Tito Ortiz video interview...

Eraser2K1NIN · 10-31-2005, 11:31 AM

pretty interesting....

http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=483

Unknown · 10-31-2005, 11:54 AM

Would you mind doing a summary. I am having trouble with my windows media player and for some reason I don't have any sound.

angryjonny · 10-31-2005, 12:00 PM

Get ready for the destruction of MMA once Don King gets involved...

AikaImmortal · 10-31-2005, 12:36 PM

If Don King ever gets involved in MMA, I will boycott anything he touches. I hate that man more than words can explain..

[Danny] · 10-31-2005, 01:33 PM

If Don King messes with Tito's C level organization, then I could care less. But if he touches UFC, Pride, or Heroes, you'll see my suicide in the newspaper.

angryjonny · 10-31-2005, 01:39 PM

Yeah but think about all the ties that Tito has with some big name fighters. Hopefully he won't persuade them to join the "darkside" that is Don King aka the sports anti-christ. It's a scary thought thinking that some of my favorite fighters may end up with scum like that.

Goeth27 · 10-31-2005, 03:22 PM

If Don King gets involved with MMA ill cut him!

[Danny] · 10-31-2005, 06:47 PM

Tito nor King would have the money to really get any big name fighters from the UFC. Let alone Pride, the international fighters could give a **** about Tito. His little promotion will make a firecracker like mark on MMA. He won't be able to touch the likes of Icon, KOTC, IFC or WEC.

angryjonny · 10-31-2005, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by [Danny]

Tito nor King would have the money to really get any big name fighters from the UFC. Let alone Pride, the international fighters could give a **** about Tito. His little promotion will make a firecracker like mark on MMA. He won't be able to touch the likes of Icon, KOTC, IFC or WEC.

I'm talking about his close personal friends and guys from Punishment (Rampage, Ricco, Miller etc). As well as the fighters cut from UFC. There is no reason they wouldn't go along with him and help him out to get started.

tienm23 · 10-31-2005, 08:32 PM

The thing that really bugged me was how Tito refuses to actually talk about anything besides money. I realize you gotta pay the bills, but you still gotta have a passion for what you do, and Tito doesn't seem to have that anymore.

Goeth27 · 10-31-2005, 08:51 PM

I like how he defends Don King and how he is saying Don King does rip of fighters or what not, then he mentions that he hasn't signed a contract because his lawyer is still going over the document to make sure he is in the safe or some BS. ( I would think this shows that Don King obviously cant be trusted)

Beast-52 · 10-31-2005, 09:18 PM

I agree with him about how Dana runs the company...

Dana takes things to personally.

mks6968 · 10-31-2005, 09:19 PM

I Do Believe It S True That Don King Rips Off Fighters However It Seems Like More And More Lately The Ufc And Other Promotions Are Guilty Of The Same Thing There Are Some Valid Points To Titos Interviews About Everything Being About The Ufc And Not The Fighters Look At Your Top Guys In Boxing And The Paydays They Take Home (i Understand Mma Is A Little Ways Off As Of Now In Terms Of Popularity) Bottom Line This Is Still A Business And Businesses Revolve Around Money These Fighters Have Got To Make As Much As They Can While They're A Big Draw This Isn't Something You Can Do Well Into Your 50 S And There Sure As Hell Isn' T Any Kind Of Retirement Plan Yet So I Could Care Less If Don King Makes 90 Mil On A Fight And I Only Make 12 Mil However If Dana And The Ufc Make 50 Mil And I Make 150 K Now That Can Be A Little Bit Of A Problem

Unknown · 11-01-2005, 12:34 AM

Still could use a summary. All I know so far is something about Don King.

PS. mks, maybe you should consider capitalizing only the first word of a sentence instead of every word.

angryjonny · 11-01-2005, 12:42 AM

A summary is probably gonna be pretty long. I think the video is almost 20 minutes. They basically went over most of the articles that have been posted (the Pride offer, UFC rumors, WFA etc.) Tito said he didn't want to go to Pride because it was a six fight deal and that seemed too long to him and he wants to fight in the states. He talked some crap about Dana (not Zuffa and UFC, just Dana) going on about how he changed after he stopped managing Tito, turned his back on him and so on. Nothing new there. He talked about the WFA and the future there. I think that is the most likely scenario because I just don't see him working out something that will work for him with UFC. He also talked about how he said that he never dodged Chuck like everyone said that he was forced into the situation or something stupid like that. He also said that he would beat Chuck in a rematch. I am thinking he is gonna end up doing something with WFA. Hopefully he doesn't convince some respectable fighters to come there but that is my guess of what he does.

Anyone else feel free to add stuff I left out. I watched it when it was first posted so I'm going off memory here. Hope that helped a bit though.

Unknown · 11-01-2005, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by angryjonny

A summary is probably gonna be pretty long. I think the video is almost 20 minutes. They basically went over most of the articles that have been posted (the Pride offer, UFC rumors, WFA etc.) Tito said he didn't want to go to Pride because it was a six fight deal and that seemed too long to him and he wants to fight in the states. He talked some crap about Dana (not Zuffa and UFC, just Dana) going on about how he changed after he stopped managing Tito, turned his back on him and so on. Nothing new there. He talked about the WFA and the future there. I think that is the most likely scenario because I just don't see him working out something that will work for him with UFC. He also talked about how he said that he never dodged Chuck like everyone said that he was forced into the situation or something stupid like that. He also said that he would beat Chuck in a rematch. I am thinking he is gonna end up doing something with WFA. Hopefully he doesn't convince some respectable fighters to come there but that is my guess of what he does.

Anyone else feel free to add stuff I left out. I watched it when it was first posted so I'm going off memory here. Hope that helped a bit though.

It did Jonny. Thank you. I have been having trouble with my media player it doesn’t have any sound when I download stuff from the internet. We will see where Tito ends up. I am sure that he was ducking Chuck.

Flying Triangle Choke · 11-01-2005, 02:04 AM

You should see part 2 of the interview...he basically says he'd beat every single top fighter in the 205 division in Pride, and also rates himself as the 3rd most important fighter in UFC History(behind Gracie and Shamrock)

[Danny] · 11-01-2005, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by hughespowerslam

You should see part 2 of the interview...he basically says he'd beat every single top fighter in the 205 division in Pride, and also rates himself as the 3rd most important fighter in UFC History(behind Gracie and Shamrock)

Excuse me for a second.

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Phew, that Tito guy is hilarious!

Master Jones · 11-01-2005, 09:38 AM

Yea..... I'd like to see that............

Gygax · 11-01-2005, 12:50 PM

As soon as I saw that 2nd video, it put Tito right back where I have always thought of him. "The UFC is about Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock, and Tito Ortiz." Whatever.

I also like how he sells out Diego Sanchez saying Diego has confided in him how much Sanchez feels trapped by the UFC contract. Thanks pal.

His individual slams on the Pride MW's is really comical. One minute he says how great they are and the next, he tears each one down for their weaknesses. He slams the idea of MMA rankings, but says he's clearly in the Top 5 in the world.

There's a huge part of me that would like to see Tito back so he could get beat by the upper level guys. But a bigger part of me would like to see him fade into oblivion.