Tito Ortiz Targeting July Retirement Bout, Wants Forrest Griffin or Chuck Liddell
by Brent Brookhouse on Jan 3, 2012 12:12 PM EST
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PrintTito Ortiz is one of the men who led the charge of getting the UFC into the mainstream spotlight. At the same time when he was on top there was a great set-up of rivals with Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell. Even his bouts with Ken Shamrock, while unimpressive in competition level in retrospect, were huge to the company at the time.
We're now years removed from that time on top and has only won a single fight in his last eight trips to the cage. After receiving a beating against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Ortiz said he wanted one last fight in the UFC before retiring.
MiddleEasy caught up with Tito to discuss his future and his goals for his final fight.
From the video:
July, hopefully Fourth of July weekend I will be fighting my last fight and I will be done. That's it; it's time to walk away. You know, Forrest, or I know everybody would like to see me against Chuck (Liddell) and, I don't know. We will see what Lorenzo and Dana have to offer and see what they want to do. I'll sit down with Lorenzo and Dana next week and let's see, let's make a fight, my last fight and let's make a memorable one.
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Yes it is.
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by POW on Jan 3, 2012 1:06 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I’ll sit down with Lorenzo and Dana next week and let’s see, let’s make a fight, my last fight and let’s make a memorable one.
A Tito vs Jones fight would be pretty memorable…
by Shnak on Jan 3, 2012 12:03 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Fuck it
Give him Aldo.
This is an oule.
by some schmuck in texas on Jan 3, 2012 12:05 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
no WAIT!
Jim Hettes. Not just a tiny guy, but also completely unknown. And I bet he’d choke Tito like a chickenbone.
This is an oule.
by some schmuck in texas on Jan 3, 2012 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
They would never fight...
…Tito gave him a bear hug after he beat Nam Phan and it was one of the most memorable moments of Hettes’ life. He wouldn’t want to ruin that.
If you are going to lie to me, then we are going to box
Yeah, it would really ruin his special night.
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by Sugel Mendoza on Jan 3, 2012 5:32 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
beat me to it. :)
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by gspmademegay on Jan 3, 2012 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
Rampage.
To finally kill the “friends won’t fight friends” mentality.
Ugh, another Forrest/Tito fight between two guys who dont really care anymore having a gentleman’s agreement not to bust each other up too much……….meh.
by Hutchy on Jan 3, 2012 12:09 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Liddell??
nah let Hendo Knock Him Out
by Green Naugahyde on Jan 3, 2012 12:12 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Would Dana even let Chuck unretire for one fight?
I know it’d probably be a bad idea but it’s a fight that both guys would get up for.
Methinks it will be Stephan Bonnar
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I have a gut feeling
Bonnar is getting Lil Nog next
by HeadKickLegSweep on Jan 3, 2012 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITAY
That we will see Bonnar vs. Ortiz or Bonnar vs. Griffin III
That good authority is that Stephan and I got really fucking drunk at the Tapout party last Friday night and he told me about these fights. Then he got in trouble with his wife.
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YOU PROMISED THAT STORY WAS A TEAM SECRET!
At least you left out the part about you, Brittany Palmer and Chandella.
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by POW on Jan 3, 2012 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
THE WHOLE STORY IS A TEAM SECRET
I gave him two sentences, YOU GUYS GOT THE ESSAY. Also, you will get the exclusive pics when my British friend sends them over.
The worst part? Apparently GINA was supposed to be at the party and didn’t show. Given how drunk she is and that we have a legitimate mutual friend means she may have actually pretended to be interested in me for about 20 seconds. BONER.
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Given how drunk she is
Is this why she isn’t competing anymore? Permanently drunk?
If you are going to lie to me, then we are going to box
Based on the behavior I saw on Friday, yes.
She is more than likely permanently drunk. She was on the camera side and probably wasn’t on TV very much, but Gina spent the duration of Donald Cerrone’s entrance dancing. To Kid Rock. I see no better gauge for her current state than that.
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I hope this is a joke
because that fight is the least interesting thing ever. Also, IDK why Bonnar would take a pointless fight like Ortiz if he is trying to move towards a title shot.
by HeadKickLegSweep on Jan 3, 2012 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
Bonnar is never going to get a title shot.. might as well fight Tito
SEE and LEARN the SECRET DEATH TOUCH
by Horselover Fat on Jan 3, 2012 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
Never say never
If he strings together another half dozen wins, beats some guys he’s not suppose to beat, they’d pretty much have to. Well not really, i.e.- Jim Miller, but I think Bonnar is more marketable than Miller. Jones already having a win over him doesn’t help anything. But I’d pick Bonnar over Rampage and maybe even Rua at this point. Dudes a gamer and is near impossible to finish.
by HeadKickLegSweep on Jan 3, 2012 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
Haha! Really? That’s the thing, he’s not going to beat any such guys. He’s a gatekeeper at best, his impressive three fight winning streak consists of K-Sos, Pokrajacs, and Kingsbury. I mean, come on.. and to be honest this is about as good wins as he’s going to get. Might as well fight Tito!
SEE and LEARN the SECRET DEATH TOUCH
by Horselover Fat on Jan 3, 2012 1:55 PM EST up reply actions
Uh... not sure if you knew this or not but Bonnar is the Supreme Champion
And he’s touched some giant fakies with video proof.
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
I have no idea what that means.
SEE and LEARN the SECRET DEATH TOUCH
by Horselover Fat on Jan 3, 2012 2:14 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
All will be revealed
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1283546/
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
Yeah it's not that great.
But I think he’s fighting smarter. I’d like to seem him as more than a gatekeeper though. Think a matchup against Gustafson would make sense.
by HeadKickLegSweep on Jan 3, 2012 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
Okay, yeah. I’d actually be ok with that match up, but no doubt in my mind Gustafsson would destroy him.
SEE and LEARN the SECRET DEATH TOUCH
by Horselover Fat on Jan 3, 2012 2:14 PM EST up reply actions
ehhh
Bonnar has one of the best chins in the business. If Gust can’t put him away early, he could lose the decision. Agree though, it is Gust’s fight to lose.
by HeadKickLegSweep on Jan 3, 2012 2:17 PM EST up reply actions
Stephan Bonnar is the Clay Guida of the LHW
hahaha
Never thought guida would get a shot,
but he came damn close.
by HeadKickLegSweep on Jan 3, 2012 1:53 PM EST up reply actions
Heh, that is actually not a bad comparison. But as much as I hate Guida I have to admit even he is better than Bonnar, sadly.
SEE and LEARN the SECRET DEATH TOUCH
by Horselover Fat on Jan 3, 2012 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
Bonnar is a better fighter than Guida
Bonnar can actually produce offense.
by discoandherpes on Jan 4, 2012 8:40 AM EST up reply actions
Bonnar is on a winning streak
Tito is on a losing streak. Don’t think that is a good idea.
by discoandherpes on Jan 3, 2012 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
f it
give him forrest and they both can patty-cake their way into retirement……just not as a co main event.
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by F'n Clownshoes on Jan 3, 2012 12:14 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Forrest Griffin lit him up last time, this time it would probably be worst.
by discoandherpes on Jan 3, 2012 1:10 PM EST up reply actions
Oooooo
give him Chuck! It’d be funny as shit if Tito fights Chuck and ko’s him for his last fight!
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by SentientAndroid on Jan 3, 2012 12:17 PM EST reply actions
i love how he calls out chuck knowing hes retiered for years already
by benten20 on Jan 3, 2012 12:19 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Let him fight Chuck again. Chuck deserves to go out with a win ;)
by feniin on Jan 3, 2012 12:26 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
I'm betting on Franklin
Would be interesting to see since Rich has better skills but doesn’t do well against bigger opponents.
Either that or the Janitor maybe.
by HeadKickLegSweep on Jan 3, 2012 12:30 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I dig Franklin vs Ortiz
I'm the best ever. You're the most average in a minute.
by slapjaw ackrite on Jan 3, 2012 6:41 PM EST up reply actions
Tito vs Teleprompter
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Jan 3, 2012 12:31 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Teleprompter, 1st Rd, via "I want to tell me what you see, let’s go ahead and see by the fight, what you saw, in the ring."
by Ikuhisa Quinoa on Jan 3, 2012 12:33 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
oh god! lol i loved that like for real tito should never be near a mic
like water
and this was the way i felt watching the reem kill brock
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You too.
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by Sugel Mendoza on Jan 3, 2012 5:37 PM EST up reply actions
Seraldo Babalu, one of the greatest light heavyweights of... the night.
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Jan 3, 2012 12:40 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
hard to believe Belfort fought on that card at 131years of age.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 3, 2012 4:30 PM EST up reply actions
Stop calling out Liddell
How about Ortiz vs:
- Josh Koscheck – He’s a money fighter.
- Rich Franklin
- Jon Jones – it would be fun to watch
- Shogun – Hey I’m sure Mauricio wouldn’t mind getting paid for an easy night
- Forrest Griffin - This fight would be boring.
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You are right about Griffin...
both fighters would be too focused on not losing.
They should put Tito in a pro-wrestling match so they can actually get him out on a W.
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stick my weiner in two buns and then give it the gas
sour cream from my spleen into Levi jeans
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How about this
if they can somehow finagle King Mo out of Strikeforce, a win over Tito could help get him over with UFC fans. Those two could sell that fight, guaranteed.
by Machiel Van on Jan 3, 2012 12:42 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
bonnar or the janitor
no im serious he should just fight a janitor
They're coming to get you Barbara
Oh Tito, oh Tito
You’ll munch on fists
Like they’re two giant Chee-Tos
Oh Tito!
Nogueira left you
With skids in your Speed-o
Oh Tito!
Odds are good
That you’re gonna bleed-o
Oh Tito!
With all apologies to Cactus Jack…please Tito, I don’t wanna see you hurt anymore!
"OWWWWW! HAVE MERCY!" Dude Love, the man, the myth, the legend!
by Mr. Socko on Jan 3, 2012 12:56 PM EST via mobile reply actions 5 recs
Rec'd hard for that Cactus Jack song
Candido, O Candido…
Never actually heard it, just read it in his book
by Cunny on Jan 3, 2012 1:54 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It's
On his video “Mick Foley: Greatest Hists And Misses”. One a funny note, I remember this dumbass I used to know saying he would have made a good MMA fighter. Laughs all around for that one, to be sure!
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by Mr. Socko on Jan 3, 2012 2:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
What's Jeremy Horn up to?
I’ve always kind of wanted to see that fight, and I think it’s winnable for Tito.
Forrest Griffin would probably bust up Tito, so I would give him someone older with somewhat of a name. Sakuraba would be good if he wasn’t falling apart, but he is falling apart so fuck you.
Meh
Ace is more interesting than that. Let Rua have a tuneup fight perhaps. Let Gustafson step on his corpse up the ladder maybe
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Just retire already....
no need for some crappy “last fight”
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Normally I would rag on a dude for wanting a more winable fight, (eg: Hardy/Hughes)
but Tito has put his time in, he’s earned the right to ask for a specific opponent in his retirement bout.
"You've got Floyd Mayweather making $25 million. He can't stop a double-leg..." Nick Diaz.
oh please
Hardy has clearly put in his dues
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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 3, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
Rich Franklin- Nowhere near relevent in the LHW division, but he and Tito are at similar skill levels at the moment. Maybe Rich would retire too?
Gustafson- At this point Gustafson should maul Tito, but you have to keep giving him opponents like to so he can keep improving. He’s still a couple years away from competing with the top fighters and I’d rather not just throw him to the wolves.
Forrest Griffin- nobody wants to watch this fight. They’d probably co-main it too. No thanks.
Shogun?- I only suggest it because everyone is either tied up or he just fought them. Jones/Evans/Davis/Henderson then you have Rampage/Machida/Forrest. Tito would be a fight to hold him over while the LHW division clears up a bit. This is all moot because I think a fight with soon to be reinstated Thiago Silva or a rematch with Little Nog would both be bananas for Shogun.
Random scrub- giving Tito anyone who has a pulse for his last fight. Tito has been fighting for a looong
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by Tim Bernier on Jan 3, 2012 2:14 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Rich Franklin would destroy Tito Ortiz
People forget Franklin is a pretty violent dude and well rounded.
by discoandherpes on Jan 4, 2012 8:41 AM EST up reply actions
Rich Franklin- Nowhere near relevent in the LHW division, but he and Tito are at similar skill levels at the moment. Maybe Rich would retire too?
Gustafson- At this point Gustafson should maul Tito, but you have to keep giving him opponents like to so he can keep improving. He’s still a couple years away from competing with the top fighters and I’d rather not just throw him to the wolves.
Forrest Griffin- nobody wants to watch this fight. They’d probably co-main it too. No thanks.
Shogun?- I only suggest it because everyone is either tied up or he just fought them. Jones/Evans/Davis/Henderson then you have Rampage/Machida/Forrest. Tito would be a fight to hold him over while the LHW division clears up a bit. This is all moot because I think a fight with soon to be reinstated Thiago Silva or a rematch with Little Nog would both be bananas for Shogun.
Random scrub- giving Tito anyone who has a pulse for his last fight. Tito has been fighting for a looong time and was one of the first draws for the UFC. This would be a good way to send him away with thanks.
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by Tim Bernier on Jan 3, 2012 2:08 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I myself would like to see eather Chuck or Franklin for tito’s last fight. I could care less to see him fight Forest for a 3rd time. I got a feeling the chuck fight actually could be made one that Dana actually thinks about pulling the string on ? With Brock gone and GSP hurt it would make sense becasue there is no doubt it will sell.
Could we just not make this fight a big deal?
The UFC spends far too much time on older guys with drawing power than they should. At least from a competitive standpoint.
I’d rather he didn’t even fight again to be honest.
It would be awesome if the UFC had a “retirement night”, where Tito is honored in a ceremony before the card begins. Maybe the prelims or the undercards can be doubled in length and they can do a mini-marathon, best of Tito Ortiz type of thing.
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The Chuck fight would be perfect
And there’s really no reason to keep Lidell away from that if he wants it. Not sure what state Lidell is in training wise and so on. If he really accepted his retirement, it may be too late for that.
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It's not like he's at risk of getting knocked out
It might be sort of nice to see them both go out in a dignified way.
by HeadKickLegSweep on Jan 4, 2012 9:31 AM EST up reply actions
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