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Originally Posted by legend
Yes I watched the fight, and I now think Tito is done has being a top echlon fighter.
Tito's wrestling looks terrible, and I have no faith that Tito can beat Rashad again. I argee that he did "win" the fight, but those last 2 mintues were more dominat then the previous 13 for Tito. Rashad is gonna have so much confidence for the 2nd fight. He's gonna win.
Tito hasn't looked good in a fight since he has come back to the UFC.
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Right now, I wouldn't call Ortiz a top 5 light heavyweight (am I sucking his cock now people?).
His wrestling is fine. Because he doesn't use it all the time, it doesn't make it worse than it is. It's obviously better than Rashad's and it wasn't meant to be at all going into their fight. I'll bet anyone $100 that Tito beats Rashad in the second fight INSIDE the distance or by winning every round on every score card.
As for not looking good. I disagree. He hasn't looked great but that's another story.
Vs. Griffin - Total domination until his gassed which is put down to a torn ACL going into the fight. Nobody can argue that Ortiz is a cardio machine normally.
Vs. Shamrock II - looked dominate against a past his prime Shamrock.
Vs. Shamrock III - looked even more dominate and a decisive finish.
Vs. Liddell - Looked fine until his KO. Arguably an early stoppage. Personally, I thought 10 more seconds wouldn't have hurt here but you can't really complain. Definate improvement from his first fight with Chuck.
Vs. Evans - Not at his best but looked dominate again. Evans was lucky to escape with a draw due to a dodgy referee call (everyone grabs the fence and NOBODY ever gets punished) and the time running out in the second round when Evans was seconds from being out from the gullitine.
Ortiz still needs to beat Evans and beat a top 5 fighter though.