Nasty knee to the chest of Tito Ortiz crumbled him. I hoped he would win, but that knee would’ve ended anyone’s night and for Tito Ortiz, it came as a 2nd round TKO. Rashad Evans is still the #1 contender for Jon Jones championship title.

I was watching the UFC fights with my girlfriend Saturday night, and when Tito Ortiz beat Ryan Bader, for the first time in several UFC’s, I jumped out of my chair and said something along the lines of “F— YEAH!” a couple of times while pumping my fist.

I have nothing against Ryan Bader, but I was definitely glad to see Tito Ortiz get a win.

Matt Mitrione may be a little conflicted about the type of opponent he’d like to fight next. But he’s not at all conflicted about wanting one particular dream grudge match, even if it’s not a highly realistic probability.

Mitrione, who improved to 5-0 in his 18-month MMA career with a knockout of Christian Morecraft on Sunday at UFC on Versus 4, told host Ariel Helwani on Tuesday’s edition of “The MMA Hour” that he would love a chance to fight Tito Ortiz, with whom he has a newly born beef.

READ MORE via Matt Mitrione Not Satisfied With Win, but Would Love Shot at Tito Ortiz.

Wow, I hope everything turns out OK in this situation. Here is the story from TMZ.com

UPDATE: Tito has been arrested for domestic violence against Jenna Jameson, according to TMZ.com.

George Sotiropoulos defeats Jason Dent, Submission 2nd 4:36
Fabricio Camoes v. Caol Uno was declared a draw
Brian Foster defeats Brock Larson TKO/RSC 2nd 3:25
Paulo Thiago defeats Jacob Volkmann Decision 3rd
Kendall Grove defeats Jake Rosholt Submission 1st 3:59
Ben Saunders defeats Marcus Davis TKO/RSC 1st 3:24
Antonio Nogueira defeats Luiz Cane, Jr. TKO/RSC 1st 1:56
Amir Sadollah defeats Phil Baroni Decision 3rd
Josh Koscheck defeats Anthony Johnson Submission 2nd 4:43
Forrest Griffin defeats Tito Ortiz by Split Decision 3rd

Thoughts:
Brian Foster seems very legit.
Nice Triangle from Kendall Grove.
Ben Saunders, geez, those brutal knees are brutal.
Baroni is still one of the awesomest. Great heart.
Great victory for Koscheck.
Little Nog is definitely in the 205lb title hunt.

I am picking…
Jason Dent over George Sotiropoulos
Caol Uno over Fabricio Camoes
Brock Larson over Brian Foster
Kendall Grove over Jake Rosholt
Ben Saunders over Marcus Davis
Amir Sadollah over Phil Baroni (this was a tough one for me, I really like Baroni, one of the greatest evah.)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira over Luiz Cane
Jacob Volkmann over Paulo Thiago in an unexpect upset.
Anthony Johnson over Josh Koscheck – should be great, and it’s a tough one for me to pick, I tend to think Koscheck is getting KO’d here, but I would actually like to see him win.

and… Tito Ortiz is going to ground and pound Forrest Griffin on his way to another UFC title.

TITO. He’ll be fighting Mark Coleman sometime in the near future.

Kendall Grove almost broke Ricardo Almeidas arm.. who woulda thought. Ricardo Almeida still won a decision.

Referee Dan Miragliotta still sucks.

LOL @ Forrest Griffin running out of the cage… and why does it seem like Anderson Silva’s punches hurt everyone so much worse than other people? I remember a straight right hand that sent James Irvin to the mat holding his face and curled in the fetal position. This one on Forrest was a backpeddling right jab that sent him down…WTF?

I felt embarrassed for Forrest.

BJ Penn vs Kenny Florian was a good fight, as I expected. Penn choked Florian into a tapout with a rear-naked choke. Penn is still dominant at 155lbs, because I believe Florian was the legit #1 contender.

Dana White wants to have a UFC event at Fenway Park in Boston sometime in the future.

Great show, and going into the night, I was conflicted about who I wanted to win for some fights. I’m a Lyoto Machida fan, and while I’ve never really been a Tito Ortiz fan, part of me was hoping to see him win just for the controversy it could’ve caused with Dana White. However, I also didn’t really want to see Machida lose, but anyway. That fight went about how I expected it would. I got excited when it looked like Tito was going to get that triangle choke in the 3rd round, but Machida escaped perfectly. I’ve also heard people comparing Lyoto Machida’s performance to Kalib Starnes. WTF? In no way was that a Starnes. Machida is ninja, whether he’s exciting or not. (No, it wasn’t an exciting fight overall). Maybe Tito can go to EliteXC now and fight Frank Shamrock, that would be nice.

Wanderlei Silva destroyed Keith Jardine. Damn. The Axe Murderer is back. Who’s next? Will we see a Silva/Liddell rematch? Will Silva ever fight Rampage again? or will Wanderlei drop to 185lbs as a lot of people suspect he will do? That is the match-up that should happen. Wanderlei vs. Anderson Silva. I’d pay double to see that fight.

BJ Penn was able to get the daily requirement of blood in his diet from Sean Sherk. BJ kicked Sherk’s ass throughout the whole fight, and afterwards ran over to wipe blood from Sherks face, then licked his hand. The winner of Kenny Florian vs. Roger Huerta needs to fight Sean Sherk next.

Vincent Pastore (aka “Big Pussy” on The Sopranos) > Lennox Lewis > Tito Ortiz > Omarosa

Tonight at 9pm EST a new season of Donald Trump’s television series debuts tonight with a twist, “The Celebrity Apprentice” will feature UFC fighter Tito Ortiz along with other celebrity contestants who are competing for charity. The show is planning to award more than $1 million various nonprofit charities this season. Tito Ortiz is competing for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Tito has his own successful business with his Punishment Athletics clothing line. Tonight I think he’ll be selling hot dogs on the streets of New York. Boxer Lennox Lewis is also a contestant on the show.

Wow, I watched the “Countdown” show on SpikeTV Monday night, and I heard Dana White bragging about how “stacked” this event is, I think his exact words were: “this is as good as it’ll ever get”. I might have my quote wrong though, but he said something like that.

I hope he’s not serious. Sure, there could be some good fights on this card, but seriously, I can think of better events that could be made.

The main draws for UFC 73 are it’s two title two title fights, Anderson Silva vs. Nate Marquardt, and Hermes Franca vs. Sean Sherk. Also considered a big fight is Tito Ortiz vs. Rashad Evans. We’ll also get to see a couple of Pride fighters in the UFC octagon when Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira takes on Heath Herring.

Anyway, here are my ideas on a few of the fights.

Tito Ortiz vs Rashad Evans – man I hope Tito takes this one, but I have a feeling it’s gonna be tough for him. I’d like to see Rashad get his first loss. And I’m not really a Tito fan either, but Rashad needs to get KO’d. Tito needs to win. If Tito loses here, I’m going to consider him a “gatekeeper” in the LHW division. If he still wants to be considered a contender, he needs a victory here.

Nathan Marquardt vs. Anderson Silva (UFC Middleweight Championship Fight) – Anderson Silva is going to lose this fight. Nate Marquardt will win by decision. Probably a long, rather boring decision. I hope not though. Ideally, I’d like to see Marquardt sub him, or do the highly unlikely and KO Silva standing. Yeah, right. Anyway, Rich Franklin gets the winner.

Sean Sherk vs. Hermes Franca (UFC Lightweight Championship) – Sherk by ground & pound TKO.

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Heath Herring – Damn, I gotta say Nog by sub. Even though I’d like to see Heath Herring win this, I don’t think it’ll happen. This will be the 3rd time they’ve fought (the other 2 in Japan for PrideFC), and Nog has won both prior battles.

Also, Stephan Bonner will be fighting Mike Nickels, I’m sure everyone knows who Bonnar is. Well, Nickels is the overly tatt’d dude from one of the TUF seasons who talked about how many streetfights he’d been in, but if I remember correctly in his fight that season he threw windmill punches with his eyes closed and head down. I don’t know if I’ve seen him fight since then, I know he’s been on some UFC undercards though. Anyway, Bonnar by roid rage.

Jorge Gurgel over Diego Saraiva by something

Chris Lytle over Jason Gilliam by something.

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i thought tito failed to show up for the weigh-in?

dana white says tito’s wife called him and told him Tito was going insane.

 Dana white says Dana White is a badass.

from the L.A. Times (http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-ufc25mar25,1,6496012.story?coll=la-headlines-sports)

Ortiz doesn’t show up for bout with UFC boss White

Tito Ortiz’s planned three-round boxing exhibition Saturday against his boss, UFC President Dana White, was canceled when the former light-heavyweight champion from Huntington Beach failed to appear.

UFC officials declined to comment on Ortiz’s decision, but one organization source said Ortiz was seeking more compensation for an unofficial event that was so intriguing to mixed-martial arts fans that cable network Spike TV had planned to air preview and fight shows in April.

A UFC spokeswoman said neither White nor Ortiz would comment about the cancellation.

However, Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer said White told him Ortiz had left a voicemail for the UFC president telling him, “I decided to let you off the hook.”

Kizer was expecting White and Ortiz to attend a formal weigh-in Friday in Las Vegas. White appeared, and weighed in at 197 pounds. Kizer said when Ortiz failed to appear within the hour, he canceled the boxing exhibition that the commission had approved earlier in the week.

“Tito’s always been the consummate pro in his mixed-martial arts events,” Kizer said. “I’m surprised he didn’t show up. I’m surprised he didn’t tell us he wasn’t coming. I told Dana not to waste his time asking the commission again for something like this. We were very disappointed.”

Ortiz negotiated the boxing exhibition into the multi-fight promotional contract he struck with UFC after previous contract talks had left him estranged from the organization and White, Ortiz’s former business manager.

White told Kizer that Ortiz had been calling and e-mailing him earlier in the week, “saying things like, ‘This is real, Dana. No headgear, we’re going to use 10-ounce gloves.’ Dana had told me he was ready for his ” beating.

Ortiz suffered his second loss to light-heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell on Dec. 30, a three-round technical knockout.

“Dana told me he didn’t think Tito was afraid to fight him, but it would’ve been a lot harder to live down a defeat to Dana than it would have living down the loss to Chuck,” Kizer said.

In the episode, a mixed martial arts fighter dies in the ring while sparring, but police suspect the fighters training partner may have drugged him and is responsible for his death.