Tito Ortiz

Will the battle ever end?

By Michael Rome If Frank had fought and beat Kimbo, you'd have all sorts of opportunities going forward: A rematch down the line once Kimbo improves, a casual fan dream match against Ken, or a big rematch with Tito Ortiz.  Frank would have been a big star overnight.  Instead I think it's most likely we have a g...

By bfowlkes Frank Shamrock has yet to encounter a situation that is not, at its core, about Frank Shamrock. It just hasn’t happened. It probably never will happen. The main event at EliteXC: Heat last Saturday night is a great example. You remember that one, right?

By Pat Updates on the Elite XC “Heat” event, Kenny Florian, Frank Mir, Tito Ortiz, Georges St. Pierre, Kimbo Slice’s future, and more Updates on the Elite XC “Heat” event, Kenny Florian, Frank Mir, Tito Ortiz, Georges St. Pierre, Kimbo Slice’s future, and more

By Brian Oswald Couture went on to beat Belfort via TKO in a performance that established him as one of the up-and-coming stars in a burgeoning sport known as mixed martial arts. They had their rubber match at UFC 49, which Couture won by TKO due to doctor’s stoppage.

By James Iannotti – Tito Ortiz underwent back surgery on Monday. The procedure was not an easy one and neither was the decision to have it. Nonetheless, he went through with it and is already claiming success in a letter posted on ProElite.com. It’s an interesting read. He covers everything from when the back pai...

and the show also looked at issues including whether Tito Ortiz will sign with EliteXC, the future of UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and ... Jon's MMA Juggernaut 10.08.08: The Petruzelli Shocker and Aftermath 411mania.com

Dana White. UFC Photo. After Tito Ortiz put the UFC on blast yesterday for not helping him with his back surgery, Zuffa responded, and passed the buck. "It has come to the attention of Zuffa, LLC (Zuffa) that Tito...

MMA Fighters & Boxing Counterparts: Part 2  - Part two features counterparts for Fedor Emelianenko, Georges St. Pierre, Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell. Emelianenko’s 28-1 record represents the most ...

By John Chandler During Saturday’s telecast of EliteXC’s “Heat” on CBS, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz announced that he would be out of action for up to six months because of required back surgery to repair a lingering injury. In a statement issued to MMA Weekly yesterday, Ortiz also st...

By Chart Topper Since the Randy Couture fight I have had a lower back problems. Each fight it got worse. I have made it though the last 8 fights by physical therapy, methylprednisolone pills, and spinal injections for last 3 fights. I fought injured time and time again for the fans. After the Rashad fight I told the fight doctor I was having excruciating back pain. It was so bad that my security had to carry me from the octagon to my dressing room to the press conference and back. This continued for the next 4 months. If anyone has had back pain you know the pain I deal with, it got to be so bad that I was barely able to get up off the couch or drive for longer than 20 minutes. Now try to imagine training for 8 hours a day and having to fight formidable opponents like Rashad, and Mac...   [read the full post]

 NY - Lyoto Machida’s win over Tito Ortiz is prominently shown, showing once again that Dana White will never pass up an opportunity to belittle his former ...

By ben Via MMA Weekly: The kicker to this whole story is that the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) denied my claim for coverage of my debilitating back injury OBVIOUSLY acquired in the Octagon. This was the last kick in the gut made by the UFC.

By Mike Levy When you can name the great fighters that are EliteXC "originals" on one hand, you're destined to fail. Eddie Alverez and Jake Shields are the only fighters worthy of their own place in the UFC. But what about Robbie Lawler, Frank Shamrock, Scott Smith, and allegedly Tito Ortiz? These thre...

By Eric Shapiro Light heavyweight free agent Tito Ortiz revealed during Saturday night’s broadcast of EliteXC "Heat" that he is close to signing with the promotion. Ortiz, however, will be unable to compete for at least six months due to a spinal fusion surgery .EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw has apol...

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...

By Mark Chalifoux EliteXC managed to find the only person more fragile than Kimbo Slice’s last opponent, James “Colossus” Thompson, in former MMA fighter Ken Shamrock. The only problem was that Shamrock is so fragile he was injured during the warm-up, thus pitting Kimbo Slice...

By James Giboo And who better than the man half responsible for the highest grossing pay-per-view (PPV) in UFC history? His last notable win he recorded was against current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin in April of 2006 before he was the division leader.

By Derek Bedell Once I make the step across and show that the fighters should get more, then maybe fighters will follow me and they will want to get a piece of their name," Ortiz said. I'm really not open to [returning to the UFC] at all," Ortiz said. "I just don't want to work with (UFC President) Dana (White), e...

By Josh Stein(noreply@blogger.com) Before I had opened the book, I had damned it peripherally for a subtitle that is terribly dishonest. As a long time MMA fan and an analyst of the sport, I found it unfair that Matt Hughes should feel any right to claim his post as the most dominant champion in history, as his title reign was inte...

By Brian Oswald In the mixed martial arts of old, the second version wouldn't get past the first round.  Think Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans. If Chuck was a quarterback, then his passes were easily telegraphed, and Rashad intercepted him with a game-changing blow. So where does this leave Machida? 

The Half-Guarded Truth By: Mike CoughlinMichaelCoughlin@f4wonline.com (mailto:MichaelCoughlin@f4wonline.com)For the week of 09/28/08 Can Ken Shamrock do it one last time? Ken Shamrock. He is perhaps the most singularly important North American mixed martial artist of all time. Th...

By Steve Cofield Ken Shamrock has done it a little bit for the Kimbo Slice fight this weekend. Tito Ortiz extended his career several fights by taking on the heel role. Matt Serra seems to like being the villian in pushing his 2009 fight against Matt Hughes. Those names are currently or were all supremel...

By Brian Oswald Loss to Tito Ortiz: Forrest showed promise by impressing with his toughness and skill yet didn’t have enough to get past "Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz and his ground and pound in a split-decision loss. Rampage Jackson defeats Chuck Liddell at UFC 71 to win the light-heavyweight title.

By MMAmania Silva brings the fierce Chute Boxe aggression into his fights (even though he is now no longer with the camp), stopping all but one of his opponents throughout his exciting mixed martial arts career. He has an explosive mix of punches and kicks, which can often leave him open to counter stri...

By Brett Puddy Yet, after his meteoric rise to greatness, Ruas disappeared back into the shadows, leaving MMA to be dominated by a series of fighters whose background was in wrestling, among them Mark Coleman, Kevin Randleman, Randy Couture, and Tito Ortiz.

By Varun Singh The plan as you all know was for a super fight between current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin and the winner of the UFC 88 main-event, with Liddell the overwhelming favorite. It was an attempt to restore Chuck as a genuine contender after consecutive losses to “Rampage” Ja...

By Ed As an extreme ultimate fighter, practicing mixed martial arts, he really didn't define himself as being a fighter," Hayner told FOXNews.com. "He defined himself as being an adventurer, and he would fund his adventures through fighting."

By someonespecial4 1. Chuck Liddell - Despite his recent struggles in the octagon, Liddell is the face of the UFC.  Not only that he has faired well in his career.  He was a very feared fighter and a dominant champion.  He boasts some big wins over the likes of Tito Ortiz, Babalu, Wanderlei Silva, and Randy Couture. ...

The 6’3 265 Pound Brock Lesner, will face Randy at UFC 91 in November. Lesner the former professional wrestling WWE Champion, has taken the MMA world by storm since making his UFC debut in Feb of 2008. Lesner a former real NCAA heavyweight champion in 2000 is a beast of an athlete. Perhaps the mo...

By zakw8456 The question remains what now for Chuck Liddell? Has he achieved Tito Ortiz status? Is Chuck Liddell largely irrelevant but still a PPV draw? These questions will need answering and there is no true well to tell besides watching him fight. The UFC and Zuffa will most likely place him as the c...

By Ryan Wales The wild card in all of this is the former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell. He has a fight coming up at UFC 88 against Rashad Evans, and Liddell has been a mediocre 2-2 in his last four fights. I can see why Dana would give Liddell another shot. The payday would be tremendous. A Forrest...

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By Dorothy Willis As Dana White stated after Tito Ortiz upstaged the president of the UFC by taking over the post UFC 84 press conference, "We would have to discuss the issue (a new UFC contract for Tito) in a room together, speaking as two adults, and we cannot do that."

After Forrest Griffin’s systematic defeat of Rampage Jackson for the light-heavyweight championship, many questions remain in that division.  At the forefront is the question of whether we will see the pay-per-view extravaganza of Liddell vs. Griffin.  Some MMA fans feel it is already...

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 ...

By noreply@blogger.com (D Wizzle) Quinton "Rampage" Jackson lost his UFC light heavyweight title Saturday night to challenger Forrest Griffin at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Griffin won by unanimous decision much to the shock and dismay of MMA fans.

My name is Mark Chalifoux and I have been covering fighting since its inception (Adam vs. Eve, Battle of the Sexes 1. Adam won by TKO strikes at :34 in the first round). OK, so I just lied in my first sentence on this blog. Instead of lame jokes, I will try to give you the bare essentials. The first mixe...

By Pete Dudek Sam Hoger: Lost to Forrest Griffin in the semi-finals to leave the house and defeated Bobby Southworth in the shows finale.  Since then, Hoger has gone 1-4 in his career, losing to Stephan Bonnar, then a win against Jeff Newton, then back to back losses to Rashad Evans and Lyoto Machida in th...

By Derek Bolender Machida is a bit of an unknown to most MMA fans, but what fans should know is that the UFC got it wrong pitting Rashad Evans against Chuck Liddell for UFC 85.  Machida should be fighting Liddell.     On the other hand, the UFC fans were able to follow Evans on TUF and he also had a high-profile figh...

By Derek Bolender The fact that Evans was chosen over Machida is not surprising.  Very few people have seen any of Machida’s fights.  On the other hand, the UFC fans were able to follow Evans on TUF and he also had a high profile fight against former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz at UFC 73 that ended i...

By Greg Clark TITO ORTIZ vs. LYOTO MACHIDA Columbus, OH (USA) – The time for talking is over, and now UFC® Lightweight Champion BJ “The Prodigy” Penn and former champion Sean “The Muscle Shark” Sherk will have the chance to settle their score. On May 24, both men will step into the UFC Octagon™ to determine, once and for all, who is the undisputed king of the 155 pound division. Also, in back-to-back light heavyweight superfights, “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy”, Tito Ortiz, will take on undefeated Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida, and “The Axe Murderer”, Wanderlei Silva, will face “The Dean of Mean”, Keith Jardine. The Ultimate Fighting Championship® organization presents UFC 84: ILL WILL live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday, May 24, 2008.   [read the full post]

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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...

By MMA Junkie Shamrock, the first UFC middleweight champion and an early Pancrase champion, is coming off a win over Phil Baroni — his most impressive victory since his 1999 win over Tito Ortiz at UFC 22. Shamrock has won 12 of his past 13 fights. The only loss came to Renzo Gracie at a February 2007 EliteXC e...

The elder Shamrock last fought in October 2006 and lost in the first round to Tito Ortiz. In fact, he lost his last four fights and six of his last seven, including three to Tito Ortiz. However, even in his final fight against Ortiz, in which the only uncertainty going in was how quickly Ortiz w...

By MMA Junkie Ken Shamrock is emerging from his unofficial retirement, and he’s bringing his son Ryan with him. Elite Xtreme Combat, a California-based MMA organization that airs on Showtime, today announced that the promotion signed both 43-year-old Ken Shamrock (26-12-2) and the his 19-year-ol...

By MMA Junkie Shamrock and Le have been the two biggest drawing cards for Strikeforce, which has drawn the largest MMA crowds in North America besides UFC. A joint venture between the two promotions June 22 on Showtime, featuring Shamrock beating Phil Baroni and Le beating Tony Fryklund, drew the high...

By Greg Clark 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 and charisma have also earned him roles in several films and TV series, including CBS' "NUMB3RS" and his much anticipated appearance on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice," airing January 3, 2008 at 9 p.m.   [read the full post]

By Jesse Holland As ultimate fighting gained legitimacy, it created stars out of Tito Ortiz, Chuck “the Iceman” Liddell and Couture. Now that facade is beginning to crumble. Liddell, who was recognizable enough to have an episode of HBO’s Entourage focused on him, has lost two fights. Ortiz has been in an on...

By UFCmania With the UFC 76 showdown between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva officially squashed (the latest official write up on UFC.com being the final nail in the coffin) the former light heavyweight champion is still eager to fight in September and November, according to Yahoo!Sports.

By UFCmania That’s kind of how I feel about the upcoming premiere of Bad Blood: Dana White vs. Tito Ortiz tomorrow at 11 p.m. on Spike TV. Only this joke, in addition to being humorless, has no punch line. What started as an awful premise has become nothing more than a contemptuous and embarrassing extension...