Huntington Beach Bad Boy is Back!
When the UFC started it's first tournament in 1993; The UFC 1 winner, Royce Gracie, fought 3 fights in one night. The UFC abandoned the one-night tournament bouts in 2000 for good.
With all the speciality training for fights these days, the closest we'll get to ever seeing this again is for upcoming UFC 132 and UFC 133. At UFC 132, 2 weeks ago, Tito Ortiz defeated top contender, Ryan Bader in less than 2 minutes. Only 5 weeks after that fight, he'll take on another Top Contender in Rashad Evans.
It's a different UFC than it was when Otriz got his start at UFC 13 in 1997, but 'The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" is still showing that he has what it takes to be the best. Less than 20 days ago, we thought Ortiz was about to retire, and now people are talking like he could get a title shot if he defeats Evans. While I wouldn't go that far, I think with upset win against 'Sugar' Rashad Evans, it does set him up with a "Number One Contender" match.
If Ortiz should win, and I'm not saying that he will, I think putting him against someone with the likes of Lyoto Machida or Shogun Rua would make for a good Number 1 contender match.
In todays UFC, 3 loses in a row likely gets you booted from the organization, but 3 wins in a row against the right opponents gets you a title shot. If Tito can get 3 wins against someone like Bader, Evans and Rua... He deserves it.
With all the speciality training for fights these days, the closest we'll get to ever seeing this again is for upcoming UFC 132 and UFC 133. At UFC 132, 2 weeks ago, Tito Ortiz defeated top contender, Ryan Bader in less than 2 minutes. Only 5 weeks after that fight, he'll take on another Top Contender in Rashad Evans.
It's a different UFC than it was when Otriz got his start at UFC 13 in 1997, but 'The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" is still showing that he has what it takes to be the best. Less than 20 days ago, we thought Ortiz was about to retire, and now people are talking like he could get a title shot if he defeats Evans. While I wouldn't go that far, I think with upset win against 'Sugar' Rashad Evans, it does set him up with a "Number One Contender" match.
If Ortiz should win, and I'm not saying that he will, I think putting him against someone with the likes of Lyoto Machida or Shogun Rua would make for a good Number 1 contender match.
In todays UFC, 3 loses in a row likely gets you booted from the organization, but 3 wins in a row against the right opponents gets you a title shot. If Tito can get 3 wins against someone like Bader, Evans and Rua... He deserves it.
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he'll take on another Top Contender in Rashad Evans. Only 5 weeks after that fight,
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Lyoto Machida or Shogun Rua would make for a good Number 1 contender match.
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Now that the Huntington Beach Bad Boy is Back, the UFC will be more interesting to watch.
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