Coach Motel: Liddell, Ortiz name assistants for TUF 11
by Jesse Holland on Jan 26, 2010 12:32 PM EST
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Former light heavyweight champions and bitter rivals Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz have announced their assistant coaches for the upcoming eleventh season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF).
"The Iceman" and "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" return to the TUF franchise to coach a 28-man roster of hungry middleweights vying for a "six-figure contract" on the Spike TV reality series, set to debut on March 31.
Liddell has called upon jiu-jitsu studs Jake Shields and Scott Epstein, former boxer and gold medalist Howard Davis Jr. and of course, longtime friend and trainer John Hackleman.
Countering them will be the Ortiz gang consisting of WEC lightweight "Razor" Rob McCullough, Muay Thai master Saul Soliz and jiu-jitsu black belt Cleber Luciano. In addition, Ortiz will bring in a public relations specialist to help coach the fighters on branding and marketing.
The middleweight cast should provide a refreshing change from the cardio-challenged heavyweights that "fought" on Season 10, while the new format may help add some life to the Liddell-Ortiz feud, which has already run its course on two separate occasions a few years back.
Liddell and Ortiz have met twice under the Zuffa banner, with the icy one claiming a TKO stoppage in both encounters. While most of the heat that surrounded their feud has long since dissipated, expect a new rivalry to emerge after squaring off in Season 11 of TUF.
The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 11 Finale will air at 10 p.m. ET immediately following Spike TV's broadcast of UFC Fight Night 21 on June 21.
For more on TUF 11 click here.
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best photshop yet...
can’t go wrong with Craig T. Nelson
"If we fight for money, I'll stop hitting you when you ask me to. If we fight for honor, I'll stop hitting you when i feel like it." - Rickson Gracie
Agreed. Tito as Dobber makes me laugh
by domino effect on Jan 26, 2010 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
Tito's head even looks huge on Dober's Body!!! haha
"If we fight for money, I'll stop hitting you when you ask me to. If we fight for honor, I'll stop hitting you when i feel like it." - Rickson Gracie
Awesome photoshop.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
Haha
My thoughts exactly Cole, freakin classic!
by Edgecrusher71 on Jan 26, 2010 7:16 PM EST up reply actions
Ortiz will bring in a public relations specialist to help coach the fighters on branding and marketing
Uh, what?
@fjbar on twitter...formerly El Mexicutioner
i think thats a really smart move
Every night i would pray to God for a new bike, then i realized God does not work that way, so i stole one and asked him to forgive me
ol junie browing could have used one of them
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
Tito Tito Tito!
the PR stuff should be pretty damn fun since 90% of all MMA fighters have no idea of how to even speak up for themselves.
fresh like uhh.
I hope he sets up marketing exercises for his guys
Makes them do fake product endorsements and what not… LOL Hilarious.
"If we fight for money, I'll stop hitting you when you ask me to. If we fight for honor, I'll stop hitting you when i feel like it." - Rickson Gracie
I think that's a bit much
These guys got enough to worry about with trying to fight so many times without a lot of time in between; they don’t need to have their minds on marketing and promo as well. He’s trying to cram too much into too short a time period. I have a feeling Tito will be the demise of his team this time around.
"Wanderlei Silva; hallowed be thy name." - Genesis 50:27
by O damn he got caught on Jan 26, 2010 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
That's what makes it so funny....
Tito is trying to put them through a mini-Tito Ortiz business school. What a dweeb. Should make for some funny outtakes though.
"If we fight for money, I'll stop hitting you when you ask me to. If we fight for honor, I'll stop hitting you when i feel like it." - Rickson Gracie
Tito's tips:
1. Remember to have an excuse ready incase you lose your fight; back injury, cracked skull, etc.. if you lose the fight you’ll need a reason other than “he beat my ass”; remember, NEVER man up and admit you lost.
2. During an interview if you can’t think of the right word make one up; if you’re not sure on the words meaning use it anyway; no one will know the difference and you’ll make yourself look a lot smarter.
3. Emphasize the fact that you’re 100% ready and that this is the best version of you anyone will ever see before each and every fight even though it’s not true.
"Wanderlei Silva; hallowed be thy name." - Genesis 50:27
by O damn he got caught on Jan 26, 2010 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
classic
"…and while the troops are fighting overseas for our freedom, I’m here in this cage, fighting for the freedom of mixed martial arts." – Tito
"If we fight for money, I'll stop hitting you when you ask me to. If we fight for honor, I'll stop hitting you when i feel like it." - Rickson Gracie
or when he referred to Renato Sobral as ‘Seraldo Babalu’
Goldie: "Michael Jordan-esque in his grappling skills is Travis Lutter."
Rogan: "No, no he's not. No."
Tito always has the best excuses...
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"If we fight for money, I'll stop hitting you when you ask me to. If we fight for honor, I'll stop hitting you when i feel like it." - Rickson Gracie
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"If we fight for money, I'll stop hitting you when you ask me to. If we fight for honor, I'll stop hitting you when i feel like it." - Rickson Gracie
The PR stuff will be comic gold
Selling yourself and a fight is a huge part of MMA and combat sports in general, so PR is important for Tito to teach his team. Some MMAsts are clueless about how to sell themselves to the public whilst others are masters at it so I hope that they show this PR stuff it could end up being some really funny stuff, intentionally or not.
"If I could change my name what would it be? Jesus"
Tito Ortiz (seriously...)
Liddell all the way!
Chuck’s kickboxing mixed up with 10th planet jiu jitsu magic of Scott will be awesome.
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