Tito Ortiz: Great Commentator, or Greatest Commentator?
(An enormous head, filled with 12 pounds of cookie dough. Photo courtesy of Sherdog.)
We just wanted to share these quotes from Tito's absolutely stunning broadcast debut at "Day of Reckoning," collected from these threads on the UG:
Sobral/Sokoudjou
"Here we are with Seraldo Babalu, you did an awesome job, saw why you're a black belt in jiu-jitsu, getting an awesome submission there, I want to tell me what you see, let's go ahead and see by the fight, what you saw, in the ring."
"You showed the dominance by getting the takedown and looking for a choke in that position. We know the weakness that you had, but you actually showed the heart and determination of a champion of how tough of a light heavyweight you really are, here in the Affliction card. What do you think of the future of you, um, future opponents?"
"Yes, and uh, my back will be better in about three months, so I know all the fans would love to see me and you get it on. You know what, you're an awesome fighter, congratulations tonight. Everybody lets give a hand to Renato Babalu, one of the greatest light heavyweights, of the night."
Belfort/Lindland
"Matt the Lindland Law...The Law Lindland."
"Well, Belfort, we saw you with an astonishing left hand, that's the left hand that I used to see you knock people out time and time again, we're gonna go ahead and go over it. Walk me through it, show me exactly what you seen with this."
"Well, like I said, you show your hand-speed time and time again Vitor, 185 pounds, lady and gentlemen, let's give Vitor Belfort a round of applause, an awesome 105 pounder, you just beat the number two guy in the world, buddy, you're on top of the world tonight!"
"Wow! That’s all I got to say. Vitor at 185 pounds. I don’t know. I see him beating the, uh, what was it, Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart because you have two great boxers, and, man, that was amazing. That was the old Vitor Belfort that we all want to see. Him at 131 years old. He’s back for vengeance."
Barnett/Yvel
"Well, here we go, we, here we go we got Josh Barnett, with a dominating fashion. Buddy, he said he wanted to stand up with you. You said you wanted to stand up with him. All the gameplans get thrown out and you shown the dominant heavyweight that you are. He wasn't getting away from you. Walk me through the fight."
"Well, alright, we're gonna go ahead show some some action from around one right here. I want you to walk me through and how do you feel as you went through this stuff?"
"Well you should have your head high tonight, you did an awesome job, entertained every one of these fans. You did a great job, I'm proud of you buddy. Keep it up, let's see the winner tonight, you'll be next in line."
"Well, you showed what type of champion you really are. Everybody lets give a hand to Josh Barnett, the baby-faced assassin, continuing his win career. Good job Josh! We'll go back to you Sean."
Fedor/Arlovski
"July 4th has come early."
"I'm gonna have my interpreter here for Fedor Emelianenko. Everybody had questions on what type of heavyweight you were. You've showed it once on Tim Sylvia in 38 seconds. You've done it again against Andrei Arlovski in 3 minutes and 34 seconds. Let me tell you how you feelin right now."
"Well there's always been question from other promotions saying that you weren't the best heavyweight in the world. Well, tonight, buddy, you've answered those questions. You tooken out two of the former UFC heavyweight champions and you are the best heavyweight... in my eyes and I believe every one of these guys' eyes around the world... of tonight..."
"Well, we got to see, actually, Josh Barnett in the last fight, win in a decision. It looks like you two are going to be heading off and another chance for you to defend your heavyweight title. What do you think as Josh as your next opponent?"
"Well the millions that are watching at home and the fifteen thousand and more in audience tonight, ladies and gentlemen, the pound for pound best heavyweight in the world today, Fedor Emelianenko, the last emperor, congratulations buddy."
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Kevin Says:
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10pound Says:
Biggest moron evar
10pound Says:
No wonder he's trying to make a ho into a housewife. I've heard War Machine state things more clearly................
Haggard Says:
I know Tito is a big PPV draw, so he probably was worth the paycheck, but he definitely lost his long going battle with the English language last night.
Joe Rogan leaves some big shoes to fill...
LoneWolf Says:
He is a walking tool shed
Anonymous Says:
God, what a dumb fuck.
Milklavar Says:
That was so funny!
But potato you missed all the time Tito called Fedor -Fieodor. And during the end of the event he actually called him Theodore Emelianko.
But funny stuff, you should post more if you have anymore.
Anderson Silva who? Says:
"I got to say that was impressivly was not the best we've seen you at tonight. It could of gone both ways but you decided to take it all down" - Commentator in the bedroom with Jenna
agentsmith Says:
He talk even gooder than George W. Bush.
Onan Says:
Wow! To see it in print just adds to the awesomeness. Tito can hang his head high as the bestest announcers of the world tonight. Good job buddy.
TH3SH3PH3RD Says:
Its the only thing i couldnt stand about the whole show. I almost had to hit the mute button. I hope we never have to see titos huge head ever again.
rokabee Says:
That dudes head is so fucking big.
Anderson Silva who? Says:
Sobral/Sokoudjou
" You win. Me get back Stronger. Me fight you in ring. Jenna watch. Me lose. She cry tears of dissapointment. Me sad. Me go home now."
Shatto1 Says:
"I'm gonna have my interpreter here for Fedor Emelianenko."
Who is Tito's interpreter?
Tyler Says:
Why even post this shit you mother fuckers are just encouraging fighter bashing from assholes.
Like Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan are great commentators. Put some of their more memorable quotes on here.
Goldberg has been doing this for years and still knows nothing about the sport.
Rogan has a clear bias when you of his buddies is fighting. As an example Rogan is constantly preaching that referees are wrong for standing fighters up when action stalls. He's said if a guy gets taking down it's his job to get back up. Then when Jeremy Horn his friend is getting dominated by Palhares he's saying that the referee should stand the guys up there's not a lot going on here. Real professional.
Tito was bad at the in ring interviews after the fights for sure and whoever thought that would go over well is crazy, but as a color commentator during the fights he was good. He knew fighters strengths and weaknesses and what their strategy was. Unlike the normal bullshit you hear from MMA commentators like Trigg, Rogan, Goldberg, etc....
BdawgKildYa Says:
I thinks he does a stellar job. I wish people more talk like that.
The Mad Montrealer Says:
Tito Ortiz is a cancerous polyp on the anus of humanity.
Anonymous Says:
im sure he was a lil nervous u guys need to layoff n stop fuckin hatin on the man, CP get sumthin else to write about and PLEASE quit suckin dana whites cock
Deathb4tapout Says:
Hell fucking Bill Goldberg was better then that shit and Goldberg sucks donkeyballs.
Onan Says:
@Tyler
I believe that Goldie and Rogan have had their commentating skills bashed plenty of times here.
So it's ok for you to bash Rogan and Goldberg here but no one else can comment on Tito's complete inability to come up with a coherent statement while conducting an interview?
mbuster Says:
Maybe Tito actually thinks in Japanese, and has to translate into English on the fly. That's the only possibly explanation for such butt-fucked phrasing.
Deathb4tapout Says:
"Anonymous Says:
Mon, 01/26/2009 - 13:40
im sure he was a lil nervous u guys need to layoff n stop fuckin hatin on the man, CP get sumthin else to write about and PLEASE quit suckin dana whites cock"
Tito?? Is that you lil Tito??
biohazardone Says:
I cringed when i saw his interviews with the fighter. Poor Tito....He has nothing left. Elite XC is gone, Affliction might be going soon, and the UFC wants to only use his popularity over seas. Rest assure however, that the UFC will offer him very little money just to insult him. Despite this, Tito will have to take it because he has nowhere else to go. Poor guy, I dislike him but I dont wish the worst for him. Poor poor meathead....what will he do.
TUF Guy Says:
Cheetos parents had to be related. The guy has a few missing chromosomes for sure. I am glad to see that God does have a sense of humor though. To give a human a head that big for haircuts only, that is hillarious God. Tito could travel back 50,000 years and fit in just fine. I can already picture him rubbing to sticks together to make a fire, and then lick the fire. Can you imagine the conversations that go on in his household. They must be mind boggling. Listening to him and Jenna would be like an acid trip, just with less jizz.
Contraband Says:
who won the pickem contest
and you need to have one for this saturday i have my picks all made GSP by murder rnd1 is my 1st pick
Anonymous Says:
Pronouncing "Fedor" to rhyme with "Theodore" isn't all that wrong; it's closer to the Russian than the normal English pronunciation.
WANG CHUNG FIGHTER Says:
LOL. Yeah, that was hard to follow. Some guys have the ability to intelligently analyze,interview and be a great guest commentator such as Randy, Kenny and KIMBO...
Contraband Says:
Tito is that you?
Ryan Says:
I am so glad this got put out for everyone to see. I couldn't believe what I was hearing while watching these fights. In one of the other interviews before the fight, Tito also referred to Machida as Matyshenko, when talking about his last fight in the UFC.
The guy just can't get it straight.
WANG CHUNG FIGHTER Says:
No one can do it like Rogan and that guy is stoned half the time he is on air.
Yoda Says:
Why think you good commentator Tito is not, hmmm?
SocraticMethod Says:
Me fail English? That's unpossible.
doctor satan Says:
nah man nobody is worse than bill goldberg
CanProduce Says:
Even here, through the computer screen, I can see my reflection in Tito's head...
rumple foreskin Says:
"Let me tell you how you are feeling right now" hahahahahaahahahahahahaha when i first heard that i fuckin pissed my pants
CanProduce Says:
That's not exactly the kind of head polishing I expected from Jenna?!?
Than Says:
Well here we go! Here we go, I'm here with Tito Ortiz after a pretty unimpressive job as color commentator for Affliction. Well you told us awhile back you were planning on actually fighting on this card not sitting around watching. Do you think your inflated ego and salary demands were a factor in not being able to fight on the card today?...
Wow really, well...with your last performance against Toyota Macheeto its not surprising at all. Well, everybody give it up for the TOOL lightweight champion, Tito Ortiz. Congratulations buddy... of tonight...
Munk Says:
"4th of July has come early"
when i heard that i was like....wtf? either he is as dumb as rock or too deep
im thinkin just too many hits...and im not talkin the punching kind :P
Jugger Says:
I'm tired of the out-of-cage Tito. Unless he laces up his gloves, I don't really care to see him anymore. Fighting is his gig. The sooner he figures that out, and stops with the special appearances, gimmicks, announcing, etc. the better off we'll all be.
walrus Says:
That's a nice suit though.
Don Says:
Doesn't affliction know that there are people out there that actually go to school for this shit? They invest so much time and money in schooling to later find out that a moron is getting paid for doing that shitty job
Michael W. Says:
Fight Machida...you get tooled.
Announcing like this...you are a tool.
Kaibo Says:
Isn't 'Fedor' the Russian equivalent to 'Theodore'? I mean, I'm not trying to help Tito out here, the guy is pretty slow, but they were hanging out all week. I'm sure he was enlightened to some fact and wanted to spread the news in his own special way on Saturday night.
Anonymous Says:
he also called fedor "theodore"
2012 Says:
CP is once again bashing every thing that is not UFC and riding Danas Whites f#$k stick!! As for Tito this is his first time being a comentator through the entire show so give him a break he was probably a little nervous. And yes Rogan is good but the guy is a professional actor/ stand up comedian so im sure that he is well versed in the act of "speking"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clue-by-Four Says:
"Brain and brain. What is brain?!"
homegrowncone Says:
Come on guys, don't be assholes. Tito isn't that bad, he just has a very orthonodox style.
schnetzler Says:
Affliction 3 Main Event...War Machine vs Tito...Blogger vs Commentator for the WAMMA Undisputed Idiot of the World
dogmaticdiscordian Says:
Syphilis sends you mad doesn't it?
bump Says:
Greatest!!!