Tito Ortiz: "Let's See If He[Mark Coleman] Wants To Stand With Me"

by Kelvin Hunt on Sep 22, 2009 7:00 PM EDT in News

Tito Ortiz talks about his upcoming match up against UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman:

"I’m gonna crush him. I’m gonna push the tempo like he’s never had the tempo pushed against him. I watched him fight Fedor Emelianenko. I watched how afraid he was to stand with him. Let’s see if he wants to stand with me. I’m not afraid of him. To me he’s more of a mummy and less of a ‘Hammer.’ He started about a year-and-a-half before I started my career, and I see him as a ground and pound specialist. My own forte is to kind of take guys down and ground and pound them. Give the fans what they want to see. That’s what I do."

Tito Ortiz is doing what he does best, in hyping up his UFC re-debut at UFC 106. Footage of Tito training can be found after the jump.

HT: Las Vegas Sun

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He has very little to gain from this fight

And a whole lot to lose

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Sep 22, 2009 7:03 PM EDT reply actions

well, its a get-the-ball-rolling kinda fight. He couldn’t have handpicked an easier return fight tbh.

by cauliflower_ears on Sep 22, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree

Shit, if he can’t beat Coleman…he don’t need to fight anymore…

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by Kelvin Hunt on Sep 22, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Dear Tito,

Last time I checked, there wasn’t a fighter around that was afraid to stand with you.

I don’t believe that Coleman will stand with Tito, but not because he’s afraid, it’ll be because he won’t have any problems taking Tito down. Tito hasn’t fought in forever, whereas Coleman has been fighting recently, and the last few times Tito did fight, he looked as if his abilities had dropped off considerably. Just my opinion, but I like Coleman in this one, as old as he is. I thought he would beat Bonnar too. I believe at this point in their careers with Tito and Coleman having such similar styles, even with the age gap, Coleman is probably the better fighter. We’ll soon find out!

by Cliff Speed on Sep 22, 2009 11:10 PM EDT reply actions

This is true

However, even if the surgery didn’t work for Tito and he’s not 100%, he’s still a much better wrestler than Stephan Bonnar(who’s takedown defense is suspect than a mofo)….plus Ortiz will not gas like Bonnar did…so I see him putting Coleman away halfway/late in the fight.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Sep 22, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions