Tyler Durden

Tito Ortiz in an interview with MMA Weekly said of the Rashad fight:

"I was just disgusted with myself because I couldn't finish the fight. In the second round I was going for a takedown against the fence and I kind of pulled a little muscle in my back it felt like, and my legs weren't the same after that. I got fatigued a lot quicker than I normally do, and it's just one of those things. It just didn't seem like it was an on night for me. I just didn't feel on. You know? I got to see the fight once and I thought I won the fight. I was dominant. I was aggressive, but I guess fighting in California and being the bad boy, I'm going take as much as I possibly can, and I guess I've got to live up to the moniker of being the Huntington Beach Bad Boy."

He said his back was still bothering him but his eye had healed up fine, and that he was just waiting for his back to be at 100 percent before he started training for the rematch. Problem is he's had this back injury for years and will never truly be back to one hundred percent.

"It was right before the Randy fight when I got it, and I think I just re-aggravated it again when I fought Rashad. It just seems like it's a nagging injury that will never go away. And people say you've got to suck it up and fight anyways, but I really see it as I couldn't really hang out with my son the last few days the way I wanted to because I was having such back problems. That just reminds me that I am human, man. For me to train through this stuff, is it going to hurt me in the future? It seems like it doesn't go away. I was able to steer away from it almost all of last year and about in July it got 100% better. I fought three times after that. It felt good when I was fighting Liddell. I had no problems with it, and then probably about a month before this fight I had another bulging disc where I had to go down and get MRIs, ended up injecting kind of like anti inflammatory just for the swelling on my disc so I was able to wrestle again. I went from being bed ridden until three days later being able to wrestle again, being able to run again. It was just one of those things were either I fight or I pull out. I didn't want to let down a lot of fans, so I had to stick with the fight and take a big risk. It was just one of those things man, I was going to fight no matter what. For me, I love fighting. A lot of my fans love seeing me compete, and I want to give them what they want, so I don't want to let them down."

He said it was very frustrating to lose a point for grabbing the fence because he knew in his mind that he'd won the fight (and had it not been for the fence penalty he would have, plus there is the irony that the takedown that happened anyway resulted in him almost getting a guillotine and winning right there).

He claimed the point might have been taken away to guarantee a rematch. Um, the point got taken away because you didn't listen to the ref in the goddamn second round, and you lost the third round of your own accord. Despite the back injury, he had no real excuse for the cardio. He said the back probably had something to do with it, but he was largely just shocked, thinking, "Wow, what the hell? Am I getting older?" Well, he is getting older, but Couture is over ten years older and makes five rounds.

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Zar

I'm so sick of the sound of Tito making excuses, dude is falling behind and he needs to accept it or learn some new skills.

Dakstang

I never have liked Tito.

This interview is a very good example of why I don't.

He is not just a douche on t.v., he is a douche in real life.

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Dmac

Ross Pointon told me that he a pretty nice guy and he was on Shamrocks team.

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Dakstang

He is one cocky S.O.B. though.

I can't wait until he gets KTFO again.

Until then, I will just go watch the replay where Chuck Liddell knocked him out.

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There'll be no sorrow there, no more burdens to bear,
No more sickness, no more pain, no more parting over there;
And forever I will be with the One who died for me,
What a day, glorious day that will be.

Dmac

Just watch him beating Shamrock, although you hate Tito you gotta hate Ken more.

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Dakstang

I actually like Shamrock.

This was me watching the Ortiz/Shamrock fights.


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There'll be no sorrow there, no more burdens to bear,
No more sickness, no more pain, no more parting over there;
And forever I will be with the One who died for me,
What a day, glorious day that will be.

Dmac

Woah... so they do exist... it's not just a myth that there are people that like Ken Shamrock, I made a major discovery here!

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Zar

Tito seems like his best place is as a trainer. However "Team Punishment" is a joke because they only get together when Tito needs to train for a fight, other guys like Rampage use his facilities up in Big Bear, but the "team" is centered around one man.

Dmac

However one thing that proves that is untrue is Michael Bisping is training up there now with him and Tito doesn't een have a confirmed fight yet.

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