Around The UFC: Ortiz Vs. Lil’ Nog Set, Struve Replaces Mir, Vitor And Tyson

Added on Dec 27, 2010 by John Petit in

UFC & MMA

So according to Tito Ortiz, Its official. He will be facing Antonio Rogerio “Minotoro” Nogueira, and for the thousandth time I get to tell everyone he doesn’t belong in the UFC, he doesn’t sell Pay Per Views anymore, and he hasn’t won a fight since 2006. His last three losses were to Hammil, Griffin, and Machida. The 15-8-1 Ortiz will most likely lose this fight too.

Little Nog is coming off of a loss to Ryan Bader, but many people feel he did enough to win the fight. Including me, I was in attendance at UFC 119 and I scored it for Nogueira 29-28. He also has wins over Jason Brilz and Luis Cane, and so it will be no shock to anyone when he eventually mauls Ortiz in grand fashion. His Jiu-Jitzu is good enough to keep him from getting into trouble on the ground, and I think he has a huge advantage on the feet. The date is looking to be sometime in March.

Brock Lesnar rumors are in high gear right now for a number of reasons, but some people are speculating that he doesn’t want to fight in the UFC anymore and wants a return to Pro Wrestling. I highly doubt the UFC brass just lets their cash cow walk out the door, and just waive his last fight on his contract.

The news I do know for sure is this, Stefan Struve will be replacing Frank Mir in his fight against Brendan Schaub. So what does this have to do with Brock? Well nothing right now, but many people have been insinuating that there could be a Mir Vs Lesnar season of the Ultimate Fighter Show on SpikeTV. This seems a little fishy to me, as it was just a few weeks ago when Dana White said he “was responding to the fans demands, and no one was interested in Mir/Lesnar 3.” Thats when he matched up Mir with Schaub.

We wont know for sure for some time, but mark my words, Lesnar will be back in the Octagon. If Lesnar tries to walk away from his contract, he should expect the biggest contract dispute in MMA history, and he will be waiting to go to wrestling while 3 “Wrestle-mania” events roll by. The Schaub Vs Struve fight is expected to happen on the “UFC On Versus 3” card.

Finally, the date is getting closer and closer for Anderson Silva Vs Vitor Belfort, and some of you astute readers will remember a video surfacing of Steven Segal training with Silva before the Chael Sonnen fight. Well, turns out Vitor Belfort knows a fighting celebrity or two himself, and has told Portal Do Vale Tudo he has been training with boxing legend Iron Mike Tyson.

Belfort assures us Tyson knows more about MMA then people give him credit for, and people routinely sell him short. He said “Mike Tyson is a big idol, and he crossed the boundaries of sport. He was a great inspiration to many athletes and in my career since I was a child. We have much in common and had fame too soon. We always have good conversations. I was at his house and met his family. I met his daughter and wife, who is pregnant. It’s always nice to be in touch with people like him. I told him that he’s used badly, because he has great views of fighting. He knows a lot of martial arts, but they aren’t given the proper value. He said he wanted to be part of my camp, and it was a pleasure to be part of my training. I told him to come in and give me some tips. He’s an important person in the sport and was a great motivator for many successful fighters. I think it’s important to have a recovery.”