Tito Ortiz indicates he is close to signing contract with Elite XC

Elite this is the best thing that happened to you all since this organization took operation…tito is just the first of many to come there will be lots more to follow.

Wow, this guy impresses me SOOOOOO much. Last I heard, he was going to set a record contract with Affliction. Surely, it couldn’t be that they decided he wasn’t worth it. Maybe it’s a mega-million dollar bidding war between Elite and Affliction. Yeah, that’s it! I predict he doesn’t sign, and in two months time, we hear “Tito close to signing deal with Alabama State Fair”, where he will be in sideshow freaks for “World’s biggest head, biggest ego, and self proclaimed Best Businessman” all in one.

Great idea: sign a guy who hasn’t won his last 3 fights right before he goes in for back surgury. Another great move by Elite.

The signing of Tito Ortiz (if they actually do get the deal done) couldn’t happen at a better time for EliteXC. Thier bankable star has been proven to be nothing like what they were promoting him to be. The main fight that is always discussed when the topic of Tito and Elite comes up is a fight with Frank Shamrock. Most of you may not remember, but when Frank first came to the UFC, he won his first 4 fights in the first round, and then want on to submit Tito due to strikes in his 5th fight. PLUS Tito is larger than Frank. Especially if they were to meet now in EliteXC. Tito walks around at like least 225 and Frank probably around 200. This will give Tito a signifigant size advantage, but not necessarily a strength advantage. Frank is very strong. There is no way that Tito could get to MW, so Frank would have to fight at LHW. Rumors of Feijao vs Diabate are saying that it may be for the LHW title, in otherwords, Feijao will be the LHW champ. Feijao against the winner of Tito/Frank would be a very good fight that I would love to see. Rafael Calvancante really hasn’t been tested much at all since coming to EliteXC. This would be his first BIG fight.

Undercard fighter Aaron Rosa (Seth P’s original opponent) trains with Tito, and Ortiz would undoubtedly have been in Rosa’s corner if he had fought. Ortiz attended the weigh in with Rosa, and is a part of his traveling entourage whenever Rosa fights. So, yes Tito may have been “attending all of the festivities” this past weekend, but he was at EliteXC in order to corner his fighter. (And, admittedly, to bask in the limelight.)

hey tito you’re not intimidating anymore like you’re used to.

he’s really look like very hunger for a big $ contract the way he looks in the pic above

Yeah… Feed him Feijao and let him finish the Tito glitz in embarrassing fashion… Like Elite XC is ever going to kill a money cow that easily… right…

I did not like his purple suit on saturday night. I think him and Elton John borrow each others clothes

I may be the only one but im disappointed tito is no longer in the ufc, although he may not be the force he once was, he is a draw. And my previous posts regarding my disappointment at the lack of big fights in the uk could have been partially solved with the ufc bulking the uk cards with exciting guys like tito!! The uk fans would love his attitude and the show he puts on.

He may not be a title contender but he would make cards that are not that interesting, all of a sudden interesting. its ok for the us fans as you get loads of big fights and title fights all year round, we however get main events like bisping v leben? i like the fight but its no main event!! UFC should have signed tito for this reason alone in my opinion?!!!!

Maybe we will see another Tito vs Shamrock. lol

Tito is done, let him talk all the crap he wants the only thing he’s good at is overpowering some one and going to the G N P. the only reason people tuned in to his fights with chuck was to see this bum get knocked out, i did and had a blast watching him get pummeld. MMA evolved past tito and matt huges type fighters a long time ago.

Who Cares?

It is true that Tito of now is not the Tito of old, but think about who he has been losing to in the UFC, compared to who he will meet in "Elite"XC. Frank Shamrock can obviously make it a fight, but who else, unless you go to the HWs?

It would not surprise me if they set up Tito against Seth, except that by the time Tito is healthy again, Seth’s star may well have dropped.

at what point did i say he wasnt passed his best?? i said to bulk up poor cards for the likes of the uk ufc fans!!!

No one should be asking if Tito can hold up his end of great fights in the future. Of course he can. Tito has a win against Forrest, a draw against Rashad, and a respectable decision loss against Machida where he was always coming forward during the fight. Why would anyone (Mania) ask, even rhetorically, if Tito is up to it? We should be asking instead why the cipher Kimbo was EVER positioned as any promotion’s main event. LOL.

Signing Tito would be a huge step up for EliteXC. Tito may have a loud mouth, but he is a legitimately great fighter. He’ll come through, win or lose, in every fight. Kimbo has always been a joke and will always be a joke. The sooner he gets relegated to the undercard, the better.

First of all you need to go watch replays of all those fights.Tito really won all 3 rds in the Forrest fight,there was no question.Chuck v Tito 1 ,Chuck pokes Tito in the eye and launches after him.Chuck v Tito 2 ,Tito won the 2nd round ,and tried to stand with Chuck and got caught.Machida ran most of the fight ,he whipped Tito in the first ,but even he admitted that he felt like he was going to die,in the triangle choke Tito put him in.Tito straight up beat Rashad ,but got deducted a point for grabbing the fence .Rashad also grabbed the fence twice in that fight ,but was not docked the point.Yes, Randy whipped Tito no question asked .Long story short he is not done ,tell me who has came nearly as close as Tito to beating Machida,he is the only one to blemish Rashad’s record.He beat the champ ,but he is a has been right

Tell me honestly ,you think that Tito wouldn’t beat most of the people still in the lhw division in UFC,Houston Alexander ,Irvin,Jardine ,Silva etc.He is still deserving of big fights.People on here think he is a bum ,you think[so do I]that exc is crappy .But you don’t think Tito can compete come on do you really hate his attitude that bad.You either love him or hate him ,like the Yankees ,but should they go to the minor league because they didn’t make the playoffs

Alexander – Tito would take him down easily and win.

Irvin – Same fight as Alexander.

Jardine – If Tito could get him down before Jardine utilized leg kicks….same fight as Alexander and Irvin.

Silva – Although Silva is way better than the first time they fought…Tito still beat him, so it’s not a stretch to think Tito would be very competitive in the fight.

Tito ortiz is so ugly.

Once Affliction and Elite XC merge, plus whoever else the merge with (and its going to happen) they will have more then enough star power to compete with the UFC. Kimbo losing was (in the long run)the best thing that could have happened. It brings another name to Elite XC because the casual fan never heard of Seth Petruzelli before saturday. now you have a rematch, a shamrock match and by that time Tito is healed and ready to go. Throw in Afflictions big names and you have a decent card. And if i had my way WEC would merge with them. At that point they would have more STAR POWER then UFC. yes they are loosing money but most businesses due at first. if managed right they are bigger then UFC in 5 years. to help CBS needs to run there own version of the ultimate fighter to bring more names to fill there fight card.

I cannot see EXC ever being bigger than UFC,look at the roster ,yeah it is getting better ,their stars are either old or not really stars.When Tito joins Their best fighters will be people who was in UFC.Then look at how Jared Shaw acted during the Kimbo fight,I really don’t care for Dana White ,but he has never done that when Chuck ,Hughes,GSP,BJ Penn,Randy lost or when Tito would win.Dana understands it is a sport ,and it is a business and you can’t run it depending on 1 nobody.Also they are in debt ,AFFLICTION is losing money,and UFC has already gone threw these type of problems ,luckily not going against some company that was trying to run them out of business,like UFC is going to do to all of these organization.Affliction cannot even put on an event without UFC going head to head with it.What is going to save affliction is their clothing line .Which I beleive ,UFC will eventually partner back up with affliction,start allowing their fighters to be sponsered by Affliction again which is all that Affliction wants anyway

I think tito and his old lady both seem kind of used up. You can only abuse your body for so long, fighting or f#cking, then you can’t do it no more. Back Surgery too? ouch!