http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/06/25/white-comments-on-ortiz/ Your Destination for Insider MMA News and Opinion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/06/25/white-comments-on-ortiz/comment-page-1/#comment-429 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:15:27 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=227#comment-429 Ortiz is very polarizing and that is what makes him popular and important to UFC events. Look at the upcoming 73 show. There are a TON of good fights on the card yet the Ortiz Evans fight appears to be the most important or interesting to casual UFC fans (at least from my take on the street and on more casual fight forums). This to me suggests that Ortiz still has a ton of drawing power and it's in there best interest to keep him. I guess it all depends on how he fares against Evans. I think his stock goes down immensely if he loses. Not that Evans isn't a dangerous dude, just that it may expose that the MMA world has passed Ortiz by. Ortiz is very polarizing and that is what makes him popular and important to UFC events. Look at the upcoming 73 show. There are a TON of good fights on the card yet the Ortiz Evans fight appears to be the most important or interesting to casual UFC fans (at least from my take on the street and on more casual fight forums).
This to me suggests that Ortiz still has a ton of drawing power and it’s in there best interest to keep him. I guess it all depends on how he fares against Evans. I think his stock goes down immensely if he loses. Not that Evans isn’t a dangerous dude, just that it may expose that the MMA world has passed Ortiz by.

]]> http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/06/25/white-comments-on-ortiz/comment-page-1/#comment-428 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:24:32 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=227#comment-428 Definitely some of the more positive things White has said recently. And I really do feel that Ortiz will be back in the UFC after this contract is over. Dana's comment about him not needing him is wrong though. He's a big draw to people(love or hate him, they watch either way) otherwise the UFC wouldn't be promoting their next ppv with him as the key figure in his fight with Rashad. There is two ttile fights on it, and the first thing they mention when they air their promo is that Ortiz is fighting evans. Definitely some of the more positive things White has said recently. And I really do feel that Ortiz will be back in the UFC after this contract is over. Dana’s comment about him not needing him is wrong though. He’s a big draw to people(love or hate him, they watch either way) otherwise the UFC wouldn’t be promoting their next ppv with him as the key figure in his fight with Rashad. There is two ttile fights on it, and the first thing they mention when they air their promo is that Ortiz is fighting evans.

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