Mad props for Tito being able to defeat Bader tonight. Tito's current ranking brings up an interesting discussion. Tito improves to 1-4-1 in his last 6. His losses come from Chuck Liddell (Champion at the time), Lyoto Machida (Former Champ), Forrest Griffin (Split decision, Former Champ) and Mat Hamill (top contender). His draw comes from his fight with Rashad Evans(Former Champ). Sherdog has Bader rank #7 in their Light Heavyweight rankings.
After his win over Bader, Tito called out Forrest Griffin (Ranked #6) and Rashad Evans(Ranked #3). My question is, where do you have Tito ranked? as does his ranking justify him calling out these top level fighters?
WittySpaces said:
Top 15. Tito was never gone, he just fought top competition. I mean c'mon dude almost got Lyoto in a triangle...gotta give him some props.
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he beat Forrest IMO and Forrest is arguably a top 5
WittySpaces said:
Top 15. Tito was never gone, he just fought top competition. I
mean c'mon dude almost got Lyoto in a triangle
...gotta give him some props.
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And Ricardo Arona almost got Rampage in a triangle, but we know how that turned out.
Now i think so:
1- Jon Jones
2- Mauricio Rua
3- Lyoto Machida
4- Rashad Evans
5- Phil Davis
6- Forrest Griffin
7- Quinton Jackson
8- Thiago Silva
9- Dan Henderson
10- Tito Ortiz
Tito vs Maty/Gustaffson winner
If Maty wins, its a legend matchup and could main event a TV card
If Gustafsson wins, Tito could possibly put over a young gun and give AG a name
I would still have Tito around #15, he looked good tonight and took Bader out which definitely gave him a boost up the ladder but still its his first win in a long time. Lets just be happy that Tito is still around, love him or hate him he makes for good conversation and it would have sucked to see him get cut, lets see if he can win his next fight.
Even thou he beat bader, I would like to see him win 1 more match before we start talking about rankings. Im happy for him and jumped on his bandwagon after his hate-train got so big I couldnt fit.
I would say top 15-20. A win is big for him, but I think Bader was very, very over rated. Not top ten for sure. I would like to see Tito go against Rich Franklin, or even Vitor Belfort. Or a rematch with Lyoto Machida. I would say give him a fight in the next two or three months too, make him fight fast. Its not like he worked hard with this last win. I still think he is one loss away from getting cut. But he wants to fight the best so it should be someone ranked high in the eyes of the UFC.
I have to say it again though, I was so happy to see him win. Tito is one of my all time favorites for sure.
Sapper said:
I would say top 15-20. A win is big for him, but I think Bader was very, very over rated. Not top ten for sure. I would like to see Tito go against Rich Franklin, or even Vitor Belfort. Or a rematch with Lyoto Machida. I would say give him a fight in the next two or three months too, make him fight fast. Its not like he worked hard with this last win. I still think he is one loss away from getting cut. But he wants to fight the best so it should be someone ranked high in the eyes of the UFC.
I have to say it again though, I was so happy to see him win. Tito is one of my all time favorites for sure.
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I think that is a bit much, Bader was just at the beginning of the year a win away from getting a title shot against shogun.
It is hard to really place Tito as this was his first win in a long time and to be honest they only person i could see at LHW who is a big name would be Rich Franklin losing to tito basically being bullied much the same way Forrest did to Franklin. So I really don't know where to put him, but to keep the momentum alive if i were UFC I would put him in another fight right away since he won so fast last night.
Tito doesn't rank..........simple as that
1 win in 5 years doesn't automatically add you to the top......if he wins again against another top 15ish or higher opponent sure I can say he ranked 10.........but that win has to come within 5 years........hopefully within 1
ChaosGod said:
I think that is a bit much, Bader was just at the beginning of the year a win away from getting a title shot against shogun.
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Not trying to bust your balls, but when was Bader one win away from a tile shot? You mean the fight where he got destroyed by JBJ? That was not a title shot fight for them. DW has said he gave the title shot to Jones after the win. They didn't think before the fight, OK the winner of this fight get a title shot. Bader was and is over rated, his last two fights prove that IMO. He will lose his next fight, and go to MFC.
