Good write up Mania..
As much as I hate Jacob, I cant say he hasn’t done anything for the sport..And like you said, he is the only man to defend a UFC belt 5 times…. But I didn’t know he has the most UFC fights aswell(23)…Love him or hate him, Tito has payed his dues in the UFC!..
With that said. Machida will send Tito out of the UFC with a loss on his back..sorry Tito!

Dana bashing is not a hobby of mine. As a matter of fact I like the guy alot and feel he’s done big, big things for MMA. I met him ringside at UFC 71 and found him to, cool. With that said I am at a loss as to why he let’s his personal feelings about Tito play into the UFC’s decision making on signing Tito for more fights. I can only imagine that the UFC is not willing to pay Tito the type of numbers that the other organizations have I’m sure by now offered him. I do feel that Tito’s time has passed as there are much better fighters out there now that MMA has taken off. I predict several losses on Tito’s record over the next couple of years. Then again, EliteXC could feed him cans like they do with Kimbo to keep their numbers high. Thoughts?

Well said mania its true thazt tito sells fights there is no doubt,he is the best fighter the have to sell ppv,dont get me wrong though page ,liddell do well but nothing like tito does,this weekend events will tell all and i hope the f brothers pay close attention as tito returns to his old self and destroys machida and shows hes still a top contender and not a protender like alot of other fighters….long live team punishment !!

Dana is cutting him because he doesn’t like him. Not because of anything else. I bet when dana was a kid he would never let anyone else pay with his toys.

Tito was the reason i began watching the UFC but yea lately he seems as if he’s more intersted in celebrity than anything or his back is truly messed up! However he did bring the UFC to a next level which he deserves credit for…Dana also put the UFC on the map and i love his attitude of fighting but he needs to throw his ego out the door at times..

I could be wrong, but I don’t think Tito will agree to fight as a heavyweight, unless he knows he can beat the guy. Otherwise, I think he is going to always demand there be a 205lb weight limit for his matches with anybody that poses a risk.

Shaw can throw his best at Tito, but most, if not all the LHW talent lies in the UFC…

Does anyone really care to see another Burrito Ortiz post ?? I sure as hell know for a fact that im sick of them. Please let the door hit you on your azz when you walk out of the cage Christopher Jacob. You help build UFC to where it is now, but your a waste of a roster spot.

I predict a headline in 2011 that reads “Tito v.s. Rashad 7, the final opportunity”.

You know how we can get rid of Tito Ortiz?

That’s right, stop caring about him.

So much……money…….

Dana is being doing good getting rid of poor fighters lately. but he is a d**k head letting tito go.

Good summary by Meltzer. You can think of Ortiz what you want but he understands the entertainment aspect of MMA better than almost any other fighter. He knows how to hype the fans up for a fight, hell – most of the time he does a better job than the professional promoters. I believe every promotion out there will court Ortiz and I don’t mind it at all. I rather have the entertainer Ortiz in the cage than the next 0-0 record UFC newcomer who’s artificially being build up to a contender spot.

If you want to watch a sport, you watch basketball or soccer or the ironman. In MMA we seek entertainment, reduced to very primal instincts. Thats the reason why no one likes it when fights go the distance. We want to see the basic “two men enter, one man leaves” scenario. Ortiz gets that and at least makes everyone think beforehand that there will be a carnage.

bottom line.. ufc wouldnt be where it is today without tito ortiz

WAR TITO!

Yea what a surprise Shaw would pucker up to Tito’s a** so much, he’s only saying that to hype the dude when he signs for gobs of cash. Shaw says he see talent in Tito and he will “reincarnate” him? OF CORUSE when you put him in a cage with a bunch of half skilled MMA fighters, Tito will look like a STUPIDstar errr superstar. See you in Elite XC Tito, have fun kicking Starns caliber fights and holding the strap for ever! I’ll try not to watch…

I’d like to see Tito take on Kimbo. I bet Tito will get higher pay than what he gets from the UFC which could make Dana jealous.

How could EliteXC possibly pay Ortiz more than the UFC and still attempt to be a viable business? EliteXc has a handfull of talented fighters, but they are in trouble financially. Personally, I think that Tito will sign with the UFC under the guidance of the Fertittas. Right now Tito is just negotiating with the media.

he sells alot of ppvs cuz people wanna see him get his head knocked off. he has been the perfect heel, but he used to perform at a higher level than now and thats the difference.

I have no problem with Tito, or Dana. Instead, I want to point out that Shaw is again, proving the point that has been made by several people on this site before. He is looking to put together fights with “superstars” and regardless of thier current skill level or standing. This semms to be simply driven for marketing. That’s fine for casual fans, but at some point, people really want to see the top fighters (based on skill and rank) rather than starpower alone. Shaw’s Tito vs Kimbo talk seems to prove just that. The Fedor vs Sylvia fight is a case in point. UFC or not, we will want to see that fight, but the dog and pony shows can only last so long.

I’ve always been curious as to why Tito sells so much. It’s weird. I couldn’t think of a less exciting fighter. Give me Wandy or GSP or Fedor or Page, now they’re an exciting match.

Ufc needs to come out of there pockets for Tito, AA ands others. Tito is A HUGE DRAW, AND STILL TOP 10

Tito isnt that good anymore. Pretty soon Gary Shaw will hint that he would love to see Kimbo vs Jesus! Tito is a PPV starter not a main event anymore he is boring. He doesnt have the fire like he used to!

Bill

Tito’s popularity is interesting. It’s either love him or hate him. I don’t think he has a chance to ever hold a belt in the UFC again unless Rampage let’s him see it for a moment before snatching it back. As a PPV draw, he’s still a viable product. But as a fighter he’s going to be irrelevant soon as the next generation of fighters grow into their own. Don’t get me wrong, I like Tito. (I’d like him better if we didn’t have to hear from that idiot girlfriend of his all the time.)That being said, I think if he chose to promote MMA, or just move into coaching would be great move. He has a head for business and was a great coach on TUF (second only to Serra). Just my opinion.

yees, this should be a known thing by now… no other fighter in MMA is a bigger draw than Tito, he is the guy that people want to see.. when he came back and fought Forrest Griffin they sold out and did much better than they were doing before too, and it was because Tito came back.. Chuck Liddell and Rampage ppv didn’t do so well Liddell vs Babalu didn’t do so well n Chuck is a pretty big draw.. to me this is all ridiculous his last fight was a draw against Evans which he won in my mind and would win the rematch, he beat Forrest with a injury n could do it again, im sure Tito would beat Wanderlei, and he would have a good chance against Jardine, Shogun! guys like Machida and Liddell r just bad matchups for Tito

Elite XC is like WCW in the old days when I used to watch wrstling in middle and high school. They pick up the trash that the UFC (WWF) discards. Funny though Gary shaw seems more like Vince Mcmahon than Dana does. Elite XC is like the sleazy MMA promotion right now. Fixing fightx so their biggest star Kimbo can attempt to look like a top level fighter.

UFC 87 : Seek and destroy is the name. I hope lesnar gets kongo after coleman

everyone is always saying tito is finished and i just cant see why. since his back to back loses to randy and chuck hes beat cote, belfort, griffin, shammy twice (if that counts) losted to chuck (and improved from the 1st fight) then drew with evans, id hardly call that a has been fighter, it would be great to watch tito beat down on machida i can see him giving him an evan tanner slam! tito will always get beat by chuck, but i could see him giving rampage a problem if they ever thought, rampage is weak in the clinch as shogun and wvanderei proved where as tito is quiet strong in that position, what does evey1 think of that then!!!!!

I could careless about tito, dont you think chuck lidel and ken shamrock had anything to do with the big box office draw for there fights, machida going to kick his ass, lets see what his draw is when he fights one of those class C fighters in the other shows, tito is washed up,smart buisness decision Dana white, I`m paying to see penn/shrek not to see tito get his ass smeared across the octagon, bye tito, you better sign a good contract in one of those other shows, it will probally be your last

You CAN’T live in the past. He did this and he did that…forget about it already! God knows we have heard it enough.

Like quite a few posts have already said, SAY NO TO TITO ARTICLES MANIA!

Hey Mania!

Put a poll on your website to see if anyone else wants to read “another” Tito Ortiz article.

I bet your readers will tell you they don’t.

Let your readers be heard.

Any else agree?

You know I am reading through these comments about how Tito is washed up and he sucks and he isn’t a real fighter. I think one thing that you can’t deny, whether you like the guy or hate the guy is that the only two people that he has lost to in the past 9 years is Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell. He holds wins over some serious competition as well. I.E. Wanderlei Silva, Vitor Belfort, Forest Griffin, Ken Shamrock. I mean the list goes on and on. Don’t get me wrong I think that he is definitely more in it for the money now rather than the title but you still have to respect what he has done.

When was the last time Tito had a victory over a significant opponent where he clearly won. Outside of Forrest he has not had a top victory in a while. He really lost to Vitor, that was a horrible decision. Most agree with that. So outside of the Forrest fight, when was his last win? Been a while.

say no to UFC for not treating Tito the way they should is what i say… hell, he and randy are gone and without those guys the UFC wouldn’t even exist.. at the end of the day all the fans needs to stand by the fighters not the organization the fight in..

Titos numbers have been padded!
how long did he duck chuck, and like who was he facing for his title at the time? nobodys anyways titos hasn’t been in the top 5 in his last few fights and we all know that, so this saturday tito needs to fight himslef out of a corner and we all know that. i think the dana feud is part of the entertainment& business aspect of mma and danaand tito knwo thaT. I GUESS WE WILL SEE COME SATUDAY NIGHT THE PPV BUYS AND WHO IS THE VICTOR

rob

Tito counting Jenna’s money… gotta love it!