Dana White: Machida and Tito must win or face cut
The UFC president, speaking Friday at a Q&A session for enlisted military personnel on the Fort Hood base, noted that…
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.
Machida’s “had two losses in a row. Right after he won the title, Rogan said this is ‘The Machida Era,’ and I thought so too. Then Shogun beat him, and then he just lost to Rampage. Now he’s fighting Randy Couture in Toronto – and this is a must-win for him.”
“Tito’s got to win this fight to stay in the UFC. he loses this fight, he’ll probably retire.”
Ortiz has not won a fight since 2006, when he won a split decision over Forrest Griffin.
The light heavyweight “division is interesting. There’s so many guys at 205, (but) Rampage is probably next in line. Rampage is still in the mix. You’ve got Jon Jones fighting Bader, which is going to be a great fight that catapults one of those guys into the top five. The big problem with the 205-pound division has been, Shogun’s injury has been clogging up the division. So now he’s healthy and gonna fight, and we’re getting everything rolling here.”