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Tito Ortiz, Ryan Bader to Meet at UFC 132 in July

Filed under: UFC, NewsTito Ortiz will go after his first win since October 2006 when he meets Ryan Bader at UFC 132.

The two fighters confirmed the bout on their Twitter accounts, including Ortiz saying it was a fight UFC president Dana White wanted….

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Tito OrtizTito Ortiz will go after his first win since October 2006 when he meets Ryan Bader at UFC 132.

The two fighters confirmed the bout on their Twitter accounts, including Ortiz saying it was a fight UFC president Dana White wanted. The matchup was first reported Monday by MMA Weekly.

Ortiz, a former UFC light heavyweight champ, was scheduled to face Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in the main event of the UFC’s Fight Night 24 card on Spike TV in Seattle this Saturday. But he was forced out of the bout several weeks ago when he suffered a concussion and cut while training that required more than 20 stitches to his head. Phil Davis stepped up and will face Nogueira on Saturday.

Tito Ortiz Wants to Return Soon, Fight Forrest Griffin for Third Time

Filed under: UFC, NewsAfter pulling out of his main event fight against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira later this month thanks to a training injury, Tito Ortiz said he will be ready to fight again later this spring – and wants a trilogy fight with Forrest Gr…

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Tito Ortiz wants to fight Forrest Griffin in his next fight.After pulling out of his main event fight against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira later this month thanks to a training injury, Tito Ortiz said he will be ready to fight again later this spring – and wants a trilogy fight with Forrest Griffin.

Ortiz, the former UFC light heavyweight champion, was scheduled to face Nogueira at the UFC’s Fight Night card in Seattle on March 26. But last month, a cut suffered in an accidental sparring headbutt required 22 stitches. On Monday, he told Ariel Helwani on “The MMA Hour” losing training time for an opponent of Nogueira’s caliber would be a crucial setback.

“I just got the stitches out at the end of last week, and I’m not able to wrestle for another week and a half,” Ortiz said. “I can’t take three weeks off and (be prepared) for Nogueira – it’s impossible to do. So I had to pull out of the fight.”

Tito Ortiz Out of Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Bout, Phil Davis In

Filed under: UFC, NewsTito Ortiz has pulled out of his main-event bout next month against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and will be replaced by Phil Davis.

UFC president Dana White made the announcement Saturday afternoon on his Twitter feed. Ortiz-Nogueir…

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Tito OrtizTito Ortiz has pulled out of his main-event bout next month against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and will be replaced by Phil Davis.

UFC president Dana White made the announcement Saturday afternoon on his Twitter feed. Ortiz-Nogueira was scheduled to headline the UFC’s Fight Night 24 show in Seattle, the promotion’s debut in that city.

Instead, Davis (8-0, 4-0 UFC) will get his first taste of a main event, stepping in for Ortiz, the former light heavyweight champion. White’s announcement on Twitter said Ortiz needed stitches and was out of the bout. Ortiz confirmed the news in a Twitter post of his own Saturday afternoon, saying he needed 22 stitches and had suffered a concussion.

Waylon Lowe, Nik Lentz Booked for UFC Fight Night in Seattle

Filed under: UFC, NewsLightweights Waylon Lowe and Nik Lentz will meet at the UFC’s Seattle Fight Night card next month.

A source close to the fighters’ camps confirmed the booking to MMA Fighting on Thursday. The news was also reported by MMA Diehar…

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Waylon LoweLightweights Waylon Lowe and Nik Lentz will meet at the UFC’s Seattle Fight Night card next month.

A source close to the fighters’ camps confirmed the booking to MMA Fighting on Thursday. The news was also reported by MMA Diehards.

Lowe (10-3, 2-1 UFC) and Lentz (20-3-2, 4-0-1 UFC) are both managed by Monte Cox – and sources told MMA Fighting that the booking was not the first proposed matchup between two of his fighters. In the UFC’s lightweight division, Cox also manages Jacob Volkmann, Sean Sherk, Kamal Shalorus and Cody McKenzie.

Dana White: Lyoto Machida, Tito Ortiz in ‘Must-Win’ Fights

Filed under: UFC, NewsFORT HOOD, Texas – The UFC’s light heavyweight division has long been considered by many to be the promotion’s most competitive. And Dana White believes that is the case – and that some of his most notable fighters at 205 have cru…

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Dana WhiteFORT HOOD, Texas – The UFC’s light heavyweight division has long been considered by many to be the promotion’s most competitive. And Dana White believes that is the case – and that some of his most notable fighters at 205 have crucial bouts coming up.

The UFC president, speaking Friday at a Q&A session for enlisted military personnel on the Fort Hood base, noted that former champions Lyoto Machida and Tito Ortiz are both in must-win situations in their next fights.

Matt Hamill: Friendship Out the Door vs. Tito Ortiz at UFC 121

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse ExclusiveOvershadowed by a heavyweight title fight, and the promotional debut of one of the most successful non-UFC fighters in history, teacher and student square off at UFC 121.

Matt Hamill was was one of Tito Ortiz’s pri…

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Overshadowed by a heavyweight title fight, and the promotional debut of one of the most successful non-UFC fighters in history, teacher and student square off at UFC 121.

Matt Hamill was was one of Tito Ortiz‘s prized pupils on Season 3 of “The Ultimate Fighter.” On Saturday in Anaheim, Calif., they meet nearly five years after filming the show, and their careers couldn’t be going in much more opposite directions. Yet most eyes are on Brock Lesnar-Cain Velasquez and Jake Shields-Martin Kampmann.

Ortiz is far removed from his days as one of the most dominant champions in UFC history. He hasn’t won a fight in four years. Hamill, on the other hand, has won four straight. But Hamill isn’t looking at the what-have-you-done-for-me-lately side of his former coach, now adversary.

“Tito has fought a lot of good fighters and he has had amazingly close fights,” Hamill told MMA Fighting. “But I’m not thinking about his record or what his own mindset coming into this fight is. I’m just focusing on fine-tuning my own skills and my own mindset.”