LOL well said blunt.

I wonder where Tito’s cardio is going to be because in their first fight I thought Griffin was totally dominant in that last round, possibly 2nd round, (though he got completely worked round 1).

And in reference to everyone calling out how weak Forrest’s run to the belt was, when reviewed now Rashad’s was almost as questionable;

Beat Bisping – OVER-RATED
Beat Liddell – WAY past his prime
Beat Forrest – Forrest was winning, Rashad caught him on the (now highly questionable) chin.

his chin has always been questionable. Seriously who gets KO’d by jardine?

this is a legitamate mach, both guys are kinda at the same spot in their careers, both guys are looking for come backs, would say alot about Forest if he can redeem himself, a loss to Anderson Silva is never a total disapointment, I’ve been saying for awhile that Anderson Silva would walk through most of the 205 division, but now with the new champ skip Lyoto Machida(that would be an awsome fight tho), and walk through a good number of the heavy weight division, he may struggle with bigger guys like Lesnar or Carwin but the again the guy is so talented he may be good enough to dominate with his raw skill. Just think about the savage Muay Thai moves he could let off with the kinda skill and speed advantage he has. I would love to see Silva VS Fedor, I am willing to bet Silva would take that fight. Also I think Lyoto Machida has the same potential!

i would take that bet tysonleeharris! fedor has a chin…not to mention hands like hammers and submissions like none other. the difference between silva and fedor is that fedor takes the wins as soon as the appear. unlike anderson who likes to dazzle with his superb striking. fedor would either sleep anderson or sub him. hands down.andy can hit but fedor has been dumped on his head by a zangief like suplex and shook it off only to win with a sub moments after.

RE Rashads run to the belt I’ve been saying that for a while now. Not only is Bisping over-rated, I also thought that Bisping won that fight on points. Says it all really.

the UFC LHW division is pretty much irrelevant now that machida is the champion, as there is no challenge to lyotos crown. Even anderson silva has said that machida beats him 8 out of 10 times they spar, so if machida is toying with anderson also who is really going to challenge him.

is this really a smart fight on the ufc’s part, if forrest loses thats 3 in a row and if tito loses it will mess up his comeback, i thought the whole point of tito-colman was so tito could get an easy win under his belt before he went after the bigger names, forrest could easily win this, he is a much better fighter than when they first fought and it was close back then, tito hasnt changed, i’ve got to go with forrest in this 1

Omo just asking out of sheer , you said Fedor has a chin. Are you implying that Franklin(who has only been tko/ko by Vitor, Silva, and Machida), Leben(one of the best chins in all of mma-who has only been ko’d by silva), Marquardt(who has also only been ko’d by silva), and Irvin have no chins and that Anderson has beaten chinless opponents? I think Fedor has never, ever fought anyone with the level of striking that Silva has. I am not sure that he would win, but I have seen Fedor rocked on several occasions(including to 185 Matt Linland) and have yet to see anyone even phase Silva with strikes. The most difficult part Anderson would have against Fedor is the ground game. In the stand up I think Anderson has an amazing chance.

As far as Forrest and Tito, I really hope Forrest comes back in a big way and sends Tito to the lossers table. If Tito beats Forrest(who is still a top 5 ranked fighter according to Sherdog)we may have to hear Tito piss and moan for a title shot after just one fight.

This is a good fight. I thought their first fight was a draw myself. Forrest won’t come into this one with stars in his eyes like he did the first time, and a UD loss to a recent champ isn’t going to derail the Tito train.

Why give Tito easy fights, or anyone else for that matter?! If they want easy fights, go to Strikeforce. The UFC is in the business of making money, and we’re in the business of watching good, solid matchups. I like this fight a ton better than Coleman, who is just over-the-hill in my opinion. I don’t think the UFC should provide any warm ups for proven fighters like Ortiz or anyone else. They didn’t give Shogun any warm ups when he came in, why give it to Tito. Either he’s ready or he’s not, let’s go.

That being said, I would have loved to see Couture vs Tito instead of Vera. I just don’t see how people think Vera is exciting to watch.

I cant believe that I am going to bet money on Forrest. Thats how bad tito is! I have NO DESIRE to ever see this fight. I will probably change the channel when this fight airs…I dont even want to see this on my dvr.

I will however admit that this is the level of fights that Forrest belongs in…NOT against top LHW’s….He should be fighting the #6-#15 Ranked fighters!

Actually, considering Forrest’s mental state, Im not sure I want to bet money on him…nw I really wont watch! I refuse to pay for this event..I will watch it at a bar, so this will be my schedued cigarette break!

Can you not smoke and watch the fight at the same time anymore? I know the candy-ass libs in Dallas have forced everyone to go smoke-free. Sad world man.

Nah, cant smoke in bars anymore! HOw Gay is that?

This should be an exiting fight. I think Forrest will beat Tito this time around.

This time TITO is going to send FORREST crying back to mommy.

john i want to save you some money, don’t bet on forrest.

roy…wake up buddy! every time tito comes up you sound silly, and I like you too much to let you do that to yourself!

I would bet everything i own on Tito.

Who let Tiki Ghosn start posting comments here?

Actually tito doesn’t belong in the ufc he belongs in strikefarce at best. He isnt a main event and is barely a credible lhw anymore and forrest will prove it by beating his a$$.

WTF are u guys smoking Tito belongs in UFC, now i hate tito but for some one who been around like since i think it was ufc 12 or 13, and has fought and beat a who is who of mma, and helped ufc get to where it is today defo deserves to be in the UFC.

all you fan boys who have jumped on the wagon in last 2 – 3 years and think your all guru’s piss me off,

as my grandparents say respect your elders, so people like coutour ortiz and coleman who where doin this sport b4 most of use even new what MMA was defo have my recpect at least, as if it wasnt for them i really dont think UFC would be where it is now

I totally agree with ya CoNr.

So Tito belongs in the UFC because he helped MMA get where it is today? Tito’s last relevant win was against Belfort at UFC 51 which was 2005. You could even go back further to Matyushenko in 2001 as his last solid win. Since fighting Vladimir in 2001 he beat SHAMrock 3 times(wow), lost to Chuck, got spanked literally by Randy. Then he beat a Rookie in Cote who actually stood in there all 3 rounds, a split win over Belfort. Then he had the split with Griffen who many thought he lost, SHAMrock, SHAMrock, lost again to Chuck, draw with Rashad, and lost to Machida. So if you think about it his last real win against meaningful and relevant opponent was Vladamir. I am all for giving respect to the older fighters but they need to remain competetive and relevant. Couture as much as he is handed title fights at least he beats relevant opponents. Henderson is still a winner against top 10 fighters. Look at Chuck do you think Chuck deserves to fight, just because he is Chuck and he did a lot for the UFC? Shamrock helped make the UFC a household name should he be in the UFC? Like I said if Tito proves himself with solid wins then great, but if he just continues on the path he was on, then he really has no place here.

Thank you Monkey. Belonging in the UFC has nothing to do with how you’ve impacted the sport, otherwise you’d see severn, royce and the likes still mixing it up. Ortiz and his contemporaries passed up the older generation and now the new one has passed up Ortiz. He simply doesnt have what it takes and his resume in the last few years certainly shows it.

am in the same boat chad. I can’t stand Ortiz 100% of the time. I was hoping to see Luis Cane wreck him or Coleman LNP him out of the ufc. But i’ve been calling forrest overrated forever.

yes I was actually looking forward to old man Coleman sending Tito packing. I would like to see Randy give him a spanking again as well just for kicks…it would have been so great especially since Tito thinks he’s so cool for beating an old worn out Shamrock twice in a row. Oh well, this fight shoulod be intersting but even more interesting in my opinion is the Thiago Silva and Rashad fight…Thiago has been a beast lately besides the KO loss to Machida. One thing I dont like about the Rashad/Thiago fight is that YET AGAIN, Rashad fights someone his partner has already fought!

The MEAN1 is the official greg jackson scout, the man should have a trademark next to his name. They’ve already gameplanned for T but he wrecked their plans by watching a little vid on Jardine and realized he drops his left when he wades in with side to side punches. I wanna see Thiago come out like a beast in his next fight and show that he’s cleaned up all his bad habits.

Tito is working with Freddie Roach?? well, wasn’t Arlovski working with Roach too before Fedor starched him???

Hey tito, no flying knees, k.

It doesnt matter what shape tito is in forrest has developed into a much better fighter and will whoop him. Forrest is top ten lhw Tito aint this fight will prove it.

LMAO yeah i have played a sport or two. Never said tito was gonna come back all diesel like and dominate. I just think its laughable that you really compared his situation to that of your old “glory” years. I mean u and your “I played forrball and wrestled for ten years when I got a knee injurie that kept me sidelined for over a year and lost my starting job at football for half the season when I came back and lost my first match as a wrestler then three more with the layoff before I got to were I was before the injury” Again not saying injuries dont take time but who care how your knee injury prevented u from being home coming king?

Hmm are you slow krave I didn’t see any bragging how good Beaver was just that he was a starter and with a year off he wasn’t wich very similar to any sport on the level you come back at yeah Beaver might not of been pro but the time off effected the level that he played at compared to what he was playing at? Did you get picked on in college or high school by the jocks are something LOL. Ayway I agree beaver Tito may be physically ready to compete against the best but when your out as long as he was it might take two or three fights to get back yor techinque and timing back.

WOW krave your ignorance is showing LOL.

Tito was not robbed in their first fight as he clearly won the first 2 rnds

Tito won round 1 10-8, according to Eddie Bravo… but I thought Forrest did enough to grab rounds 2 and 3 10-9, possibly 10-8 in the 3rd round.

At very least, that fight should have been a draw. Forrest wanted round 4 and Tito was happy just to get that fight over with.

This next fight will say a lot about whoever wins.

“Tito won round 1 10-8, according to Eddie Bravo… but I thought Forrest did enough to grab rounds 2 and 3 10-9, possibly 10-8 in the 3rd round.”

Possibly 10-8 in the 3rd round? Tell me exactly how someone wins a round 10-8 by avoiding takedown attempts and throwing about 5 punches that actually connect?

Your bias is glaring.

I think it was a close fight and could of went either way. Ironfist stop being a little B^tch mania is not your mommy LOL.

Everyone is saying first fight,close fight, close fight, so what do we do when we have a close fight? that’s right, you have another one, this will be a good fight, we’ll see if the head is back in shape and if Griffin can get back on track.

weak card though imho, not as knowledgeable as most, but I like 4-5 strong fights on a card, and this one doesn’t have it. Where the heck is Dana hiding Jon Jones????

yea i agree….

am i the only one who wanted to see thiago and vera? that match just seemed inevitable since they both fought on the same card and gave dominant performances…just seems natural…and have shad/tito…and maybe have randy/forrest…or randy vs loser of machida/shogun…

i was so 100% certain that vera would be fighting thiago next….that is a fucking match id love to see…

Plus, love him or hate him, Tito is still a pretty big draw imo. So I’m going to have to agree with Jennifer also.

Bravo had round 1 10-8 for Tito…and he was on glue for round two, because Tito won round 2 IMO.

agreed…Forest couldn’t bust a grape and won’t be able to put Tito on his back…the only way forset wins is by points but I still don’t see it

Or if Tito makes a mistake or too many mistakes wich could easily happen with the time off Tito has had remember when Tito was on top of his game they had a close battle

That’s alot of “if’s” Puck Head.

I’ll bet you some dough on this one.