Tito Ortiz In Talks With Affliction, Contract “Not Feasible”
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz is engaged in active contract negotiations with Affliction, though his demands are so steep that the potential contract is “not feasible” for the MMA promotion and a deal with the outspoken 205-pound fighter will not be done in time for Ortiz to compete at Affliction “Day of Reckoning” in October against Renato “Babalu” Sobral as expected, according to MMA Weekly.
From the report:
“…negotiations are now underway with former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz. Affliction COO Michael Cohen confirmed that Ortiz is free to negotiate with the upstart company, and was working on a deal with Ortiz’s lawyers.
As of yet, few details on the negotiation exist, but Atencio initially said the dollar signs associated with the record-breaking contract are the major sticking point.
“We’ve got a contract, and it’s just not feasible,†Atencio said.
Atencio gave no timetable for the potential signing, but Cohen said he did not expect a deal to be reached in time for Affliction’s “Day Of Reckoning†at the Thomas and Mack Center on Oct. 11 in Las Vegas.”
Ortiz is 15-6-1 in his professional MMA career but has not won since an October 2006 first-round TKO victory over Ken Shamrock.
Way to show how truly greedy you are Tito.
Once again, all talk and no follow-through–no concept of reality, Tito.
“Go to Affliction and make more money.”
Is Roger Huerta listening?
Affliction will go bankrupt by signing Ortiz, but that is ok the UFC and Dana White will still be around. See you in the unemployment line Ortiz.
tito sucks. forrest beat him. and tito got the win unbelievaly and he leaves ufc for somthing different to make more money. he is a greedy whinner. i just wanted him to quit MMA.
Haha maybe Tshirt boy isn’t as dumb as I had thought.
If you listen very very carefully you can hear Dana White laughing.
hahahahhahahahahahaha i cant believe tito ever became champ. if he ever wins a title again they should have him fight liddell right away so he can whoop his ass agian!!!! ICEMAN! and am i tshirt boy? anyway ur right i hear dana laughing right now…
no, tshirt boy would be affliction. they make tshirts.
thats pretty funny. this shows that maybe tito isnt worth as much as he thinks to anyone not just the ufc.
As much of a jacka$$ as Tito is at times, (some times hilarious) at least he honored his contract with the UFC before he went an searched for his big payday. Unlike someone I won’t mention….uhhumm…(captain America).
looks like his talk of how he was gonna be the face of the promotion and involved behind the scenes was a little premature
oh and to avoid any confusion…I’m still a tito fan for life…haha. Seriously though..I am.
For bragging about being a great businessman, Tito sure didn’t do his homework before he decided to jump ship. It is obvious he wants the biggest contract in MMA history, but an organization like Affliciton cannot give him and Fedor both tons of money. Tito is a tool, at least Fedor wins. Tito hasn’t won a match in 2 years and is demanding money that is crazy. Maybe he sees that Jenna is gonna suck him dry and leave him…….great planning for the future CHEETO! I would rather watch Tito Santana than Tito Ortiz.
Why does he expect Affliction to pay so much for a Former Champ who seemingly can’t beat anyone but shamrock anymore. He is lucky anyone wants him.
how much could he possibly b askin for hes probably embarressed that jenna gets more to suck dick then he does to fight
guys if u go vs youtube and watch ufc vs mad tv its hilureos i know i didnt spell that right the ufc guy is tito. i hate him but it is very funny
my bad its called MAD TV VS ULTIMATE FIGHTER but doesnt matter it was close enough.
ive always enjoyed tito fighting (and i greatly enjoyed him on TUF), but he needs to learn to compromise (randy too, but thats a different story). this is a shame, because i dont see him fighting anytime soon. maybe he’ll give elite a go lol
In regards to Randy, from what I’ve just been told he is now asking for $6 to 7 Mil for his fight against Fedor. Evidently Randy has been hit by Chuck 1 too many times.
Oh my god! First the greedy bastards at the UFC refused to give the great fighter Tito Ortiz what he really deserves, and now Affliction have more interest in building up a gigantic piggy bank of money than to give him what he deserves!
Someone should just overthrow these greedy fight promotions who only cares about making money for themself then throw dana white and atencio in a cell, throw away the keys and give their dirty money to Tito “I’m gonna be an actor” Ortiz!
huh? wth are you smokin…. tito is nothing but hype, the defining moment in titos carrer is when couture spanked him in front of millions of people… right then and there tito should have retired…
tito has done nothing but lose the respect of his fans over the years, and in a year or so he wont have any fans left…
I wanna say that guy is being sarcastic, but I don’t think so…Tito is that you?
i cant believ he has fans i hate him..
Im a Tito fan till the end,
full respect to Tito, his just try’n to make some $$$$$ at the end of the day, I just want to see him fight and kick some A$$, if he can bring the old Tito back and improve his stand up he will F#%* up any one he is fighting
GnP king Tito Ortiz…..
Im a Tito hater till the end,
no respect to tito,his just a whhinner at the end of the day, i just want to see him fight and get his @$$ kicked, if he keeps it up he will keep losing,
will never like tito….
huertarogerhuerta, that is possibly the best quote i’ve ever heard. props to you. ha.
oh man, it’s funny cause it’s true……
It will all get squared away but in the mean time this does not help Affliction’s next event. As of now Fedor, Tito and Babalu are out. Fedor and Tito alone are going to hurt the draw beyond Affliction’s wildest dream of worse case scenario. I bet Dana is loving this. It will all be taken care of and before you know it Affliction will have Tito and Fedor on the same card as they overpay their way into debt and failure……all in the long run.
What’s wrong w/asking for a generous contract? Tito is one of the only fighters that realize how much $$ the promoters make. He has been a pioneer in the sport of mma and just wants what he deserves. Dana is jealous of Tito and it’s so obvious by how he treats their relationship. It’s business Dana, not personal! Did your friend Lorenzo have to step in and take over your job because you’re so jealous of anything cooler than you?(Affliction, Tito, Randy, Fedor, Sylvia, Arlovski,etc.)Dana is the fall of UFC.
Its not a problem asking for a generous contract. Its a problem when you want the biggest contract ever and you haven’t won a fight in 2 years. I have no clue where Dana being jealous of Tito or affliction came from, Dana runs the marque organization in MMA. At this rate affiliction won’t last a year. I also don’t know why you think Lorenzo took over Dana’s job, Lorenzo no runs the International side of the UFC. Is Dana still not every where? I love when guys just make up things on the internet.
Ps Tim Sylvia isn’t cooler than anyone.
Dana is the fall of the UFC? I would say he was monumental in the rise of the UFC if anything.
Affliction will go out of business guaranteed.
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we have all been waiting for Tito to bring “the old Tito back” he was a monster waaaayyyyyy back when,,,,,, when i was a fan of his…… Tito has nothing to offer i dislike what he has become ( i will say it again there is something about watching Chuck knock him out/TKO that just brings a smile to my face), he was a strong champion for his time yet i beleive the “game” has simply past his on dimensional butt by…. go to EliteXC and fight Kimbo, Tito talked all that shi£t that he would whupp Kimbo make it happen best chance of Tito makin $$$ and Tito can easily go up to 215 to become a HW or make a catch weight battle….