Tito Ortiz Neck Surgery Video, Do You Think Tito Ortiz Will Fight Again?
by Kelvin Hunt on May 27, 2010 10:48 AM EDT
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Tito Ortiz talks about the neck surgery he needed that got him fired from the set of TUF 11.(The actual surgery is shown in the video). He says he can't fight hurt anymore and look for excuses. Basically, it's another fusion surgery similar to the one he got on his back last year. I'm not a doctor by any means, but I'm of the belief that you are never really back to 100% after going under the knife no matter what the surgery is. Especially the ones involving your spine/neck area. I know some pitchers have had success after having Tommy John surgery, but you get the just of what I'm saying. Ortiz claims to have 4-5 more years of competition in him, but I just don't see it. It wouldn't surprise if he doens't fight again, but I guess you can't count him out since he came back from the back surgery. However, he looked pretty bad during the Forrest Griffin fight at UFC 106 last year. I know he said he had some nagging injuries or whatever, but regardless, he was pretty much a punching bag in the last round of that fight. At 35 years of age, how much more can a guy endure?
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Slim chances but anything is possible
I mean knowing Tito anything can happen. After all we all thought we would never see him again after his falling out with Dana
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by Kelvin Hunt on May 27, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
He might be back
but he is done. I really can’t name one person in the LHW that Tito could beat, aside from maybe Stephan Bonner.
I think Chuck would win the 3rd match, but I never really cared to see that anyway.
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I hope this is a 100% successful surgery
And then after that he NEVER fighters, he NEVER cuts a promo, and is NEVER seen again. The guy just irritates the bejesus out of me with his douchebag attitude. Like last night when he’s going all “Yeah, it’s my c6 and c7. I’m in constant pain, numb legs. No big deal, I just work though it” all while wearing that ish-eating grin.
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lol...word
it’s like…he wants you to feel sorry for him….then for you to applaud him for apparently being a soldier and working through it at the same time…
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Oh yeah, totally
But I don’t know about anyone else, because when there’s some fool hopping up and down saying “I’ve got a broken skull!” to get pitty, it starts at just being stupid and evolves into hella irritating REAL quick.
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I'm with you there
not to mention I think his place in history is entirely overrated….but that might be because I don’t really like him…but I do think there’s some truth in it.
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Oh yeah for sure
I mean look at how many people say Sylvia was a product of a weak division, but Tito has largely gotten a pass.
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Word
at least Sylvia was fighting legit heavyweights….not blown up middleweights and Ken Shamrock.
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Thank you Tito for making LHW 205
God forbid it would have been an even number.
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I was waiting for the Neil Wagner commentary on last night’s TUF episode, and I wasn’t let down!
Personally, I can’t stand Tito either or his aggravating act, so I hope he never fights again, or even better, vanishes into obscurity.
by Blair Russell on May 27, 2010 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, it's not like I want him to die or be paralyzed
But man, if I never hear his voice or see his big-ass head again, I’ll be pretty happy.
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He shouldn’t have mentioned the surgery during TUF. He could’ve just waited and if he didn’t wanna fight Chuck, said he was going to be in a movie or something.
I think he’ll fight again.
by The Real T-Bone on May 27, 2010 1:38 PM EDT reply actions
He'll probably fight again
On Tommy John surgery:
A lot of pitchers come back better than when they had it before. I remember when John Smoltz came back from it a few years back, he had a livelier fastball. It’s throwing that curve that makes you have it and tears those ligaments up.
Smoltzy even said he wouldn’t be surprised if pitchers opted for Tommy John surgery when they didn’t need it, just to get it out of the way and come back stronger.
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yea..I know all about Tommy John...from my baseball years
which is why I mentioned in specifically…but surgeries on the neck and spine just don’t seem to ever allow one to get back to 100%
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by Kelvin Hunt on May 27, 2010 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
This guy hasn’t been 100% for a fight since he fought Vladdy at UFC 33.He’s been battling injuries going into fights since the first Ken Shamrock fight-bad knees,bad back,bad neck.There’s a reason why he hasn’t won a fight in four years,and hasn’t stopped anyone not named Ken Shamrock in 9 years.
He should just retire.He’s not going to just magically get better,and start winning relevant fights.He’s just going to keep getting hurt in training,and loose to all but the very worse in the division.The only reason he hasn’t been cut is due to the fact that he’s still a huge draw,for no other reason than people will always tune in to see Tito get beat up.
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shit
he ain’t even a huge draw….hasn’t been in quite some time either….
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by Kelvin Hunt on May 28, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
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