Pro/Am Contests Blog

To many this was the most anticipated fight of the night.  The former champ taking on Dana White, oh wait I mean Lyoto Machida.  This saga reminds me of the WWE Vince Mcmahon versus Stone Cold lol!  Anyways it was a typical Machida fight where he was on the defensive and out pointed Tito for the Unanimous Decesion.  Sadly the most entertaining part of the fight was the ref Yves Lavigne slipping and falling on his ass.  Which got a huge reaction from the sold out arena.

Tito tried to press the action and attempted a few takedown attempts but Machida was far too elusive for the former champ.  Nearing the end of round one a Tito takedown was reversed and Machida was able to land some punches as time ended.

Round two was much of the same as a frustrated Tito was unable to catch Machida.  Machida was able to land some kicks and punches to win round two.

Round 3 was entertaining at the end where machida landed a nice knee to Tito’s stomach knocking him down.  Tito quickly recovered and pulled guard.  He surprised everyone by nearly finishing the fight with a beautiful triangle choke, but switched it to a armbar where Machida was able to escape as the fight ended.

As Machida was giving his post fight interview, Tito got on top of the cage and recieved a huge applause from the crowd.  He was able to take some time to thank the fans and the Ferrtitas (UFC Owners) for the support and such.  He also left it open for a return to the UFC to the surprise to the fans but again recieved a huge reaction.

I later found out that Tito was banned from the post fight press conference from either Dana White or somebody that works for him.  He was able to gain access from the plea of the press themselves and was the main attraction of the conference.  Here’s a link to the Post-Fight Press Conference:

http://videos.mmaweekly.com/view_player.php?id=2550

I could go all day with my opinions on the Tito/Dana feud, it might be resolved with a sitdown that Dana said would probably happen.  Tito said before the fight that Lorenzo Ferrita offered him a new contract though.  Tito wants more money not just for himself but for all fighters, just look at the fighter paydays:

B.J. Penn ($250,000) def. Sean Sherk ($35,000)
Wanderlei Silva ($150,000) def. Keith Jardine ($10,000)
Goran Reljic ($6,000) def. Wilson Gouveia ($18,000)
Lyoto Machida ($100,000) def. Tito Ortiz ($210,000)
Thiago Silva ($50,000) def. Antonio Mendes ($4,000)
Rousimar Palhares ($10,000) def. Ivan Salaverry ($20,000)
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou ($80,000) def. Kazuhiro Nakamura ($20,00O)
Rich Clementi ($40,000) def. Terry Etim ($10,000)
Yoshiyuki Yoshida ($12,000) def. Jon Koppenhaver ($8,000)
Dong Hyun Kim ($40,000) def. Jason Tan ($3000)
Shane Carwin ($12,000) def. Christian Wellisch ($10,000)

Jardine who was knocked out so bad that he was rushed to the hospital made 10 G’s.  There is a big problem with that.  This is the guy who just beat Liddell and he only makes that???  All these fighters put their lives on the line for as little as 3 grand, I could make that in a half hour of blackjack LOL.

Tito speaks his mind and he is right on this subject.  Just ask Tim Sylvia, Randy Couture and Andre Arlovski, three former champs gone from the UFC.  Who is the real star who puts peoples butts in the seats, the fighters or Dana White?  Time to start paying up or all the stars will be gone!  Enough about his what do ya’ll think.  Night Night  My next fight I will be attending will be the Affliction Banned card in Anaheim California should be a huge card featuring, Fedor, Sylvia, Josh Barnett and Andre Arlovski, 4 former heavy weight champs! Cya there!