Why does Tito keep talking about the UFC.

Get over it dude.

Southworth son, or Mike Kyle i guess.

if he fights 2-3 times a year by this time next year there will be other options after babz, southwoth, fejao, shammy, maybe even mouassi

Mac,

Agreed!

Would LOVE to see Tito in StrikeForce IF he can’t be in the UFC!

I’ve always been a HUGE Tito fan.

He holds wins over the 2 MOST RECENT UFC LHW Champs (i count regardless of the bullshit draw) previous to the NEWLY crowned Lyoto Machida, who he just faught and was the closest of ANYONE YET to FINISHING the new PHENOM!

He is a top 10 LHW for sure and would love to see him get in there and mix it up with guys like Babz, Mousassi, Soko, Fejao, etc.

WAR Tito

because he was asked about it, dude!.. I agree with every single word he just said, good interview!
Im going out now, War Tito!

mcarthur~ i would love to see mouassi dummy ortiz~

Tito is a bum, quit talking and start showing. Mania should refuse to put up news about this guy until he becomes relavant again. Until the day he is actually on a card and shows up to the fight, I won’t care what this guy has to say. This is just Mr. Irrelevant trying to be relavanat… and its working!

agreed Cogito Ergo Sum…I’m a Tito fan but enough is enough…as long as he gets attention giving blah, blah, blah interviews he’ll be satisfied with prolonging his rehab…if he wants to be a “household name” then he’ll have to fight to get my business…RoB, you can’t argue with that man. Even you must be getting tired of these delays

Besides Ken Shamrock, who was the last person Tito stopped in a fight? He has no stand up, and his wrestling hasn’t been the same for years…Rashad today would kill Tito
Belfort in my mind won 4 yrs ago
and Machida dominated every aspect of that fight, besides the last 30 seconds
Tito is done def not top ten.

Two wins? He did nothing absolutely nothing against Machida, both those submissions were weak and left Machida in no danger at anytime. I literally hate the people who say that kind of stuff. People would say that to me in wrestling all the time, I had you on your back but you won by points. blah blah, you lost loser get over it. Close but nothing else and even in Tito’s case he was not close.
Next I would like to say that Tito continually was warned and continued to hold the fence like a pusi. Rashad would have had top position for an entire round and would have GnP his face into the mat. Regardless of if Rashad would have finished Tito on the ground, he could have hurt him and affected him for the rest of the fight. This is why we give point deductions for holding the fence. another example would be Hughes Newton, when Newton held the fence long enough to choke Hughes out with a triangle but luckily that backfired in his face. Or Lesnar Mir, punches to the back of the head severly mess you up. Rules are rules and if you don’t follow them then take your loss like a man or finish the fight! But Tito is a business man these days and not a fighter.

tito is definitely not top 10~

he does have potential to get back in there, no doubt.

but right now??~ not top ten~

I hear that Roger Gracie is said to be making his strikeforce debut on the Carano/Cyborg card!

I refuse to waste anytime talking about the spotlight whore, also known as Jacob Ortiz!

I laughed at that too..

Wins over the last 2 champs, nice revisionist history there. The problem is only winners get to rewrite history, and Tito’s not a winner, lol.

THIS IS NOT A JOKE (I think):

Micheal Jackson will get inducted into the UFC hall of fame at UFC 100:

Jackson was known to be an avid mixed martial arts fan who secretly attended many UFC events. He was seen last seen at UFC 84 in May of 2008 concealing his identity to avoid gernering media attention, the president of the UFC Dana White praised Jackson for attending past UFC events and for his continuous support for mixed martial arts ;

I know Michael attended live UFC events a few times in the past. You know we lost a great ambassador for the sport and he truly help the sport grow, so offering a tribute is the least we can do.

White then announced a special post fight ceremony to be held where Michael Jackson will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.

I know the hall of fame is more for the fighters, but Michael helped the sport grow so I think we can make an exception in this one instance.

Many fighters under the UFC banner were influenced by Jacksons music including current UFC Middleweight champion who himself expressed his interest in taking part in the tribute:

I first heard his music when I was very young. He touched me very much back then, I would love to perform ‘Thriller’ in honour of my idol. He [Jackson] deserves a good send off and I am happy that [the] UFC is paying their tribute to a legend.

Others influenced by Micheal Jackson included former Welterweight champion Matt Hughes,

“I know people think of me as just a country music fan, but his [Jackson's] music transcended all social bounds. I would have to say my favourite song of his was ‘Dirty Diana’. I can remember days when I didn’t feel like training and I used to put that song on and it would get me fired up.”

-cut n paste

wow….who knew?

click on my name for a great tribute song to micheal and the media that loved him~

That has got to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard. MJ was an ambassador to the sport? In what way, he never tried to help the sport evolve, or support it in any other way than going to the show. This is the dumbest thing the UFC could have done. Maybe provide a tribute for the late Jackson but inducting him into the HOF? There are 100 other people who deserve to be there ten times more than MJ does. Mask, Tanner, Liddell, Wandy, Hughes, Franklin, Silva, Penn, Big John, various trainers, heck even Tito, I would rather have Dana White put his own name and the Fertitas in the HOF than MJ.

hey, dont shoot the messenger! lol, I dont make this stuff up. Like, i said, i just cut n paste this from a different site…Blew my mind when I read this!

No I don’t blame you john lol, but like I said this is just asinine

i know Cogz! I have heard in the past that MJ was in attendance at UFC events, but AMBASSADOR to the sport? I dont know about that!

Cogito-

Truth.

I’m so bored of Tito, he hasn’t fought since UFC 84 after months of false promises of record breaking deals. Sure he’s a big name and a master at hyping up a fight but I’m tired of these tedious interviews. Hopefully he’ll sign for someone soon because this is now getting ridiculous.

Hope you’re right about Roger Gracie John, the Cyborg-Carano card just got more interesting. And that Michael Jackson post made me laugh, I liked his music but he had absolutely no influence on MMA, nevermind the UFC, so I couldn’t think of a sillier HoF induction at this point. He would replace Shamrock as the least worthy HoF inductee.

I don’t see any situation where Jackson gets in the HOF, that just isn’t going to happen. That being said, I wouldn’t be surprised if they said something nice or maybe even showed a video, but that is about it.

it was one than the other. Switching to the armbar is what allowed Machida to escape. Tito really annoys me. I don’t normally get mad at dumb people for being dumb, but Tito really thinks he’s the smartest man in the world. He puts words togeather that don’t even make sence. It’s like the guy doesn’t even listen to himself when he talks. That being said I’d still like to see him fight Babalu. But unless he’s fighting I could care less about Tito Ortiz.

Yeah but he did transition to an arm bar attempt once machida pulled his head out of the triangle so your both right

Who cares, Machida was never in any danger in either attempts. He had a lose triangle on Machida so he transitioned to a very weak armbar attempt which again Machida escaped from. Thats like saying Chuck Liddell was one punch away from knocking Rashad out. Such a dumb arguement its not even funny.

I would like to see Tito vs Randleman. Two wrestlers. Cancelling that style out for a possible stand up war!

Ya, and with Tito’s lack of technique and punching power it would be like watching a giant 155′r wailing away and causing no damage!

No doubt.
Tito sounds like Bas Rutten when he’s trying to splain sumpin.

Channeled????? Hmmmm?

What a dip Sh!t.

or “sucksexfull”

Yes, “channeled”

tr.v. chan·neled
4. To serve as a medium for (a spirit guide).

he would demolish guys like JArdine, Wand, Thiago Silva, Rich Franklin…

Here here my swedish friend!

Rob: I wouldn’t count any of those guys as top 10 LHW’s, but I agree he would smash them and could still be relevant if he gets fighting at his old level.

I can’t see him really competing again with the real top guys in the LHW division though.

no way he’d beat franklin, franklin would pick him apart. he hasnt fought for way too long to get publicity like this.

Tito couldn’t sign with anyone until his UFC contract expired…which was supposed to expire this summer…it may be still ongoing. UFC contracts don’t expire until months after fighter’s last fights, that way the UFC can match any offers made by other orgs in that time frame…..smart guy.

If anything, Tito is showing that he doesn’t want the UFC to match any offers from anyone else by waiting out the contract….smart guy.

And you still say “and yet we still have not seen him fight”…..he just had MAJOR BACK SURGERY!!!!! (maybe you just read my last post)?…Did you just fall upon the sport of MMA in the last two weeks, because you sure seem to think that he can get surgery and jump back into the gym in a hurry.

Fuck, that JFK was such a pussy…he should have taken that bullet and continued being the President…what a loser.

Haters aren’t fans…they buy tickets and PPV’s but they aren’t fans.

I agree with you, why you arguing? lol