Fighter reactions to Tito winning

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Brandon Vera, UFC light heavyweight: I'm super stoked for Tito. Felt bad for Ryan Bader. Someone has to win and someone has to lose. Tito has paid his dues. He's put up with a lot of bulls---. I wasn't shocked. I actually put money on Tito. So, thank you Tito!

Michael Bisping, UFC middleweight: I didn't see the fight. I missed it. Fantastic though. Good for him. Tito always has a chance in every fight. I'm not surprised he won by submission.

Diego Sanchez, UFC welterweight: I bet $100 on him. I'm not a big time gambler but I saw him when I walked in. We talked. He had that focus and I knew if he was going to lose that fight it was either he was on his way out the door or he was out the door. So, I knew he was going to win it.

Phil Davis, UFC light heavyweight: He needed it. It was awesome. I loved it. I like Bader, never good to see him lose. Solid win for Tito.

Mike Pyle, UFC welterweight: I gave him a chance because of his size. He's bigger and stronger and has more experience. We'll see what he's got left when he steps up against [better] competition.

Jay Hierion, Bellator welterweight: I always root for the older guy, you know what I mean? The underdog. Good for him. You train hard and good things happen. People are always saying you're washed up and your career is over, for him to go out and prove those people wrong -- God bless him.

Mark Munoz, UFC middleweight: Dude, I stood up and started screaming. I've been pulling for Tito for a long time. When his back is against the wall he fights his best. He's a born fighter. He's the one who held the UFC on his shoulders for a long time. He deserves it.

Mark Hominick, UFC featherweight: He's obviously a legend in the sport. It's nice to see him get back on track. He's been through a lot, both with the fans and his performances. He spoke very loud with his performance tonight. He was 4-to-1 underdog, which is what I would have put him as.

Bruce Buffer, UFC announcer: I thought it was great to see him win. Tito won fair and square. Hit him hard and submitted him, he won like a true UFC warrior and that's what Tito needed.

Shawn Tompkins, MMA trainer: It's awesome, man. Tito is a big reason a lot of us got in the sport. He came out aggressive and didn't question himself. Tito moments for me will always be of back in the day, but I'm real happy for him.

Miesha Tate, Strikeforce welterweight: I thought it was awesome. It was really good to see him make not necessarily a comeback, but [prove] he's still in the game.

Chad Mendes, UFC featherweight: It was definitely a surprise. Bader is my boy. But for me, it was great because I didn't want to see Tito out of here. For him to win that fight and stay in the UFC is awesome. I jumped out of my seat I was so surprised.

Anthony Pettis, UFC lightweight: It was awesome. It was like old days, being back at home in high school watching the UFC for the first time. I didn't count him out. I think Tito on any given day is dangerous, it just depends on which Tito shows up. He doesn't want to lose his job and he did what he had to do.

Cool to see that there were alot of his peers happy to see that he won.

Yeah I didn't think he was that popular.

I loved Chuck Liddell's reaction, he was pissed

It was one of the coolest moments in recent MMA history honestly. One of the old greats, a HOFer needing to win or being done with the UFC forever in all likelihood and as a huge underdog gets a win like that. You could see the desperation in his face on that guillotine and afterwards he was just going nuts. I can't imagine what it would be like to go through the surgeries he has and put in the training time and not have felt what its like to get in a win in that long a time period. I'm glad he's sticking around and I like his chances against either Franklin or Lil Nog if they place him up against the winner of that

bobbitt15 wrote:

It was one of the coolest moments in recent MMA history honestly. One of the old greats, a HOFer needing to win or being done with the UFC forever in all likelihood and as a huge underdog gets a win like that. You could see the desperation in his face on that guillotine and afterwards he was just going nuts. I can't imagine what it would be like to go through the surgeries he has and put in the training time and not have felt what its like to get in a win in that long a time period. I'm glad he's sticking around and I like his chances against either Franklin or Lil Nog if they place him up against the winner of that

+1. Well said.

Tito needs to stick to legends fights from here on out. Give him fights against Minotoro, Franklin, maybe bring back Liddell for a one night only fight one last time.

Anyone think Tito calls out Liddel for one last fight if he loses vs Badar?

I honestly think we will see Liddell come back to face Tito and only Tito

Tito would KO chuck and everyone knows it.

Look who's back on the bandwagon since the guy got a win.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Tito would KO chuck and everyone knows it.

He would.

Wolf is right. Chuck doesn't have a chin anymore and even if the UFC would let Chuck fight, I don't think any Athletic Commission worth their salt would license him to fight.

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

Wolf is right. Chuck doesn't have a chin anymore and even if the UFC would let Chuck fight, I don't think any Athletic Commission worth their salt would license him to fight.

They would. If Ken Shamrock is still allowed then Chuck would be allowed also.

I have no question the commissions would let him fight, but I'm with wolf, Tito would knock him out

Too many people witha knee jerk rection. Tito has never had power standing. His boxing is average at best. Badar came in giuns a blazing with no respect for Tito and got caught. If that fight happens again I'd be willing to bet a very large sum of money that Badar wins no problem. Even with Chuck's lack of chin he should still be able to best Ortiz.

Yea yea, that coming from a Liddell fan =]

I could see Tito maybe grinding a decision out against Lil Nog.

Back when they made TUF I genuinely thought Tito had a shot of stopping Chuck.

Lol chuck would destroy tito. Like Tito would ever get in the cage with him lol.

GDPofDRC wrote:

Lol chuck would destroy tito. Like Tito would ever get in the cage with him lol.

Chuck's chin has evaporated.

Tito didn't do bad at all standing in the 2nd fight with Chuck and hit him with several shots that could've certainly rocked the chinless Chuck that's walking around now

Ludo wrote:

Look who's back on the bandwagon since the guy got a win.

Player please, I've been the biggest Tito supporter here for years and have had this opinion for two years!

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/7/8/2266369/antonio-rodrigo-big-nog-nogueira-on-dana-white-hes-not-a-god
Nogueira spoke to Brazil's R7 Esportes (translated by Tom Mendes):

"I think he was unfortunate with his comments. They're idols of the sport, (Dana's) not a God who decides on everyone's career.

I loved the fact that Tito Ortiz
won his last fight. You see that these people were not champions for
nothing. Ortiz, Wanderlei and Fedor were top fighters for a reason. But
Dana White can't decide that, he'll have to eat his words regarding Tito
(laughs)"

Everyone on the Tito band wagon now. Who was saying Tito was still a good fighter the whole time? Who? Anyone?

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Everyone on the Tito band wagon now. Who was saying Tito was still a good fighter the whole time? Who? Anyone?

im a big tito fan and super happy he won but even i know 8 out of 10 times bader would of won that fight. now put bader in there with the tito from several years ago then i would pick tito all day.