IF this is true, it will be the first time I root for that block headed got. He will, at the very least, have my respect for taking the fight. , I'd probably pick him to win as well.
For the picks! Here are mine.
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Rashad Evans vs. o Ortiz
Rich Franklin vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Vitor Belfort
Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara
Rory MacDonald vs. Mike Pyle
PRELIMINARY CARD ( e TV)
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
Chad Mendes vs. Rani Yahya
PRELIMINARY CARD
Brian Ebersole vs. Dennis Hallman
Ivan Menjivar vs. Nick Pace
Johny Hendricks vs. Mike Pierce
Mike Brown vs. Nam Phan
Rafael "Sapo" Natal vs. Costantinos Phillippou
pick him to win? I wouldn't go that far! Major respect for taking the fight, but no chance IMO
Mistake to take this fight on o's part because he has so little chance to win (Although i am still picking him)
But man what a warrior.. MMA Legend 4 life The Huntington Beach Bad Boy!!!
White: Machida reneged on UFC 133 committment; Ortiz's job no longer on line http://bit.ly/pqnV7j
Good explanation of what happened from the boss himself..kinda
White: Machida reneged on UFC 133 committment; Ortiz's job no longer on
line
According to UFC president Dana White, o Ortiz wasn't the only light heavyweight to have a recent change of heart.
White today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that Lyoto Machida initially agreed to replace Phil Davis and fight Rashad Evans at UFC 133 before balking and demanding "Anderson Silva money" to step in on short notice.
Instead, o Ortiz agreed to take the bout, and White said he earned himself a reprieve – and possibly a big rankings jump in the 205-pound division – by stepping after initially deciding against a quick return to action.
"Machida accepted the fight," White told MMAjunkie.com. "We knew for a couple days this was going down, and Machida accepted the fight. Then when we called back and said, 'OK, we're going to make this fight,' Machida's people came back and said, 'We'll tell you what. You pay us what you pay Anderson Silva, and we'll take the fight.' This was after they had already agreed to take the fight.
"I said, 'Are you [expletive] kidding me? I'll tell you what. You tell Machida he achieves what [expletive] Anderson Silva has achieved, then maybe he'll make Anderson Silva money. Have a nice day.'"
According to White, Machida's camp made it clear there was no fear or concern in the matchup. Instead, their strategy all came down to financial promises.
"They said, 'Machida will fly out there tomorrow if you pay him what you pay Anderson Silva,'" White said. "They said they do the deal, then I call back to make it and what's what they said."
White admitted he was frustrated at the surprising turn of events. With many top light heavyweights currently booked for high-profile fights, the UFC appeared to have few options for the UFC 133 main event, but Ortiz re-entered the picture shortly after declining the fight.
" o turned it down, and then o called back and said, 'Did you get the fight yet?'" White said. "I said, 'Nope.' He goes, 'Let me think about it. Let me talk to my team, and I'll call you back tomorrow.' This was Tuesday night."
And though Ortiz today told MMAjunkie.com he was comfortable remaining on the sidelines, he called White and said he was ready to compete.
"I think it's a big fight for o," White said. "I think he's got a lot of momentum after winning that last fight. Evans was in line for a shot. o is now fighting a guy he went to a draw with and who hasn't fought in a year-and-a-half."
And while White openly admitted prior to Ortiz's UFC 132 contest that a loss would mean his release from the UFC, the UFC boss said that will not be the case at UFC 133. In fact, not only is Ortiz's career not on the line – he may actually find himself in le-shot discussions should he upset Evans.
"[Expletive] right, he gets a break," White said. " o stepped up to the plate. It's [expletive] weird here. It's like I'm dealing with a new person. I like it. I like the new o.
"The storyline is what's so interesting. o went from 'You're about to be cut,' to now, if he beats Rashad Evans, he's back in the mix. He's back in the picture."
White said a timetable for Davis' return has yet to be established, but the injuries that forced him out of the bout were not serious in nature.
UFC 133 takes place Aug. 6 at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center. The evening's main card airs on pay-per-view.
For the latest on UFC 133, stay to tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
Oops beat me to it..
tbh it would be pretty awesome if o could find a way to win this, I just don't see how it could happen though...
He's just got huge balls for saying yes..
He really does have huge balls to say yes, I just don't think it was very smart decision on his part. But if he can find a way to pull the upset...
Edit: I just went on Sherdog and the first thing I saw was " o's gonna get finished"
Doubt he gets finished.. o only has been beat up 2 times in his career both by a Prime Chuck who was the worst match-up for him possible since he had great TDD and big time power striking.. Lost a 5 rd decision to Randy but he took no damage, he was just outwrestled.. He has losses on decisions to Forrest, Hammill, Machida all tough fights especially the Forrest rematch.. Shad likely takes the decision...
Yup, I think Rashad would win in a decision. I just thought it was funny because I knew Sherdog would be filled with threads about how o was gunna get his ass kicked lol. However, it seems they're a lot of folks over there who think o can pull it off.
o wins via TKO i hate Shad and hes very overrated the only thing he posses is hand speed and some power
Love it
War O baby
War O!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm actually watching their UFC 73 fight right now
o won the first 2 rds easy
I tweeted this to o just now..
You are a in warrior o. A true UFC legend. Nobody can ever question your heart ever dude.. Go get em on Aug 6th..
BTW Ace you did an awesome job on this thread with the updates.. You should be a MOD!!
o got pt taken away in 2nd round for holding onto fence while Rashad went for TD, o gets a guillotine in before the bell rings to end the 2nd round.
A couple things I'd give the adv to o:
1. Evans will have ring rust
2. o has submission skills (guillotine)
I don't think Evans will be as naive as Bader to keep his head in there to allow o to get a choke. Plus, Evans is a much superior wrestler than Bader (MMA wise)...
I don't think o's sub skills will really out weigh the wrestling/sub defense of Evans.
Cool poster for this card
UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz 2 Conference Call at 12:15 p.m. ET http://sbn.to/pwVzpK
I think that, with the exception of Rory MacDonald, none of the main card fighters are under 30 (well, Sakara may still be 29). I wonder if this is the "oldest" main card presented by the UFC so far.
Nah. Any card with Randy automatically comes out five years older
Only new info from the conference call so far: Phil Davis had MRI on his knee, he wasn't able to kickbox for 2 1/2 weeks, so he was pulled from the fight. #UFC
Dana White confirms their next plan was Vladdy Matyushenko if o Ortiz hadn't called back and taken the fight. #UFC
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Wow, I'm really glad o stepped up now; Vladdy wasn't even the option I would have gone with from that fight to move up (Alexander Gustafsson).
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Phil Davis still wanted to take the fight, but Dana says they just didn't want to do that to him. As soon as he's 100% he'll get a top guy.
Dana on Lyoto's negotiations - won't be held against him in the future - "People lose their minds sometimes"
Dana: Leben and Sonnen offered to take the fight. "Both those nuts texted me, I told them they weigh 185 pounds, thanks for texting"
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