Thread: If Tito fights once more in the UFC
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Old 12-11-2011, 12:42 PM   #4
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I feel like Tito, similar to B.J. and even Fedor, is a great fighter who would have benefitted greatly from being a part of a camp, rather than doing things on his own.

You look at Cesar Gracie's team with great boxers like Nick and Nate Diaz sparring with grapplers like Gilbert Melendez and Daniel Roberts and jiu jitsu beasts like Jake Shields; AKA with Cain, Fitch, Cormier, Koscheck, and Rockhold; Blackhouse with Silva, Machida, Dos Santos, Big Nog and Lil Nog; Hendo with Team Quest or Jackson's MMA and its affiliations with Tri-Star, Phil Nurse and Renzo Gracie. It's no wonder why those teams are so good; it's steel sharpening steel.

All the current UFC champions except for Dominick Cruz have some affiliation with either Blackhouse or Jackson's and Cesar Gracie has had the last two contenders at 170 plus Melendez in Strikeforce.

Those early MMA greats who aren't as dominant in this era like Tito, B.J. and Fedor don't have great teams around them and I think it's hurt them in the long run.
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