Ortiz not interested in fight with ‘journeyman’ King Mo
Tito Ortiz: “I mean, right now it’s all about my career. I have two more fights left on my contract and I think King Mo is just stepping down in my career…”
Tito Ortiz is arguably Bellator MMA’s most marketable stars and there’s only a few marquee match-ups that make sense for him. King Mo is one of them, but Ortiz isn’t interested. Ortiz recently spoke on the issue with Submission Radio:
“I mean, right now it’s all about my career. I have two more fights left on my contract and I think King Mo is just stepping down in my career of fighting somebody, I want to fight somebody with opportunity to fight for a world title. Why would I fight somebody like King Mo. I mean there’s no reason to it. It just doesn’t make any sense. I have an opportunity to fight someone like Rampage Jackson who beat King Mo. Why would I waste my two fights on somebody who doesn’t make any sense. It’s a lose/lose situation. If I beat him, I’m supposed to beat him. I lose to him, look I lost to King Mo. It’s a dumb fight. The guy is a nonsense fighter, he’s a journeyman. It doesn’t really matter.”
Lawal responded via Twitter, and still isn’t giving up.
King Mo @KingMoFH
•@titoortiz u are the people’s champ. Let them pick ur next opponent for u.King Mo
•@scottcoker @BellatorMMA @spiketv @mikekogan yall tell @titoortiz to get his mind right. This aint what he wants. Lol
However, Ortiz hasn’t changed his mind either.
Tito Ortiz @titoortiz
Hurry everyone its calling out @titoortiz year! Alexander did it bonner did it both got 2fight me.Now The Gimp&Moe take a # wait 2b called!