Tito Ortiz Seeking to Annoy as Many MMA Organizations as Possible
Despite announcing that he had signed a "ground-breaking record" deal with Affliction, Tito Ortiz is now said to be negotiating with other organizations, including Elite XC and the crazy Kentuckians of the AFL. It seems only fair. Why should Affliction get to hog all the Tito crazy? Their contract negotiations with him are said to be troubled, so that could be the impetus for him looking elsewhere. He's even said to be in talks with the UFC, which might be the source of this anonymous quote:
"I don't know if we're really negotiating, or simply helping Tito stroke his giant ego," one frustrated company representative said Sunday, Aug. 17.
Why does it have to be an either/or situation? Why can't it be both? This is Tito Ortiz we're talking about. Most of his actions are designed to boost his ego.
The idea that Tito could end up back in the UFC is, in a word, insane. Not only is he not enough of a draw at this point to justify the price tag or the headache, but Dana White seems to genuinely hate him too much to give him any more money or TV time. It would seem more likely that the UFC is trying to drive the price up on Affliction, but that's just one man talking sense.
If Ortiz does sign with the AFL -- the organization known for giving huge contracts to lesser-known female fighters and putting many of their economic eggs into the AFL-brand dress pants basket -- I think it's safe to say that they will officially be the zaniest and least viable MMA organization in existence. Now that I think about it, that does seem like the appropriate home for Tito.
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Dildo_Slice Says:
Mother fuck, is there anybody who likes tito out there. I've never liked tito and never will. and if you like him or think he's a good fighter, your a fag
Anonymous Says:
U cage potato writers are haters!!! How is the man not a draw when every card hes on sells out and who was this so called "company representative" nobody important enough to leave the name. If hes not a draw u wouldnt have this BS story.. he has only fought for one org so how does he "annoy" as many as possible? what did he do to anybody besides ask for more $$, this site is so pro dana and pro ufc its sickening..
Tito Fucks Brock up the BUM! Says:
Tito is a draw card and does sell PPV! people want to see him get knocked the fuck out!
jennajameson Says:
look, i know a thing or two about sucking and both tito and dana suck balls on this one. tito likes my trout lips so i'm inclined to cut him a little slack here.
dana is a bigger douchebag (though still not large enough to rinse me clean...) who in hell poses with a fighter (rumpage) after he goes berserk and possibly causes a miscarriage. that dana needs to check his head. just because you manage a bunch of fighters and like to pretend you're hard doesn't mean you need imitate severe head injuries.
Kim Couture is a cunt Says:
Maybe Dana was right.........(I cant believe I uttered those words.)
sister Says:
tito, bring me a tissue.
knocked_out Says:
i wonder if after tito fights jenna ices her labia and then drapes them over tito's eyes to ease the swelling. just a thought. go bears!!!
sol Says:
I wonder if Anonymous is the same chick in that UFC fight club vid who got smoked by Dana, Im not Dana's biggest fan, but Tito is in dreamland if he thinks he is worth boatloads.
A PPV draw? Oh really? How well did the last card do? On a card full of LHW showcases he looked the worst even compared to the guys who lost their fights.
shitwhistle Says:
Even though he's an extreme attention whore, Tito has done more for this sport than Goldstein has done for gay film. And that's like.... alot.
I love all you haters... "Fuck Dana, fuck Tito, fuck Fedor...." There's not much that you don't bitch about, bitches. I'm not crazy about these guys either, but holy fuck...
Don't fuckin' watch, then.
Anyhow, when's Fowlkes drinkin' Ipecac again?
mmapr0 Says:
anonymous i think what he means by annoying as many promotions as possible is that he is a pain in the ass to negotiate a contract with. and he happens to be negotiating with h several different promotions, glad i could clear that up for you.
fightfan Says:
I hope that Dana gets Tito for a 3 year deal, basically no chance of him being great after he is 36 or 37. Well he will always be great at mouth running.
Then he feeds Tito to the 205's best strikers and watch him get his ass kicked over and over...then after he gets beat on too badly, we can watch him cry and refuse to fight certain fighters like he did when he had the belt avoiding Liddell and fighting the chumps. GOOD FUN!!!
Cant wait for Tito to just go away otherwise
fightfan Says:
I just actually read all the posts for this write up.....I knew that Tito's nuts were loved greatly by some, but, wow I never knew they could write and complain and bitch about,well commenting on a post, without chomping down on Tito's nuts
Anonymous Says:
mmapr0 No u did'nt clear up shit... that was an " anonymous quote " from a rep at who knows where... did'nt see where many promotions agree to that BS until i see sum offical names that rep these promos then yea.. so far dana is the only bitch that said sum shit.. he bashes any fighter that wants more $$, see what he did to randy and so many others.
shinerbock Says:
fightfan - u actually read?
nobody here said they like tito, just that you're a bunch of crybabies. waaa.... this fighter sux. waaaa..... this card sux..... I'm not buying this ppv...... waaaa
waaaaaa.....
waaaa....
waa..
I think I'm done.
NealTaflinger Says:
What is YAMMA offering?
NECROPHYTE Says:
Ha Tito go suck off Dana White
mmapr0 Says:
anonymous , actually tom atencio already expressed having a difficult time with ortiz and the contract
http://www.cagepotato.com/2008/08/13/afflictions-contract-talks-with-tit...
Tito's Hair Says:
I used to like Tito (sort of) but he makes it impossible to support him now. I blame that porny woman of his! I don't care if I ever see him fight again. Too many other talented fighters out there.
tallsforeverybody Says:
JennaJamisonsays...wow that was some funny shit!
But Tito has been recently exposed as crazy. He's a threat to win any fight that he can get to the ground in the first 2 minutes. (See numerous tomato cans). But a he's not a well rounded octagon guy at all, even with his supposed ground skills.
Chuck said it best...Tito doesn't like to get hit.
A guy like that can deliver a great performance...or a total snooze fest, which he often does. Machida b!tch slapped him for 3 rounds, and dude was still trying to pretend he was a threat to win the fight.
Tito! You lost to Griffin, and everyone else you've fought since the promotion blew up in the last few years...that makes you the gatekeeper of the LHW. Accept it, get better, or shut up!
Lucky Iri@h Says:
i really dont even care about any of these silly fighters, im just a closet homosexual who just loves to watch these half naked boys on the telly. boy is my cornhole lonely.
sol Says:
its not about hating on Tito hating on Dana, I have stayed up late (UFC PPV's start at 3am in the UK) for every PPV since January(that was early because it was here). Even the mediocre cards i bought, something about a live ufc event I like.
So I dont fit under the category of the whiners who hate everything. Tito is an egotistical over-infalted buffoon. "Your promotion will sell 500,000 buys with me", who the hell is he kidding? Im not denying that a properly promoted Tito fight will sell, but shit me if you think he can sell that many PPV's against someone at his level you are kidding yourself.
2 losses and 1 draw in his last 3 fights, people have been fired for less
Adam Martin Says:
Really enjoy the website guys, but you are seriously becoming the "Fox News" of Tito Ortiz bashing. It's as if Chuck Liddell is your hero and everything related to Ortiz news-wise has to be bashed no matter what. I know this is MMA, but a little objectivity would be nice here and there.