UFC star Tito Ortiz, flanked by his girlfriend, porn star Jenna Jameson, gave a brief interview in which he bashed UFC President Dana White and shared his thoughts about Kimbo Slice:
"I'm not retiring. I'll be fighting for at least another three years," Ortiz said, before adding, "I'm done with the UFC, I'm done being taken advantage of. I'm done with being disrespected. I've been in the sport for 11 years. I gave them a third of my life and they give me no respect....
"It just shows that the president, Dana White, is full of himself. His biggest victim is himself. I think he's going to be a person who's going to ruin the company."
Ortiz said inaccurately that EliteXC has signed with NBC (it actually signed with CBS), but he sounds like he'd like to join EliteXC, as he spoke highly of Slice, EliteXC's biggest star. Ortiz and Jameson inform us that their dog's nickname is Kimbo Slice because, Jameson said, "he looks like him."
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Tito Ortiz: 'I'm Done With the UFC'
Posted Mar 6th 2008 10:40PM by Michael David Smith
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1. Good Titos washed up anyways, the UFC does'nt need one trick pony's anymore.He will fit in well with Kinbo, and the other fighters in that org.
Posted at 11:22PM on Mar 6th 2008 by Jiz23
2. i really love the ufc but i do think dana will take it down and give rise to new companys ......us fans want the best fights we can see and in the ufc were not really seeing them now i have rented about 50 of the ppv i dont think i will be anymore i get showtime and the fights are free adn just as good ...kimbo is a good fighter who id love to see fight a real fighter not tank abbot .....put him in with a frank mir or ice man or rampage and lets see what he really has .......my point of view
Posted at 11:28PM on Mar 6th 2008 by roy
3. GOOD...TITO ORTIZ is a panzee
Posted at 12:13AM on Mar 7th 2008 by lanstan06
4. Tito was a great fighter at some point but he his past his prime.
I do agree with Tito a little bit. Look at what the fighters get paid. I think UFC should start rethinking that aspect. Especially with a billionaire like Mark Cuban willing to throw money around
Posted at 8:21AM on Mar 7th 2008 by Frederick
5. I think Tito Ortiz might be a bit happier if he were able to have a belt around his waste, but he is past his prime and that combined with the competition out there has got to be somewhat demoralizing. It's not even about age though. Randy Coutoure has proved that. Maybe he's just not mentally as in it as he used to be. As far as the other stuff, Tito may have a point I guess about things going in the wrong direction. I mean when you have Randy Coutoure bailing on the UFC and Fedor not wanting to sign with them then some rethinking of how things are done seems to make sense. Dana for a while was highly admired, bringing the UFC up in popularity to the point of rivaling boxing, but it seems things are not going in that direction anymore. To not have Fedor who said he would have signed if it were not so restricted is not good for the UFC.
Posted at 11:30PM on Mar 7th 2008 by PB&J
6. Tito forgot to mention that he ran out on a fight with Dana. Plain and simple. The guy has nothing left but the ability to run his mouth. He want's to leave because he can't hang with any of the top LHW's they currently have. He can't beat Chuck, whom I never cared for, who can't beat Rampage. Then there's Evans, Jardine and Houston Alexander who would run Tito down. Good for him to move to EliteXC.
Posted at 3:50PM on Mar 9th 2008 by WitchDrgn
7. I used to be the biggest Tito fan ever..however now he is just not the same. Whether it has to do with him banging an old whore like Jenna who knows. It seems all he does is whine and whine about Dana and the UFC, now I am not saying that either Dana or the UFC are perfect but if you hate them enough then friggin quit! And enough trash talking your opponents and not backing it up...like with Rashad (whom he was lucking to have a draw with) and he narrowly eeked out a win over Forrest. And of course before that there was Ken but then again Ken like Tito is wayyyyy past his prime.
Posted at 11:52PM on Mar 10th 2008 by jan
8. Tito ortiz is one of the best fighters ever to hit the octogon.I mean he forced one of the great(ken shamrock) in to retirement.end of story Tito is a great fighter and the Ufc WILL miss him because now that he is gone y bother any more he is y I started watching the ufc . Tito RULES
Posted at 7:04PM on Mar 13th 2008 by paul
9. Tito Ortiz has been a great fighter as well as great representative of the UFC. He may be overly cocky and vain on the cameras but hey thats what puts the fans in the stands and what gives him the attitude persona that most people love. This is not the first time a fighter has gone Dana White bashing seems like Dana tries to run the UFC like the WWE so in this case I would have to flip a coin to make any judgment on this story. But Tito Oritz for what its worth I would love to see him fight Kimbo Slice!!!
Posted at 1:27PM on Apr 17th 2008 by Key