Tito Ortiz has made the bold claim that he would beat Jon Jones if the pair both fought in their primes.
Ortiz, who will soon be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame, has registered more successful light-heavyweight title defences than any fighter in UFC history.
However, that record is being challenged by reigning champion Jones, who has already seen off the challenges of Rampage Jackson, Lyoto Machida and Rashad Evans. Three more wins would see him usurp Ortiz.
The Huntington Beach Bad Boy Ortiz is set to bow out of the UFC when he fights Forrest Griffin at UFC 148, where he looks for only his second win in nine fights. However, the 37-year-old claims the best version of himself would have taken Jones.
"[You need] pressure. Don't let him use that reach, try to close down the space with tons of pressure," Ortiz told Fighters Only.
"Use my strength, use my wrestling. An injury-free Tito Ortiz is very, very dangerous, and Ryan Bader was the last guy who got a close up of that one. When I'm injury-free, I'm very dangerous.
"If I was the same guy, but without the surgeries, then I'd still be the champion. When I look back at my loss to [Randy] Couture, that's when I had my first back problem. I was suffering right through that fight camp, and I suffered for seven years with that back problem."
tito was good, pornstars are hot, and tiny little web sites obsessing over semi naked men rolling around in a cage shouldnt really be calling people weird.
its like you honestly have no idea how little you mean or how obscure and discarded your creepy world view is.
Oh god his wit is undeniable! I am crushed on a deep personal level. How can I go on after being dealt such a blow strengthened by his keen insight into myself!
1) Tito getting attention/hype for the upcoming fight.
2) Most any fighter who was ranked amongst the top 5 of their div at one time would give anyone else a good showing, in their prime.
Man tito's so thick it's disturbing. You don't say stuff like this, he's not in his prime anymore so what's the point, to just make yourself feel better. Tito needs to get some therapy, he's in real dire need of it.
We should have an option to rate a thread because this one is classic,and Tito is a bigger troll then Lolwut if he thinks he had a chance against Jones, honestly whats next people saying Prime Frank would of beat Jones?
Which Frank are we talking here? Frank Shamrock was a killer in his prime, the guy ran through people and he was fighting at least one, maybe two weight classes above where he should have been fighting. Though not trying to argue he would have beaten Jones.
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It's not your taste that bothers us. It's that every post is about how attractive the fighter is or how much better looking than the woman you are. Both are pointless for different reasons and neither add anything to the discussion beyond giving us an adequate idea of who you fantasize about.
And the numerous others who have said something about it in multiple threads, Bknmax. So if you think that I am about 8 different regular posters then yes I mean me.
Sharon, just click on that ignore button. The fact that people are crying over the fact you said Tito looks weird just shows that they have more estrogen running through their veins than you. I mean, so what? Tito does look weird.
Also, i think its strange that lolwut is making a case for Tito, using his record as proof, while also admitting that the division and pretty much the ufc was little more than a baron wasteland.
But i agree this thread has run its course, far too much negativity, sexism and contradictions.
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