Head” preferred to run away from the UFC as champion, rather then defend it against Chuck! He only got the balls to fight Chuck when it was his only way of possibly getting the title!
Like I said earlier, I enjoy chatting with you on a daily basis rob, and we hardly ever agree….but man, I find it hard to even admit to knowing you when I see you defending “tHe Head”…lol Just teasin!
I enjoy chatting with you too john, ha! but if it’s one thing or one guy i’m gonna stand up for it’s my homeboy Tito! how i saw the whole thing go down was that Tito and Chuck were friends. Tito was the man at the time, he was a 5 time champ and biggest draw in the UFC by far, he wanted the money he deserved for fighting the top contender and good friend (Chuck) didn’t happen, so he kept his word even under the pressure they put on him, they put even more pressure on him to get their way by calling him a coward, went out public with it so everyone would see how “scared” Tito was.. my problem is about the money and the treatment he got from Dana, as simple is that. you do not disrespect a legend!
another damn excuse …
No shit. So basically he is saying that his back was bad in every fight that he lost.
no shit?
he has been saying that for as long as I can remember! The guy is a walking excuse. NO accountability….how about he man up for once after his losses and just say, “I lost to a better fighter tonight”…I would respect him a lot more if he were to man up, instead of feeding us all the excuses!
So I guess he has back surgery for the hell of it.
exactly he underwent the same surgery as Nate Quarry for the hell of it. how bout some of you man up and give the guy a break, he’s one of the big reasons we’re even watching the UFC, and the UFC today goes overseas to the UK for all the fans over there which would have never happened if they were out of business a couple of years ago.. I guess stepping in to fight means nothing these days, the guys a total p*ssy and a coward for having fought over 20 times.. who really gives a f*ck about what anyone says? isn’t this a fight game where talking trash unlike Rashad that takes it a bit far by going personal, ok? or is that only ok if you’re as funny as Rampage? this is not a contest about being a nice and sweet guy or being honest and admitting when you’ve lost, expecting all this while he’s fighting with a horrible back only to stay active and please the fans is a bit harsh..
Yeah the doctors had to cut through his “densely mucled core.” I never laughed so hard as when I heard him say that.
he said he was going to pass on the affliction offer. As if there is one.
LOL!
So this is how “The Big Headed One” keeps his name in the news.
i’ll believe it when i see him across the cage/ring against anybody.
WAR ORTIZ!
WAR ORTIZ!
By the looks of his fat face, he should be fighting heavy weights! He looks 30-40 lbs over right now! Big boy!
He has always been a really big light heavyweight. This was just another lame attempt by him to remain relevant. I like when he fights but this guy has more excuses than a midget in a long jump competition.
Still not as bad as BJ Penn
strange, all i heard was facts.. If the truth is an excuse than ok..
What? I didn’t understand that… I think its cause your talking with Tito’s nuts in your mouth
Hahahaha i nearly choked on my food when i Read that!
Haha awesome.( BTW i am a Ortiz Fan)
no i think it’s everybody speaking without a goddamn brain.. this is a business, and they’re doing it for fun.. I couldn’t care less about all of the quiet losers, but people wanna jump on Tito because he knows how to talk the talk
Ortiz fans are the best! I need to stand up against the majority of sh*theads that tries to take him down cause of the fact that he takes the spotlight from all of the loser fighters that knows nothing about bidness! they’re jealous cause Tito takes their time in the spotlight even he’s not as “good” or as much of a “fighter”
Lol Ortiz fans are blind, he’s tugging you around lying to you about all of these orgs he’ll fight for and you you call it knowing about business. Imagine if you bought a Jenna porn and then come to find there is no sex… well that blue balls is the equivilant of Tito constantly showing up claiming he’ll fight in a month or two then disappearing without explaining why he backed out. I think I remember that same feeling knowing that Chuck deserved the belt and Tito deserved a whipping for ducking him. Also holding the fence during a fight with Rashad and getting pitter patter slapped around by Lyoto is not impressive and leaves a bitter taste in everyones mouth. It makes you think man I don’t want to watch Tito run around a cage grabbing the fence like a girl just to see a boring decision. I also think of Tito fighting Ken the same as Kimbo trying to claim his fights were legit. Sorry man but until Tito mans up and accepts a fight (a legit fight against a legit contender) then I don’t care what he has to say … and I don’t care about any excuses he has to make. Here’s what other fighters do, I’m injured I’ll be out for 4 months then 4 months later we are watching them fight but I mean they must not know how to properly sell themselves…
What they need to do is scientific research on Tito because his balls must be giving his fans glaucoma
Cogito are you out of you’re mind? that was just what i said, guys like you are disgusted because a guy like Tito makes more money than others only cause he knows how to get his name out there, and how to hype his fights.. on top of that he looks cool, is charismatic and has the “it” factor! IT IS NOT about who’s the best fighter and who fights the best getting his teeths knocked out, it’s about business which means money $$ and having a career and a life! If it was all about fighting we should all go out and have a fist fight in my backyard.. you know why they fight in hockey games right? it’s entertainment for the fans.. BTW business is about lying, if you thought any of the guys were telling the truth in interviews and really meaning what they’re saying while they talk trash then you are mistaken! HYPE = FAke
I think you got it wrong with the Machida and Rashad fights too, Machida was the one running around, in the Rashad fight Tito grabbed the fence twice but won anyways..
Great post Cogito. Rob, you can bash all of tito’s opponents, but I dont want to hear you bitch about Machida. That was a very entertaining performances on Machida’s part. I dont ever remember seeing a fighter get outclassed the way Tito was. Machida wasnt running…he was picking Tito apart and then making him miss. Seeing TITO SO FRUSTRATED WAS one of my favorite moments in UFC history. Those leg kicks, into a jumping roundhouse kick combo’s that Machida was throwing were incredible.
Lets not forget the Knee to the liver…that was bad ass! and it was one of my favborite fights of the year. Tito only landed about 2 shots, and a triangle choke in 15 minutes of action…masterful Performance by Machida!
Lol how does saying your going to fight get you money? I didn’t realize we were paying him to talk… He’s lucky he’s still got three or four loyal fans but he should go fight for the WWE. But you know Kimbo and Ken are both doing pretty great right now generating hype until they drill their names 6 feet into the dirt not that they aren’t almost already there. You know this sport is about being known as the best fighter. Sure they want fame and money too but thats just it when a fighter only wants that then who cares, he’s no longer a fighter but an entertainer. I guess knowing how to talk the talk and not walk the walk still impresses some nobodies but it doesn’t impress me or 90 percent of the people on this forum. Tito is a bum and not a business man, he just makes people hate him because he’s such a douche and then people want to watch him lose. If he isn’t in this game to be the best then he needs to go to the WWE where people with his business and acting skills can go to make money. Man who backs a loser who isn’t in it to win? Who backs a man who ducks another fighter and opts to fight a can instead. Man you must be a Kalib Starnes fan to haha
I’m right about the Machida and Rashad fights. Machida never is aggressive so Tito should have prepared for that instead of looking scared to engage. Also there are point deductions for a reason, grabbing the fence multiple times is preventing your opponent from getting points on a take down and also from trying to finish you on the ground, hence why he lost points because he was scared to let Rashad take him down. Like I said tho, if Tito actually does fight some good competition (win or lose) I’ll start respecting him as a fighter again. Until then go do fake wrestling.
I agree! I have been syaing it for a while…he doesnt belong in mma….he should just go to the WWE or TNA!
If you arent willing to fight the best….then you have no right to call yourself the best!
this is basically what Tito does….he talks crap, talks more crap, and then talks some more crap…it builds up a fight and then we all leave disapointed because his skills dont equate to 1/4 of the hype that he built. Fight hype is only good if you can deliver a great performance. I cant even remember the last time Tito looked good…what was it Ken Shamrock? hahaha
I find it very hard to understand how this idiot still has fans left! I got NO respect for a Ground fighter that doesnt even attempt to pass guard!
how is fighting Rashad, Chuck (2 times) Machida, Wanderlei, Couture, Belfort (at the time he did) not fighting the best? don’t take Tito calling himself great too serious, it’s for the business which you know he’s good at proved by being the fighter that has sold more tickets than anyone and has set so many records in PPV buys throughout his whole career.. you don’t have to like how he fights at all, go on and hate how he fights and his skills, but you atleast have to realize what he’s done for the sport and for that respect him.. he’s also better than most of you make him sound like, he still beats alot of guys but he’s being given worst possible stylistic matchups all the time in the end with Dana..
sorry about my horrible grammar..
Think of what Ken has done for the sport… do you think he has a chance at becoming the best? Or is he on his down hill slope? Don’t like that example? How about Hughes (my favorite fighter)? People will always remember what these people have done for the sport and we will always thank them but there comes a time when you need to stop acting and realize that you just don’t belong here anymore. I’m willing to admit that Tito could turn it around granted he accepted some real fights and showed improved stand up and aggression… but seeing as that is probably not going to happen I don’t want to see him fight or hear him pretend he is going to fight. Let him go to the WWE where entertainers are needed and not real fighters.
let me just say that every pro sport is for entertainment, it’s on tv for entertainment, they pay the athletes for putting ppl in their seats.. this is an individual sport and getting your name out there is a must! that does not go for team sports cause then it’s about the team and who performs the best to make the team succesful that is important.. Tito losing to Machida who is considered by many the nr.1 LHW in the world is the end? I think not, before that he fought to a draw with Rashad and should have had the rematch.. he still beats top 10 fighters even if you like it or not, it’s not like he’s going to personally attack someone or do a Jesse Taylor, or even a Rampage who i like..
Whoever he fights, it won’t be anyone real. Babalu wants to fight him, but Tito will keep finding excuses to duck him.
damn this guy is ugly
i hope he gets fed to babalu……babalu would handle business
Ortiz is a one-dimensional mofo. But I’d still pay good money to see Sobral handle his head over his a$$!
like rashad said tito is not a fighter he is an entertainer!!
like rashad said tito is not a fighter he is an entertainer!!?????????
Like him or not…. he is an amazing athlete and was a great champion…. u he won that fight against rashad had he not had a point deducted… even a draw against the champ…. Tito in my eyes iss still a top ten light heavy… yet cuz hes rich, and sucessful people hate on him…. and all u guys talk shit against Jenna yet im pretty sure there is not a guy on here that if u walked in ure room and she was layin there naked u wouldnt pound her out and make her call u tito… lol and u all jerked off to her in the past.. im 99 percent sure of that….. im not trying to convert n e one back into a TITO lover… but dont hate on him cuz hes cocky….. u alot of u would Take his life, and woman in a second if offered to u.. so be real.
i fer sure wouldnt jenna’s cooch is total mush and she looks to fake, not to mention the whole world has been in there. if i was going to take a pornstar it be someone like tiffany taylor >:)
LOL yuo bitch and basically call one porn star a whore, but would take another? Thats splitting hairs man. There is a reason why Jenna is the biggest porn star in history. People liked watchin period, and by your post you tell us you have seen her in action
I am not gonna say that I wouldn’t do Jenna. I will say however that I definately would not marry her and make her the mother of my children.
lmao i no but oh well
Misleading title mania? There was hardly enough solid information that would make me believe Ortiz will fight in Strieforce. He has been pulling this crap since he left the UFC.
Or so he says…
I would pay to see Ortiz and Babalu. They hate each other anyway. Babalu would kick the shit out of that big fucking head of his. WAR BABALU!!
Nevermint the interview .. What is the song in the background? Anyone know?
I’d like to see Tito rematch with Frank Shamrock. Even though Frank is getting older, its still a rematch I’d like to see. I’d also like to see him fight Babalu, maybe Belfort at LHW, maybe Sokoudjou. I could see a fight with Sokoudjou being good, Sokoudjou’s big weakness is ground game (Machida and Babalu schooled him) and I think a Soko/Ortiz stand up war could be exciting.
I THINK THIS HERE ASS CLOWN SHOULD GO TAKE BROCKS PLACE IN THE WWE!!!!! HE DONT WANNA FIGHT NO BODY FOR REAL!!! I ENJOYED WATCHING HIM FIGHT RIGHT UP UNTIL ROUND 2 WITH FOREST….. BEEN SISSYFIED EVERY SINCE!!
I see it too, his normally huge melon head is getting fatter. Guess him and his porno-queen baby x2 mama are living the good life off of his apparel business and her film sales. Who needs to fight anymore??
this guy shouldnt b considered mma related any more. he said that he did a good job at commentating…. lol the ony good thing he did was vividly describe wat i feels to be KOed.
wonder how he knew that….. thanks Chuck
Pretty sure Chuck has a lot more experience in that department.
Tito has been TKO’ed but Chuck got KTFO twice.
Chuck got KTFO once by Shad. Page didn’t KTFO him. He got right back up immediately.
true, Page more flash KO’d him…he went flat for like 1 second and woke up from a Page elbow lol. HaShad is the only one to lay Chuck out in a fight that we know of. I’m pretty sure Hackelman did it to him back in the day when Chuck was a youngin
Id pay to watch Tito Vs Renato just that alone right there.
realy dirty alot more expeirnce in it. well they both had 2 kos and mr ortiz has submitted from strikes. but chuck has alot more expeirence giving the A$$ whopings.
The only fight I see Tito being relevant to him and his fans is a fight with Babalu. Make this fight happen!!! And yes, Babalu will submit Tito Ortiz and then Dana will ask Babalu to come back to the UFC once Shogun retires Liddell. Clairvoyance bitches!!!
dude, nobody submits Tito Ortiz he’s too good at BJJ.. If anything it’s gonna be Tito submitting someone if he only wanted too
Babalu submit tito?
Haha
When has babalu defeated a top 10 lhw recently
Sokodju? Whitehead?
Tito might still be 10ish 11ish up there
Tito would still overpower babalu
Tito would tko him, shoot id say tito can ko him
I think that he is saying strikeforce because he probably knows,after have been in contact whit affliction,that the organisation will not survive more than 2 shows and they probably don’t have the money that he is asking(specialy for a non title fight),so he doesn’t have alots of choice left.Remember he said that is next contract whould be something really big.
It’s funny how Tito went from being an overrated champion to an underrated fighter. A healthy Tito Ortiz would be a hard fight for any LHW in the world….no question. Chuck beat him twice, but some guys just have other fighters number…just how it is. It’s like Chuck getting his ass kicked by Rampage twice, but Chuck wasn’t any less of a legit threat to anyone else (he didn’t lose to Rashad or Jardine yet). Hell, Dennis Hallman beat Matt Hughes in 17 seconds, then again in 20 seconds….maybe Matt Hughes should have retired.
yea and that was prior to Matt Hughes title run if I’m correct….
Matt needs another fight with Hallman. He needs it because Matt, like him or not, is way better than him.
War Ortiz
ortiz SUX
Well it was agood morning till I turned on my computer and saw this fat face on my screen…….GEEZ!!!! HEY LOOK ITS ONE OF THE TWINS………..LOLOLOL!!!!
Maybe vs Frank Shamrock after the Diaz fight?
nothing like a has-been for a father, and a porn star for a mother. lucky twins.
Poor old Tito. He’s only lost to top guys. The way some of us talk about him you’d swear he was Ken Shamro…Wait he beat Ken twice lol.
Seriously though I’d be interested to see how he fares now that his back has been fixed. I can’t speculate about how bad the injury was but it must have been pretty bad to have the surgery. I still don’t like how he offers his back as a reason to why he lost. Even if it was he doesn’t need to say it like 16 times every interview.
tito is the best
Ok, I love Tito as a fighter, but his time is up. You gotta give it up to him though, when he fought he was holding the “BANK” for the UFC. Love him or hate him, there is a lot of Hater’s out there though, Especially in IOWA for some reason. 4Real peace!