Tito Ortiz rips on Triple H

[JIMBOB]

From www.lordsofpain.net

Tito Ortiz was recently asked in Steppin’ Out Magazine about how a wrestler like Triple H would fare in UFC. Ortiz answered, "I think he would be horrible. He's too stiff and his cardio fitness is horrible. A guy like that isn't an athlete. We're running, lifting, and training every day, not for looks or to show off our bodies, but to fight and last five rounds at full strength".

[MGH]

And as I said elsewhere that this was posted, pro wrestlers going in to UFC would get destroyed. For the most part anyway.

[frickinsweet]

But what if Triple H hid his sledgehammer under the UFC ring?

[krazysane]

F*** Tito!

Suck It

[THE Dinobot]

There's only a few select wrestlers who could even be passable in UFC, and obviously, Hunter wouldn't be one of 'em.

[Boku AKA Da Green Guy]

I really can't stand MMA fighters.

They think they're gods or something.

[HRH The KING]

Tito Ortiz was recently asked in Steppin’ Out Magazine about how a wrestler like Triple H would fare in UFC. Ortiz answered, "I think he would be horrible. He's too stiff and his cardio fitness is horrible. A guy like that isn't an athlete. We're running, lifting, and training every day, not for looks or to show off our bodies, but to fight and last five rounds at full strength".

Tito Ortiz may be able to hit and kick things, but he's obviously not gifted when it comes to intellect. He doesn't believe HHH isn't an athlete simply because he's not the same sort of athlete as a UFC performer? By his logic, an Olympic marathon runner wouldn't be an athlete either, simply because they can't last five rounds in a UFC "contest".

[Ace Diamond]

dagreenguy said:

I really can't stand MMA fighters.

They think they're gods or something.

Yeah I'm not big on their talk either. I mean yes they're right, but they constantly act like they're the most dominant force in the universe just cause they don't pull their punches or whatever, and of course HHH has no athleticism is kinda stupid as well.

[krazysane]

Ofcourse let this come out when Hunter is out and injurged.

[KB Klash is nWo 4 Life]

Ive always hated Tito

[MetalGearDizzle]

Well f*** Vince, come on, get some of your boys ready and train em and send them to UFC and cross promote. Sure would be more interesting then this bullshit we are watching. Benoit vs Ortiz FTW!

[therob]

What a dick, wrestlers go through just as harsh training. It is just a different type of training. try to keep the fans reacting to you while you have to tell a story in the ring and be good on the mic.

[Crappler El 0 M]

The reverse could likely be said of many top stars in mixed martial arts. They may not be able to get over and be successful in pro wrestling/sports enterainment. MMA is a legitimate competition where one's abilities determine how far he will go. In wrestling, you have to perform and entertain. You need charisma, personality, the ability to catch on with the crowd, the ability to act and to "sell," and the ability to work with other wrestlers to put on a match, which in many ways is more like a performance than a legitimate fight. I'm not saying that pro wrestling is harder to be a success in; I'm just saying that Tito Ortiz may have never been able to succeed in wrestling like Triple H has. If Tito had put all of his efforts into being a professional wrestler instead of fighting legitimately, he very likely could have excelled, but it is also likely that he would not have made it.

[frickinsweet]

Besides, what has Tito done since Strike Force broke up?

[CMPunkyBrewster]

anyone who thinks wrestlers (especially guys who came up old school, like triple h) couldn't survive in ufc is just plain dumb. their cardio is better, they've been trained in alot of the same stuff (like i said, guys trained old school), and they're 10 times tougher. i know alot of the older guys, and any given one of them would kill a guy like ortiz.

["St. Louis Viper" Buck Summers]

If Hulk Hogan in his prime fought Tito in his, I honestly think Hogan would win due to how he was trained.

[HMARK Center]

cmpunkybrewster said:

anyone who thinks wrestlers (especially guys who came up old school, like triple h) couldn't survive in ufc is just plain dumb. their cardio is better, they've been trained in alot of the same stuff (like i said, guys trained old school), and they're 10 times tougher. i know alot of the older guys, and any given one of them would kill a guy like ortiz.

I really doubt that. If we're talking a straight up fight, maybe, but sanctioned? It's a whole different bag.

Trips doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who'd fare well in MMA. As for the athleticism question, I think Ortiz looks at Trips as representative of the kind of wrestler who basically gets huge, but that's it. Since the 80's, that's been pretty consistently seen in pro wrestling, and, hell, look at a lot of guys today, even.

Also, if we're gonna talk about the kind of training needed, let's also not forget just how radically different MMA and pro wrestling are. They're both absolutely vicious in very, very different ways.

In summary: apples and oranges.

[Crappler El 0 M]

Why don't we put it this way, Dan Severn was very successful in mixed martial arts, but he didn't have the personality or charisma to make it into professional wrestling. Both art forms require different strengths and skills. Wrestlers could likely say the same thing for most MMA fighters not being able to be very successful in professional wrestling.

[Kevin Hamilton]

The two jobs are apples and oranges. Heh, HMark and I are on the same wavelength.

[HRH The KING]

frickinsweet said:

Besides, what has Tito done since Strike Force broke up?

;D ;D ;D