Neonep said:
Tito's final fight should be Rich Franklin or finish out the trilogy with Forrest.
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Pretty much how I see it as well. Maybe throw Chuck or Couture in their as well if they have 1 more fight in them. It would be a big name recognition fight. Maybe you put it as the headliner on the UFC on Fox 3. Would have a great shot at being the most watched fight ever. From the UFC's perspective, if Tito wins it doesn't mess up the LHW title picture and if Tito loses it is a nice victory for the other on their way back up (for franklin or forrest and just another in the long list for couture or liddell).
Neonep said:
Tito's final fight should be Rich Franklin or finish out the trilogy with Forrest.
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I prefer Rich...Tito wants out, haven't heard Forrest say he is done fighting yet but if he lost to Tito it would be devestating to any shot looking forward
taewongun said:
They're paying him way too much to relegate him to the dark matches and get nothing back on their investment.
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My feelings exactly. He's WAY overpaid. UFC needs to drop the axe on Tito.
This will be Tito's last fight win or lose (hopefully?). I just don't see him fighting anywhere but the UFC and I'm not sure they want to re-sign him (not a whole lot of interesting/intriguing fights for him anymore). Bader win and all, Tito is over the hill and the game has passed him by. He definitely is a pioneer of MMA though and will undoubtedly be in the UFC hall of fame soon. To deny what he's done for the UFC in his career despite his record is just foolish...he carried this org for quite awhile and defended the title 5 times. Would love to see him fight Liddell in his last one but I know that's unrealistic. Give him Griffin, Franklin, or maybe a fight with Bonnar.
Tito has publicly stated he wants one more fight and then he's done. I expect Griffin or else a can Tito can easily beat. Chuck and Randy really are retired, sorry boys.
Thir13en said:
Slampage said:
Tito has publicly stated he wants one more fight and then he's done.
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Source?
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Look it up on Google. I'm sure you'll find multiple interviews where he's stating that.
Thir13en said:
Haven't heard him once say that he will retire after his next fight. Show me an interview where he says it.
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Cant pull it up persay, but basically Tito is saying he wants one more fight and to retire.
smfowns4 said:
He was in talks with Affliction to fight Renato Sobral, so there goes all that.
Make his last fight against either Chuck Liddell, Rich Franklin or Forrest Griffin.
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he was in talks, but didn't actually sign a contract, so the point still stands.
The only fight that makes sense is Chuck, if by any chance a retiring Tito fought and beat Griffin or Franklin, it would really hurt their careers, but if both fighters were retiring, and had unfinished business from TUF, then it would be easy to promote that fight.
UFC 148: Tito Ortiz's Last Pre-fight Interview Before Hall Of Fame Induction
MMA H.E.A.T.'s Karyn Bryant talks with light heavyweight Tito Ortiz at the UFC 148 open workouts and hears what he has to say about his final fight with Forrest Griffin. Tito talks about what he did wrong in the first two fights with Forrest, his preparation for this one and how he feels about Forrest's claim that he'll "retire from life" if he loses.
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I like both but I would like to see Tito go out with a win..It's strange for me because in their first fight I wanted Forest to win,he lost,but I thought Griffin won the first one.Then same as in the second fight,I wanted Tito to win,but he lost when I thought he should've won..I know their were split decisions though,so could've went either way..
I love Forest,but want Tito to win in this one..
ya i can honestly say i dont care who wins....just looking for a good back and forth. Would be nice to see tito go out with a W getting inducted, but i want to see forrest get back on track as he heads towards the end of his. As long as forrest loses a battle and not like he did against shogun, the bonnar fight and a few others would still be interesting down the road. If he gets beat badly by tito, people will probably be calling for him to hang em up next.
As much as i couldn't stand tito back in the day I respect the sh*t outta him now. A definite hofer and legend. He seems to have been a late bloomer in the maturity dept. Since i'm not really a fan of forrest i hope tito goes out with a win.
BabyJayKoscheck said:
As much as i couldn't stand tito back in the day I respect the sh*t outta him now. A definite hofer and legend. He seems to have been a late bloomer in the maturity dept. Since i'm not really a fan of forrest i hope tito goes out with a win.
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I agree 100%
