Tito Ortiz has not won a fight since 2006.
I feel like it’s necessary to say that right off the top. Not only has he not won a fight since 2006, but his two most recent victories were over an irrelevant Ken Shamrock. Before the Shamrock fights, his last two victories were split decisions.
Needless to say, there’s really no reason Tito Ortiz should still be fighting in the UFC, but he is. However, Dana White has gone on record saying that if Ortiz loses his next fight against Ryan Bader, he will be cut.
Ryan Bader’s position going into this fight is not as dire as Tito’s, but it is an important fight for him.
Bader is coming off a loss to Jon Jones. Jones dominated the fight and so Bader needs to look impressive against Ortiz to make up for that loss. A loss for Ryan here would be devastating. Ortiz is considered by most to be an irrelevant fighter who is clinging on too long, so if Bader loses, it’s going to look really bad for him.
Both fighters need this victory badly, but only one man can have it.
Let’s see how these two stack up…