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Originally Posted by markzabin
I'm to lazy to do the research but I thought that Liddel, and Couture were bigger draws than Tito. I also thought that he was one of the highest paid fighters in the world due to bonuses from PPV sales, sponsors ect. Maybe he would be the highest paid fighter if he got some fight of the night bonuses but that will never happen.
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Liddell and Couture are both big draws in their own right, but Tito was drawing in PPV before Liddell and Couture even got biglike that, he was a top 2 star in (him and Frank Shamrock) the UFC back in 2001.
Also if you look at the top 10 grossing MMA events and PPVs Tito is headlining like 6-7 with Liddell/Ortiz 2, Ortiz/Shamrock 2 and Ortiz/Shamrock 3 ranking at the top.
Even wit Tito's relative stagnant ability, you also have to respect the fact he doesn't lose to anyone but the TOP Elite fighters (Liddell, Couture and Frank Shamrock, he avenged the Mezger fight).