Tito Ortiz talks fighting Rampage Jackson: Only for a world title
Posted on January 16, 2012, 05:11 PM by Trent ReinsmithIf, for some reason, you are holding out hope that Tito Ortiz will fight Quinton “Rampage” Jackson prior to his retirement, well, odds are that the fight is not going to take place.
Ortiz and Jackson are friends and Ortiz recently had the following to say to FightHubTV about the possibility of fighting the man he first met in the late nighties when Jackson was working at a bar that he frequented, “Of course, if there was the opportunity for us to fight for a world title and we’ve talked about it and if it was for a world title we would because we don’t want to take money out of our families mouths. But now, he had a loss against Jon Jones, one of the best light heavyweights in the world right now and I lost to Rashad.”
As far as seeing a champion in Jackson when the two trained together early in their careers, “100 percent, I knew Rampage would become a world champ. He just needed to put in the hard work.” – for more see FightHubTV.com
Further Reading: UFC 140: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira TKO's Tito Ortiz in Round 1
Comments
oh my god there's no way tito could win or would win this fight....
OMG WTF BBQ
I like a lot Tito Ortiz. He is a nice guy ,he always talk from his heart. unlike fake jan jones.
Nice to see Titio being so humble. Friendship should be high on everyones charts.
I agree. In a situation like Tito's, fighting a friend wouldn't really benefit him, so he has a valid arguement for his case. However,I do feel the "friends" card is played much too often these days. These guys are professionals. If told to do so by their boss, they should be able to fight a friend and not hold a grudge afterward, like a true professional.
Tito should probably retire anyway. We don't want another Chuck, a legend looking to go out on a win and just racking up losses.
Hilarious....especially when it says Tito talked about "the possibility of fighting the man he first met in the late NIGHTIES" haha.....was that in San Francisco?
so he really means that the fight will never happen
i dont know why any1 would weak this article. He was humble and honest. He knows and admits he is on his way out, just wanting one more fight, and simply says he would only fight his friend for something as big as a world title, he never said he thinks he will be fighting for a world title.
Probably the first time I have sharped a comment of your.
Neither one of them will ever fight for a world title again, what an A** Clown!!