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A native of Huntington Beach, CA, Ortiz is a legendary mixed martial
arts fighter. A former Light-Heavyweight champion, he spent most of his
career fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Competition organization. Admired
for his showmanship and athleticism, Ortiz has headlined numerous
pay-per-view championship events, appeared on the covers of countless
magazines and been profiled in such publications as "The New York Times"
and "Sports Illustrated," among many others. His acting ability a...
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Quote of the Day: Tito Ortiz Wants a Third Fight Against Chuck Liddell
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Tue, Nov 3
By Anton Tabuena The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz, who will be making a return to the Octagon against Forrest Griffin, talks to MMAWeekly about having his eyes set on yet another rematch, a third shot at Chuck Liddell.
MMA Week In Review: Kimbo Slice's Next Fight, MMA in Boston, Another Great TUF
Original at Bleacher Report
• Sun, Nov 1
By Josh Nason Now, Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida has been put on the shelf until mid-January following surgery on his left hand, meaning his rematch against Shogun Rua has been postponed indefinitely. Read more MMA news on BleacherReport.com
How Do MMA Weight Classes Win Their Fights? Expectation Vs Reality.
Original at Bleacher Report
• Sat, Oct 31
By Ed J Pickle McNasty III Total Wins = 305Wins by Knockout = 88 (29%)Wins By Submission = 116 (38%)Wins by Decision = 101 (33%) Light Heavyweight: (Frank Shamrock, Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture, Vitor Belfort, Chuck Liddell, Quinton Jackson, Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida, Wanderlei Silva, Dan Hen...
Does Brock Lesnar's Illness Hurt The UFC?
Original at Bleacher Report
• Wed, Oct 28
By Randy Garcia Fans of Lesnar point to his brute strength, wrestling ability and dominating performances. Right now, the UFC is enjoying a dominant position in MMA. Most of the best fighters according to every recognized ranking system are fighting in the UFC. Where else is an MMA fan going to go?
Brock Lesnar Out of UFC 106: Now What?
Original at Bleacher Report
• Mon, Oct 26
By Jung Soo Kim But if nothing works out, I guess Forrest Griffin vs Tito Ortiz is good enough for the main event. Griffin desperately needs a win after a disappointing loss to Pound-for-Pound great Anderson Silva, and Ortiz wants a run for the title shot again. For the fans, they will just have to wait until...
UFC's Top Ten Light Heavyweight Championship Bouts
Original at Bleacher Report
• Thu, Oct 22
By Nate Lawson Tito Ortiz vs. Wanderlei Silva - UFC 25 Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock - UFC 40 Chuck Liddell vs. Randy Couture - UFC 43 Randy Couture vs. Tito Ortiz - UFC 44 Chuck Liddell vs. Randy Couture - UFC 57 Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz - UFC 66 Lyoto Machida vs. Rashad Evans - UFC 97
UFC 106 Poised for Huge PPV Numbers
Original at MMAPayout.com
• Wed, Oct 14
By David Wolf As MMAPayout has discussed, the Brock Lesnar/Shane Carwin and Tito Ortiz/Forrest Griffin co-main event features of UFC 106 have placed the ppv at the center of UFC’s final quarter financials. My colleague Kelsey is speaking in terms of 1,000,000+ buys for UFC 106, but I want to take it f...
The Impact of Ortiz vs. Griffin Part Two
Original at Bleacher Report
• Sun, Oct 11
By Jessy Morris On April 15, 2006 at UFC 59, Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz clashed in an amazing fight. Tito Ortiz dominated Forrest the whole first round before Forrest actually came back in the second and third rounds to give "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" a serious run for his money.
Can Tito Ortiz Make Forrest Run?
Original at Bleacher Report
• Sat, Oct 10
By Dorothy Willis Consequently, I am now looking expectantly forward to UFC 106 when Forrest Griffin, a fighter I have come to greatly dislike, will step in to replace Mark Coleman. To me this will be even better than a rematch with the Predator, which I would have loved to see due to my love for each fighter. The...
Mark Coleman pulls out of fight with Tito Ortiz at UFC 106 due to injury
Original at D Wizzle's World
• Tue, Oct 6
By noreply@blogger.com (D Wizzle) Who will Ortiz fight now? The UFC could give him Rashad Evans in a rematch but Evans probably does not want to fight Ortiz right now. Evans wants to fight a top contender and he probably would rather fight Thiago Silva instead. Silva is probably a more dangerous opponent at this point but if Eva...
WEC 44 Brown vs Aldo Tickets – featherweight championship Fight – The Pearl, Las Vegas – Nov-18-2009
Original at MMA Brawl
• Wed, Sep 30
By Zdot Bid on MMA Tickets @ eBay 2 Ringside Tickets Sat 10/3 Vermont Cage Fighters MMA US $49.99 (0 Bid) Auction Ends: Thursday Oct-01-2009 19:43:47 PDT Bid on this Item | Watch this Item Collectors UFC 44 Ticket Tito Ortiz Randy press MMA 03 US $10.50 (5 Bids)
If Rich Franklin Wins . . .
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Sun, Sep 13
By mason_beer 4. Randy Couture - Couture is too small for heavyweight, so moving down to 205 makes sense, and really he was at his best at this weight class with career defining wins over Tito Ortiz, Chuck Liddell, and Vitor Belfort. He's still game for his age, looked particularly impressive against Br...
UFC 106 Brock Lesnar Vs. Shayne Carwin Tickets – Mark Coleman Vs. Tito Ortiz on 11/21/2009 in Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center
Original at MMA Brawl
• Tue, Sep 1
By Zdot Another big fight that night is the Tito Ortiz comeback in the UFC, against another all star fighter, Mark “The Hammer” Coleman. Let’s expect a huge trash talk from Tito Ortiz to sell the fight… and an insulting shirt for the fight. Announced UFC 106 matchups
UFC 101 Post-Fight Press Conference News and Notes
Original at D Wizzle's World
• Sat, Aug 8
By noreply@blogger.com (D Wizzle) White says he will make Silva fight Lyoto Machida in the future if Silva keeps on taking out all the top light heavyweights in the UFC. Silva shook his head and said that Machida is his friend and brother and that he will never fight Machida.
Analyzing Tito Ortiz' Return to the UFC
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Fri, Jul 31
By Numbers The UFC 205 title picture gets more interesting. Tito is a polarizing figure - by design - but his talent is difficult to argue. One of the most dominant of the early UFC champions, his 1-1-1 record against Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida and Forrest Griffin (all of whom were shortly about to be...
Ultimate Fighter Tito Ortiz – Double Leg Takedown and Finishes – Free Instructional MMA VideoOriginal at MMA Brawl
• Fri, Jul 31
By Zdot Anyhow, Tito is a high caliber wrestler and the instructional DVD series he produced is a good way to learn lots of wrestling moves adapted for MMA and his famous ground and pound technique. I already covered this DVD bundle here if you want to get more precise info about it.
Tito Ortiz vs Hare`s PCL (for fun)
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Sun, Jul 19
By BlueberryMuffin For starters: In no way is it clear that Tito Ortiz actually signed a UFC contract. At the moment, the contract is all in Tito`s (huge) head. ("We have made amends, but Tito is not back"-Dana White) Parasitic lifestyle, promiscuos sexual behaviour (Married to Jenna Jameson?)1+1,
Dana White Twitters about Tito Ortiz
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Fri, Jul 17
By thetakeover In response to reports earlier today that Tito was saying he might be coming back to the UFC, Dana White has Twittered a confirmation: Yes tito and I made up from TwitterBerry From the earlier post where Tito was saying he's coming back to the UFC:
Tito Ortiz Plotting Return to the UFC, Dana White Grudge on Hiatus
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Fri, Jul 17
By Leland Roling It does make sense though. After all, Ortiz is a man who can relish in the love-hate relationship that many fans have toward him, and he also knows how to sell a fight. It'll once again add Ortiz to the stable of fighters within the UFC that can sell an event and draw PPV sales.
N°2 Has-Been MMA Fighter – Ken “The World’s Most Ridiculous Man” ShamrockOriginal at MMA Brawl
• Thu, Jul 9
By Zdot Ken Shamrock, one of the first UFC heroes, didn’t know when to stop. He’s the only one believing in himself today. Since years, he’s a has-been fighter refusing to let go. Clifton is a morbid obese “fighter” and was used by Shamrock to build up a fight against Tank Abbott and a long time awaited f...
Can a Healthy Tito Ortiz Battle Back to Relevancy?
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Thu, Jul 2
By Leland Roling Fighters like Renato "Babalu" Sobral, Mike Whitehead, or even potentially Vladimir Matyushenko could be opponents for Ortiz in Strikeforce, and if Strikeforce could leverage some of Afflction's talent like Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, I'd be more than willing to watch those two battl...
Biography Of An UFC Champion – Life Story Of A Mixed Martial Arts Fighter And TUF Superstar
Original at MMA Brawl
• Sat, Jun 27
By Zdot Buy this Item | Watch this Item Mixed Martial Arts is not a writer’ sport. There are few books out there on the market, if you put aside the instructional books. Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, Matt Hughes and Randy Couture published their bibliography but that’s not a very big production, even i...
Bad Blood: Dana White vs. Tito Ortiz | Number 9 Trash Talk MMA Fight
Original at MMA Brawl
• Mon, Jun 8
By Zdot Nevertheless, when the UFC projected to air the fight, Ortiz proclaimed that the Ultimate Fighting Championship was going to give him no cut of the revenue. Because of that, Ortiz changed his mind and didn’t show up the day of the fight.
Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter | Number 6 Trash Talk MMA FightOriginal at MMA Brawl
• Mon, Jun 8
By Zdot Tito Ortiz & Ken Shamrock start a quarrel at a press conference after UFC 48, right after Shamrock got the win against Kimo. Shamrock had a rematch clause in his contract for the first fight because he knew he had a torn acl going into the bout. The rematch clause was to fight Ortiz again, bu...
Ken Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz 1 - UFC 40 | Number 5 Trash Talk MMA FightOriginal at MMA Brawl
• Mon, Jun 8
By Zdot Ortiz won a rematch against Guy Mezger at UFC 19: Ultimate Young Guns on March 5, 1999. Mezger was a Lion’s Den member, an MMA academy created by Ken Shamrock. After the fight, Tito Ortiz wore an insulting T-shirt that said: “Gay Mezger is my Bitch” and flipped the bird to the Lion’s Den corner.
MMA Fighters and Insiders Pick Winner of Evans Vs. Machida
Original at D Wizzle's World
• Thu, May 21
By noreply@blogger.com (D Wizzle) asked MMA fighters and insiders who they think will win the UFC 98 main event this Saturday night between UFC light heavyeweight champion, Rashad Evans, and challenger Lyoto Machida. Here are their picks. Houston Alexander, UFC Light Heavyweight Fighter: Evans!!!
UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock Suspended for Steroid Use
Original at Bleacher Report
• Thu, Mar 12
By Mason Landis Shamrock is a legend in the sport of MMA, having emerged from the Japanese shoot wrestling Pancrase circuit to compete strongly at the very first Ultimate Fighting Championship event in 1993, in which he lost the final to Brazilian jiu-jitsu master Royce Gracie.
Opinion: UFC 96 salaries: Quinton Jackson earns event-high $325000 fight purse
Original at MMAjunkie.com
• Mon, Mar 9
I think we start talking about how dominant Lyoto MAchida is once he fights someone who seriously gets his hands on Machida. The only fighter to do that so far is Tito Ortiz, and he is not nearly the fighter some of these guys are. ... The Verbal Submission 03.10.09: Rampage Rolls, Shamrock is Old ... 411...
Last Stand for "Iceman" Chuck Liddell
Original at http
• Mon, Feb 16
By 8count News Tito Ortiz finally agreed to fight Liddell in UFC 47. Liddell knocked out Ortiz in the second round. Then, after a first round knockout of Vernon White in his next fight, Liddell met Randy Couture in a rematch for Couture's UFC light heavyweight title.
MMA Predictions: 15 Things That WILL Happen in 2009
Original at http
• Fri, Feb 13
By Jake Shaw 1. Ken Shamrock WILL fight again. 2. And Ken Shamrock WILL lose, while looking totally shot, again. 7. We WILL get to see another Tito Ortiz fight shirt. 9. Lyoto Machida WILL remain undefeated, despite never actually fighting properly. 11. Brock Lesnar WILL defeat Frank Mir
Lyoto Machida: His Fighting Style and Potential Opponents in the Future
Original at Bleacher Report
• Mon, Feb 2
By Xhetan Aliu Evans is a very explosive fighter with Greg Jackson at his corner, this combination could be a problem, but Machida is no Griffin or Chuck because he can finish fights and wouldn’t rush in. Lyoto is a more experienced fighter than Rashad and a better all-round fighter.
"The Crow" Returns! But Two Years Can Be a Long Time Away
Original at Bleacher Report
• Thu, Jan 8
By Mike Leanza Now for those thinking it hasn't been that long since David last fought in the UFC, here is what the MMA picture looked like when he left. The UFC champions were Tim Silvia, Chuck Liddell, Rich Franklin, Matt Hughes, and there was no LW champion.PRIDE was still in businessRandy Couture was a r...
Matt Hamill on Tito Ortiz, Kimbo Slice and Wanting to Fight Anyone in the Top 10
Original at The FanHouse - AOL
• Wed, Jan 7
Filed under: UFCUFC light heavyweight Matt Hamill, who is coming off a second-round TKO win over Reese Andy at UFC 92, answered some questions from FanHouse this week. Via e-mail, we asked him about the UFC 92 fight, his future plans, whether his deafness affects his communication with hi...
Random Thoughts on UFC 92 and the MMA World for 2008 and 2009
Original at Bleacher Report
• Mon, Dec 29
By Bob Fucile With 2008 in the books, it brings a time of reflection as well as thoughts on the future. We saw some living legends begin to fade—Chuck Liddell, Matt Hughes, Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz, and Wanderlei Silva—while new stars have emerged in their place—Rashad Evans, Forrest Griffin, Thiago...
Podcast: vol 185 - The Lights Out Show
Original at TPSRadio.net
• Wed, Dec 17
By The Lights Out Show Pro Wrestling Star takes a cue from Brock Lesnar by winning MMA debut and then calling out Brock The return of the Snowman to the UFC possible with opponent named. No hints, but let’s see if the fight “Kon-go” Tito Ortiz goes around with the media - again
Tito Ortiz to attend Affliction press conference Dec. 17
Original at MMAmania.com
• Tue, Dec 16
• 2 related articles
By James Iannotti Ortiz still holds the title as the UFC’s most watched fighter ever, but he has managed to remain an unsigned free agent since losing to Lyoto Machida at UFC 84: “Ill Will” back in May. He was released from the UFC following the fight after a long standing feud with company president, Dana Whit...
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UFC 92: Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans Prediction
Original at MMABettingBlog.com
• Mon, Dec 15
By Pat Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans The main event of the evening is a Light Heavyweight title bout between two former winners of The Ultimate Fighter. Forrest Griffin will be looking to make his first successful defense after his shocking upset of Rampage Jackson, but to do it he will have to o...
Podcast: MMAPredictions Radio: Randy Couture’s New Biography & Loretta Hunt
Original at MMAPredictions.com
• Wed, Nov 26
Loretta Hunt is a veteran of mixed martial arts journalism. Now the news editor of Sherdog.com, the rapport she has built with many MMA athletes has allowed her opportunities MMA fans and even fellow MMA reporters dream about. Hunt’s most recent trophy was the opportunity to assist Randy Co...
DVD Review: UFC 84 - Ill Will
Original at iFight365.com
• Sun, Oct 12
By Martin Smith Another interesting point out of this DVD was the Lyoto Machida/Tito Ortiz fight. The undefeated Machida, very much seen as the new breed of fighter, against Tito Ortiz, a legend in this sport. The old versus the new. ...
Lyoto Machida Vs. Thiago Silva: Your Verdict?
Original at Bleacher Report
• Mon, Oct 6
By Varun Singh The undefeated duo of Lyoto Machida (13-0) and Thiago Silva (13-0) finally look set to collide on 31st January Super Bowl weekend at UFC 93, according to widespread reports yet to be officially confirmed by the UFC. My Final Verdict: If Thiago Silva wins it will be via KO, but I am leaning tow...
Power Rankings: September 2008 - UFC Light Heavyweight Division
Original at combat-hooligans.com
• Fri, Sep 19
By Casey Trowbridge Fought This Month: Rashad Evans (#1) Def. Chuck Liddell (#7) – UFC 88Rich Franklin (#9) Def. Matt Hamill (NR) – UFC 88Tim Boetsch (NR) Def. Michael Patt (NR) – UFC 88Jason Brilz (NR) Def. Brad Morris (NR) – Fight Night 15Eric Schafer (NR) Def. Houston Alexander (NR) – Fight Night 15
Dana White:A Ruthless Cunning Bastard and by God he's Good at itOriginal at Bloody Elbow
• Fri, Jul 11
By zakw8456 No this is not a 'I love Dana White' thread seen on sherdog. Nor is it a 'Dana White hates mixed martial arts and only wants Chuck Liddell to be the champ" thread, well maybe a little of the last part. No this is about Dana White the shrewd businessman. I don't know if he has ever read Machiavelli's ...
Tito Ortiz Trashes Dana White, Hints at Starting New Fight Promotion on “Howard Stern Show”
Original at MMAjunkie.com
• Wed, Feb 6
By MMA Junkie As for life after the UFC, Ortiz said he would love to fight Frank Shamrock. Ortiz and Shamrock are reportedly considering a 10-year-anniversary fight if Ortiz doesn’t re-sign with the UFC. The two fighters first met at UFC 22, where Shamrock defeated Ortiz with a fourth-round submission...
Podcast: Dan Henderson: UFC 79 fight with Tito Ortiz ‘possible’ (Audio)
Original at UFCmania.com
• Sat, Oct 13
By UFCmania Note: Tito Ortiz recently announced that he plans to return to action in early 2008. UFC 79 is slated for the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 29, 2007. Props: SportsRadio610.com (Part one and Part two) Note: Tito Ortiz recently announced that he plans to return to...
Podcast: Ricco Rodriguez to headline New Jersey MMA card
Original at Five Ounces of Pain
• Wed, Oct 3
By Sam Caplan Former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez has been in the news lately coming off a stint in VH1’s upcoming reality TV show “Celebrity Rehab, an appearance on this past week’s edition of “Human Weapon” on the History Channel, a match against Ben Rothwell during the IFL finals in Sep...
Podcast: "Beatdown" with TJ De Santis Episode 61
Original at Sherdog.com
• Sun, Jul 16
At the UFC 61: Bitter Rivals card last Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay events center, Ken Shamrock was set of famers face, referee Herb Dean called a stop to this contest. Ken was visably displeased with the stoppage he felt his right as a fighter was taken away, and how he felt he was betray...
TV Review: The Ultimate Fighter 3 Episode 4 - Hitting It Hard
Original at Blogcritics
• Fri, Apr 28
By Vince Chan Results could be mixed if you paired a bad student with a good teacher. But pair a good student with a bad teacher and the student could make things work out on their own. Tonight's episode was an exploration into this phenomenon. If there was some method behind Ken Shamrock's madness, he certa...
TV Review: The Ultimate Fighter 3 Episode 3 - Team Dagger
Original at Blogcritics
• Fri, Apr 21
By Vince Chan Episode two of The Ultimate Fighter 3 suffered its largest week-to-week ratings drop in the series' history. Episode three sought to prove that the blip was not a downward trend by having a great lead-in show, UFC unleashed. UFC unleashed showcased five classic fights of the legendary, Ro...
TV Review: The Ultimate Fighter 3 Episode 2 - "The Basketball"
Original at Blogcritics
• Tue, Apr 18
By Vince Chan I missed episode two but was lucky to catch the re-run tonight prior to this week's upcoming episode three of The Ultimate Fighter 3 on Spike TV. Episode two started flying out the gate. On the last review, I wrote about the changes in the fighter selection format. The change meant that it only t...
TV Review: The Ultimate Fighter 3 Episode 1 - Submit to It!
Original at Blogcritics
• Fri, Apr 7
By Vince Chan Season three of The Ultimate Fighter reality series premiered tonight. Dana White, the president of the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) is one smart guy. Tweaking the series with feuding coaches Ken Shamrock and Tito Ortiz may have been the smartest move to spice up the third seaso...