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Originally Posted by thecoylewis
People are still reading these Tito-Dana threads and even you took the time to read and post on it.
Simply a typo, no big deal.
Shogun had a torn ACL and that's difficult to come back from in any sport especially the type of fighter Shogun is. I do agree Shogun is alot higher than most of the guys on that list, but how will that knee be when he comes back. A few years back, Daunte Culpepper was QB of the Minnesota Vikings and one of the best QBs in the league. He tore his ACL and still hasn't been able to come all the way back. He's been on 3 teams in 2 years now and isn't even signed with anyone right now. I hope Shogun comes back with a vengeance, but it's speculation at best, to say what he will look like when he does come back.
I agree here, I think Tito and Dana holed up in an office somewhere and planned this whole war of words thing. It sells PPV and they are both about a good show and that ever so popular $$$$$. I've seen the Machida promos and he's very soft spoken, and even compliments Tito on a bunch of things instead of trashing him. I think Dana saw this and they were like, "we have to do something to sell this fight."
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Sure, I'll read threads, with the hope that there is something redeeming or even new and interesting about them...but there isn't. The only reason I posted this was the glaring omission of Shogun from whoever your source was. I've known a lot of athletes who came back fine from a torn ACL...speculating that Shogun's is career-ending/permenantly-debilitating is premature.
What the whole melodrama comes down to for me is there are fighters who are relevant, and fighters who aren't. There are fighters who don't say a lot before fights and gain all their respect from what they do in the ring [Anderson, Big Nog, GSP]; and fighters who talk smack, but back it up in the ring [Rampage, Penn].
And finally, there are fighters like Tito, who used to be relevant, and are now just a faded shadow of themselves; desperately trying to cling to relevancy by overhyping because they know they'll be underperforming. They're 14 and three-quarter minutes through their fifteen minutes of fame, and are more terrified of obscurity than anything.
I'm a huge Machida fan, and I hope he wins; but not because I "hate" Tito. If I hate anything,
it's what Tito has become. If he was performing even close to his former level; if he'd made any effort to address the holes in his game; or to focus his energies on the industry that made him who he is, instead of pursuing celebrity as though it's an end in and of itself instead of a by-product; I could respect him again.
I don't care if he's talking nonsense, I don't care what org he's fighting for...he's a shadow of his former self, and he's not doing anything to change it. That's what sucks the most about Tito.
Hurray for a re-formed Team Punishment if it brings some actual talent to his camp that can teach Tito some Muy Thai, or BJJ, or even how to strike. If he does leave the UFC--which would be the best thing for him--I wish him the best...but only if he stops coasting on his name/drawing power and is 100% focused on fighting.
If he doesn't, he's maybe two years away from being the next Ken Shamrock. This isn't an industry you can dabble in, especially with the wealth of talent in the UFC's LHW division. He can probably coast on his name in a smaller organization for a little bit longer, but his sideshow act is already old to me.
He needs to either fight or quit. If he's distracted by money, he should try earning some in the cage.
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