Comments on: Report: Tito Ortiz a no-show at Affliction presser

By: Batman

Batman — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:23:34 +0000

Sergio
quit swinging from my nuts.

By: Sergio G. Hernandez

Sergio G. Hernandez — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:27:16 +0000

Batman, in all seriousness, that fight was over two years ago and a strong case can be made for Griffin winning that fight.

Since then Ortiz has gone 2-2-1 with both of his wins coming from a punch drunk Shamrock and both one-sided losses coming from legit Top 5 LHWs.

His takedowns suck now and his stand-up never really instilled fear in his opponents. That doesn’t make him a terrible fighter but let’s not kid ourselves into thinking he’s a Top 10 205er or that his fight with Babalu shouldn’t be billed as “UFC rejects who have gotten knocked out by Liddell twice.”

By: Batman

Batman — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:18:01 +0000

i just wonder if anyone saw the forrest Griffin vs Tito Ortiz fight. Did you guys miss tito raining down vicious brutal elbows to forrest’s face and making his face bleed all over the place?

By: Batman

Batman — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:12:09 +0000

I’ve never been to the sherdog board

By: Mikee

Mikee — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:27:51 +0000

Patrick, I’d have to disagree with you yet again. By no means is Tito’s striking top level, but it is not too shabby either. If Tito couldn’t strike then Forrest would’ve tore him up on the feet. He didn’t. If Tito couldn’t strike then he wouldn’t have lasted 3 and a half rounds with Chuck. But he did. Tito, once he loosened up and got a little more comfortable and wasn’t afraid to eat some leather, actually looked very impressive and did do damage and land some good strikes. To both Liddell and Griffin. In the Griffin fight, their stand-up looked pretty comparable in my opinion, you could tell Griffin was more comfortable and a more “seasoned” striker, but hardly landed shit because Tito has good stand-up defense. When Tito landed a punch you could tell it was felt. Now I’m rambling, but UFC 61 and UFC 66 both of these fighters fought for the belt so I don’t think I’d go so far as to say they can’t hang with the big boys.

By: Sergio G. Hernandez

Sergio G. Hernandez — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:42:30 +0000

Haha, whatever you say, Batman.

Welcome to 5 Oz., by the way. Did you wear your welcome out on the Sherdog boards?

By: Batman

Batman — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:38:57 +0000

Sergio
blah blah blah, you are a moron.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:46:58 +0000

Mikee… I don’t think it’s me who needs to wake up. If you believe these guys can hang with the best in their division then you’re out of your mind.

Tito can’t operate from the bottom and he can’t strike. Tito and Sobral fighting would definitely not be an “exciting match”.

By: Jim Bo

Jim Bo — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:33:04 +0000

I would much rather watch two seasoned fighters go at it, even if on the downslope, versus watching endless TUF bouts. Guess they are the only ones willing to fight for what Dana is paying.

By: Sergio G. Hernandez

Sergio G. Hernandez — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:09:10 +0000

And I’m giving my opinion on your opinion.

And my opinion is that you’re out of your mind.