Quote of the Day: Tito Ortiz - "Rashad Evans, Rampage Jackson and Chuck Liddell Are Making the Millions Now Because of Me"
by Nick Thomas on Jan 30, 2010 4:53 PM EST
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"People like (Rashad) Evans and 'Rampage' Jackson and Chuck Liddell – these guys are making the millions now because of me holding out. If I didn't hold out, they'd get taken advantage of."
... "'Rampage' is a guy who I've helped out a lot. When he came from PRIDE, he got the same contract I did – exactly the same contract as I did. I gave it it to him, and I told him, 'This is what I'm getting, bro. This is what you should be getting.' He did, and he got it. It's just one of those things that I've always tried to help out guys like Matt Hughes, the dirtbag, and guys like that who just hate on me – probably because either they wanted to be like me or they can't achieve as much as I have."
... "I wanted to be successful, and sometimes people get things given to them. Sometimes people work hard to make them happen. Chuck has always had things given to him, and I work hard to make it happen. If it wasn't for my hard work and dedication, I would have been forgotten about."
-- Tito Ortiz says he's raised the bar for all fighters and they should be thankful.
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For Tito so loved the UFC, that he gave his only begotten spine and skull, that whosoever cracketh it shall not perish, but have everlasting wealth.
by ufc4 on Jan 30, 2010 6:39 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 6 recs
Titozekiel 25:17
The path of the Octagon is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of Dana White. Blessed is Tito who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds Ken Shamrock through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly Chuck Liddell’s keeper and the finder of lost skull fractures. And I will strike down upon thee with great wrestling and furious ground and pound those who attempt to respect and agree with Matt Hughes. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my Jenna Jameson upon you.
by BradCr on Jan 30, 2010 6:57 PM EST up reply actions 9 recs
amen!
Pain is Temporary
Pride is Forever
by Orcus on Jan 30, 2010 7:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This has got to be my all time favorite Bloody Elbow comment.
I seriously got light headed, dizzy, in a lil pain from laughing at this, especially after the first two comments paved the way. Bravo
I'm the best ever. You're the most average in a minute.
And NEW UFC Welterweight Champion of the World.....Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy!
by slapjaw ackrite on Jan 30, 2010 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
Tito 11:35
Tito wept.
shortest verse in the Bible.
Shut up, Tito.
by TruthSeeker1223 on Jan 31, 2010 12:34 AM EST up reply actions
I like it, I like it. Can't wait for it!
Shut up, Tito.
by TruthSeeker1223 on Jan 31, 2010 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
This guy should just learn to shut his mouth.
He didn’t hold out shit. He came crawling back to the UFC when he realized no one was going to pay him 2 mil per fight. Then his first PPV back he shows hes washed up and his star power is dimming with only.. what was it 350k buys? Pitiful.
Shut up Tito you make yourself look like a clown.
Screw a KO, I’m hoping for a decapitation.
by TheKeyboardWarrior on Jan 30, 2010 4:25 PM EST up reply actions
you are right. I can’t stand the guy but he is already getting fans excited about his chuck fight. The only thing he has mastered is selling a fight. Other then that he is as washed up as his skank whore.
Shut up, Tito.
by TruthSeeker1223 on Jan 31, 2010 12:30 AM EST up reply actions
Interesting.
You’re aware that Tito is less than 6 months older than Anderson Silva? He’s almost three years younger than Nate Quarry. Age jokes don’t work with him yet. If you want to fail at comedy but be more relevant, say Tito should be nicknamed “driftwood” because he’s all washed up.
"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
-Randall Munroe
That's just Tito...
being Tito. What else can you say?
I do enjoy the fact that he refers to Matt Hughes as “the dirtbag”.
We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turning every good thing to rust.
by Anthony Pace on Jan 30, 2010 4:35 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Here’s the thing though…he does have a point, his complaining did raise the bar for salaries and ppv% sharing…every time, not just this last hold out. But the reason he comes off as an idiot is that he says it. Just fucking let it go dude.
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Not true.
Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell were the first two UFC fighters to get a cut of the ppv and to make seven figures for a fight.
The contract Tito signed upon returning was similar to those of Randy and Chuck. Tito, Ken and Royce all followed up those two with ppv cuts.
Tito had nothing to do with the current stars making millions. The facts back this up.
Does everyone forget he got everyone millions AND MILLIONS!!! WHILE HAVING A CRACKED SKULL!!!!!!!!
Fixed
by Krimson on Jan 30, 2010 4:46 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
By Chuck having everything givin to him, does that include his title shot??
"Everyone has a game plan, untell they get hit." -Mike Tyson
Against Yvel
For the IBC Heavyweight Title (Innocent Bystander Championship). They’ll just fill the ring with 28 refs like it’s the Royal Rumble and the guy who mows down more wins.
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
Go Chuck, finish it for once and all
One day we can either like him or hate him depending on how he acts or what he says. By now most just roll their eyes at what he is saying. If anyone else has ever met Tito, input please…He was a really nice guy when I met him about 6 months ago prior to his return to UFC. He was just about to win me over completely, then he returns to old Tito in the UFC and he loses me.
I don't understand why Tito has so many haters
by KING FEDOR on Jan 30, 2010 5:22 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
I don't get it
if Tito had a cracked skull, in any fight, how did he get cleared to fight?
Come on…he has a cracked skull!
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by Matthew Roth on Jan 30, 2010 6:06 PM EST up reply actions
Tito and smart in the same sentence doesn’t compute.
by ufc4 on Jan 30, 2010 6:50 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Sadly Tito is partly right about this
Not sure why he needs to boost about it but he’s right.
He kept the sport alive during a dark age in the US while setting the standard for fighters to be more professional, exit Tank Abbot and insert a fighter who trains like a spartan. This was an important part of the growing process and getting mainstream acceptance. Tito was also 1/2 of UFC PPV prior to 2008.
Speaking of people full of shit, theres Tito!!
"Everyone has a game plan, untell they get hit." -Mike Tyson
Rampage stuff is bs.
Rampage did not come from Pride, he came from the WFA. Unless Tito is saying that he helped Rampage get a cut from the WFA as Page’s WFA deal called for him to get a ppv cut as well.
As I said in my prev post, Tito was not the first to get seven figures, Randy and Chuck were.
Tito is sort of MMA’s version of Hulk Hogan. Whenever he talks, you have to sift through the bs to get the truth.
Rampage did not come from Pride, he came from the WFA.
He remembers the important parts: The Tito parts.
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