It appears as though Hector Lombard is trying his hardest to recruit free agent Nate Marquardt to Bellator.

YouTube - ‪Hector's Public Announcement‬‏

 

WOW...from cusp of losing ones job to title shot contention...Tito ya got a rabbits foot up your butt...lol

Tito Ortiz has change of heart, meets Rashad Evans in UFC 133 main event



Tito Ortiz has change of heart, meets Rashad Evans in UFC 133 main event | MMAjunkie.com

"Tito Ortiz (16-8-1 MMA, 15-8-1 UFC) has found the will to save the day.

Just hours after telling MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com) that he wasn't going to fight Rashad Evans (15-1-1 MMA, 10-1-1 UFC) in the interest of making the best career choice, it appears the best career choice is to do it anyway.

UFC president Dana White today confirmed via Twitter that Ortiz and Evans will meet in the headliner of UFC 133, which takes place Aug. 6 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

It's been a roller coaster of a day for the promotion, as Phil Davis was forced to withdraw from the late-summer headliner due to a knee injury, and Ortiz, who earlier this month saved his job with a first-round submission of Ryan Bader at UFC 132, reportedly declined the fight. A rumored replacement pitting Lyoto Machida against Evans in a rematch of their UFC 98 bout never came to fruition, and for a while, speculation was rampant on who would step into the spot.

As it turns out, Ortiz will grace the marquee opposite Evans.

It's also a chance for both to settle a score. Ortiz and Evans met four years prior at UFC 73 and fought to a draw, though the decision was a result of a point deduction given to Ortiz when he grabbed the fence in the second round of the fight; the bout otherwise would have been scored in his favor.

Ortiz, of course, comes into the rematch with a triumphant win under his belt and a rapid turnaround time – just 35 days will have elapsed between his fight with Bader and UFC 133.

Prior to his UFC 132 win, Ortiz was on the cusp of being released by the UFC after a loss to Matt Hamill at UFC 121, which left him without a victory in nearly five years. After asking the promotion for another shot, he was slated to fight Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at UFC Fight Night 24. But an injury scratched him from the March event, and he was subsequently booked for one last chance against Bader.

Evans, meanwhile, hasn't fought since May 2010 when he defeated former champ Quinton "Rampage" Jackson at UFC 114 in a highly anticipated grudge match. He had been in line to fight then-champ Mauricio "Shogun" Rua at UFC 128 before a knee injury forced him off the card. As Rua healed from his own knee injury, Evans sat out nearly a year waiting for the title shot rather than taking a non-championship bout and risking his shot at the belt. But when he lost the slot due to injury, UFC officials gave it to Jon Jones following his an early-February victory over Bader at UFC 126.

Jones won the title from Rua in dominant fashion at UFC 128, which set up a meeting with Evans, a former training partner with whom he's now had a very public fallout.

But rather than Jones, a "Bones" injury set up a fight with Davis, a former NCAA Division I national wrestling champion. Then the undefeated prospect fell out.

For now, the Chinese fire drill has stopped."

 

‪UFC 133's Rashad Evans Tells Why He Crushed Thiago Silva, in "Mama's Kitchen"‬‏ - YouTube

 

‪Tito's Back‬‏ - YouTube

 

I don't always like what Tito says or does, but he's got a respectable way of thinking and approaching competition.

I'm a little torn on Tito VS Rashad. I want both of them to lose.

 

Rashad i WAS a huge fan...but fact he did what he did and its been 14 months...i want Tito to win...GOOOO TITO!!! feel good story of the year in UFC.

 

holy crap UFC 137 is shaping up to be AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Champ Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz (for UFC welterweight title)
- Cheick Kongo vs. Matt Mitrione
- Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Roy Nelson

 

Mirko's still fighting?...Why?

(Seriously, I love the guy, but it's time to hang it up. He's going to get sub'd by bigboy.)

 

its do or die for him...hes on 2 loss streak both by KO...he gotta get some leg kicks to the head going on!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1PnLhHdR6g

 

Im lost for words looking at the next 6 (133 134 135 136 137 138) ppv UFC events...EACH card is STACKEDDDDDDDDD wow...

UFC 133

* Rashad Evans vs. Tito Ortiz
* Rich Franklin vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
* Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Vitor Belfort
* Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara
* Rory MacDonald vs. Mike Pyle

UFC 134

* Champ Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami (for middleweight title)
* Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
* Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
* Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson
* Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov

UFC 135

* Champ Jon Jones vs. Quinton Jackson (for light-heavyweight title)
* Matt Hughes vs. Diego Sanchez
* Damacio Page vs. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto
* Nate Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi
* Aaron Riley vs. Tony Ferguson
* Mark Hunt vs. Ben Rothwell

UFC 136

* Champ Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard (for lightweight title)
* Champ Jose Aldo vs. Kenny Florian (for featherweight title)
* Chael Sonnen vs. Brian Stann
* Demian Maia vs. Jorge Santiago
* Melvin Guillard vs. Joe Lauzon
* Dave Herman vs. Mike Russow
* Josh Grispi vs. Matt Grice

UFC 137

* Champ Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz (for UFC welterweight title)
* Carlos Condit vs. B.J. Penn*
* Cheick Kongo vs. Matt Mitrione
* Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Roy Nelson
* Hatsu Hioki vs. George Roop

UFC 138

* Champ Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos (for UFC heavyweight title)

UFC 140

* Dominic Cruz vs. TBA (for UFC bantamweight title)