Quick Quote: Tito Ortiz – "I'm the peoples champ"
“A lot of people didn’t believe in me. A lot of people couldn’t believe that I was still here. I had neck surgery, lower back surgery and a lot of athletes don’t compete after that. I showed that I’m able to compete against the best guys in the world, and I think that will help show people that if they believe in themselves, if they believe in their dream, they can accomplish anything. That’s why I changed my name to The People’s Champ. I want everyone to know that I’m here for the fans. I want them to know that they can bounce back from anything.”
- Quote via ESPN.com
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which people are these??? not my champ of **** all
LMFAO!
tito is a ledgend!!!
Tito’s garbage. I seriously don’t understand how beating Ryan Bader makes you a contender in a weight class you can barely survive in. The fact he’s still employed is pretty amazing, I guess that’s an accomplishment?
Coming back from injury doesn’t mean anything if you can’t perform… Tito’s getting retired at UFC 140.
Well it was rumored that the winner of bader – jones was going to get a title shot because they were both on a steam roll. Bader lost and then went on to fight tito, which they obviously matched up to get rid of tito. Tito finished bader incredibly fast. then tito loses to rashad, the guy is fighting the winner of Lyoto-jones. I think it shows that tito is still in the mix. Will he be champ? prolly not unless he improves his speed. He is like rich franklin in a sense that he is around but never will be champ.
And the UFC fan boys of 2011 talk with their tap put shirts.
Don’t forget tito did quite well in pride and also won all rights against frank shamrock. Give the guy respect as a fighter. Sure his victory dance after r.bader wasnt exactly elegant, but the guy is a veteran and deserves the same respect as the rest of the pride champs.
Huh? Tito fought in Pride? When was this?
No shit hes only fought 1 fight out of the ufc i thought
what are you smoking?! He got his ass handed to him by Frank Shamrock!!!
I think Mr. Lee is new to MMA, and must’ve skipped a few pages in the MMA for dummies book
lmao indeed.
Tito in pride? That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard all day.
haha….when did you start following MAA….UFC 132…..You mean Ken Shamrock, Frank banged the snot out of him…..and its Tapout….oh and Tito has never fought in Pride either
what are you on about dumb ass, tap put ..its tap out, tito also lost against frank shamrock, never fought in pride, he was a champ in the ufc why are you saying other pride champs as a comparison, tito also dodged lidel when he was champion,and took ages to fight chuck, picken and choosen his opponents and talks alot of complete garbage about fighters, for example saying bj penn would lose to florian and he doesent act like a champion..tito dont know shit and wasent half the champ penn was..but tito does deserve respect as a fighter and for fighting after surgeries, the main reason for that though is to fatten his wallet, nothing wrong with that, and peoples champ is aa name given to you not a self titled name ya just give yourself,you seem like a fan from 2000 yesterday
Nice. Tito’s garbage. I’ve always said it. He says “I was the longest raining Champ” – when was that again? Oh yeah, it was when no one was really knowledgable of MMA in its entirety.
Think about it, before Bader, the guy hadn’t won a fight since 2006 and that was against an old, demolished Ken Shamrock. No honor there. Plus, who fights a guy for the third time when you’ve already beat him twice?
it was also ken shamrock he beat, who was 40 plus, over the hill, and not even top ten..bader was the only risen top contender tio ever beat impressively, his record sucks , his only notable wins are silva in 2000…a decision humpfest, vitor a split decision and griffin who in my opinion tito only won round 1…liddell,couture,evans, forrest,machida,matt hamill even jesus he never beat someone in the top ten, and he said bj made excuses after fights tito tought he beat griffin the second time ha ha what a joke
he aint my champ lol
tito is tito, hes a legend. What have you done on this planet to down talk tito’s accomplishments. Everyone in the UFC from anderson Silva to joey beltran should get love cause they are were alot of us will never be, doing what alot of people will never do… My hat goes off to any UFC fighter.
Respect is good, but looking up to someone just because he’s a fighter is childish. And exclusivity is a terrible reason for respect.
hahahaha More like the “Peaples’ Chump.”
Douche Baggggg……..
thats fare enough but a fighter labelling himself something he is not and talking all that shit come on..any way our rights are as fans , peope that buy payperviews and tickets that pay tito and give him his job…thats why we can voice our opinions and we have a right to these,also thats like saying what right do we have to give props to a fighter..tito is only a legend in his own mind theres fighters that have accomplished more han him and dont have that status
There’s only one “People’s Champ” and that’s The Rock. However, The WWE might be a good place for Tito to win some fights.
ha ha ,tito should know his role …….and shut his mouth, tito is a jabroni
sorry buddy but chael is the peoples champ
for the agro-retard crowd yeah.
bj is you dumbass
You have to respect a guy for having serious back/neck surgery and returning to a high-level sport like the UFC. You have to have a spinal injury to understand. It’s incredible.