Tito Ortiz appears focused in final UFC open workout

This video showcases the once dominant UFC Light Heavyweight champ Tito Ortiz in his final pre-fight open workout. Set to face felow former champion Forrest Griffin in a trilogy-ending grudge match at UFC 148, Ortiz shows some very crisp striking in the workout. He appears focused and ready for the fight, looking to of course go out on a high note. The Huntington Beach Bad Boy has nothing left to prove, and he is already in the UFC Hall of Fame, but it is guaranteed that he wants nothing more than to

UFC 133 Recap: Rashad Evans’ sweet return

The main event at UFC 133 was four years in the making. The last time we saw Tito Ortiz and Rashad Evans face each other in the Octagon was back in UFC 73 which we all know ended in a draw due to Tito losing a point for grabbing the cage fence. Much has changed since 2007 and now in 2011, two completely different competitors step into the cage. One man looking for another shot at the light heavyweight title, the other a legend trying to stay relevant in today’s MMA landscape.
Rashad in the beginning

Five Middleweights who could beat Anderson Silva

Chael Sonnen’s comments in his recent interview with Ariel Helwani on MMAFighting.com got me thinking. The always animated and controversial UFC Middleweight made comments regarding pound for pound rankings. Now I know rankings are purely subjective, based on fans and writers personal opinions, backed up of course by statistics. But for these “fantasy” rankings, there is one thing that almost all writers, fans, and so called experts can agree with. Anderson Silva is on

UFC 129 Recap: Couture’s retirement, Hominick’s heart, Machida’s kick and GSP’s eye

There hasn’t been an MMA event in recent memory that has been anticipated as UFC 129. In a throw back to the glory days of PRIDE in Japan, it was the return of Mixed Martial Arts in a big stadium. It was also only the 3rd MMA event in the province of Ontario, with a record of 55,000 in attendance, the biggest in North American history.
To make this historic event even sweeter, the UFC booked an extremely stacked card filled with old time favorites and pound for pound greats. But what the people were really