Tuf cast for team ortiz vs team liddell
RICH ATTONITO Fighting out of: Deerfield Beach, FL / American Top Team
RICH ATTONITO Fighting out of: Deerfield Beach, FL / American Top Team
How I Met Tito Ortiz
June 3, 2007 I remember it like it was yesterday. I was a gunner during a convoy mission escorting 45 big rigs filled with diesel fuel to Camp Cedar.
News has emerged that former UFC light heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz is set to take on Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (lil’ Nog) and is targeted for UFC 128, the event will take place around March time in 2011, and earlier this week it was rumoured that UFC 128 is likely to take place in Abu Dhabi.
Here’s the full list for the fighters pay days…
Brock Lesnar ($400,000) vs. Cain Velasquez ($100,000 + $100,00 win bonus)Jake Shields ($75,000 + $75,000) vs. Martin Kampmann $27,000Diego Sanchez ($50,000 + $50,000 win bonus) vs. Paulo Thiago ($18,000)Matt Hamill ($29,000 + $29,000 win bonus) vs. Tito Ortiz ($250,000)Gabriel Gonzaga ($67,000) vs. Brendan Schaub ($10,000 + $10,000 win bonus)Court McGee ($15,000 + $15,000 win bonus) vs. Ryan Jensen ($10,000)Patrick Cote ($21,000) vs. Tom Lawlor ($10,000 +
Tito Ortiz who was forced to pull out of his UFC 115 bout with Chuck Liddell talks about his possible November return to the UFC and his injury that kept him from fighting ‘The Iceman’.
After another long layoff Tito Ortiz will return to the Octagon at UFC 121 to face Matt Hammil.
The two men are no strangers to each other as Hamill was on Team Ortiz during TUF season 3. Tito seemed to really like Matt on the show and was a favorite but his stay was cut short after an injury took him out of the competition. Even though he didnt get to really show his true ability on the show his willingness to fight kept him in the UFC. He had a rocky start losing to both Michael Bisping and Rich Franklin
Jake Shields who was the assistant coach on the latest season of Ultimate Fighter, says that Liddell is more motivated then ever to make his big comeback.
“I haven’t seen him this motivated since years ago when I first met him,” Shields said. “He’s like a whole new Chuck. I think a lot of people are counting him out, being like, ‘oh, Chuck needs to retire,’ but the way Chuck’s looking right now, I wouldn’t want to fight him.”
When asked what is the main motivation reason for Chuck’s comback, Shields had