Quote Originally Posted by Heavy D
And I've heard the complete opposite from a friend of mine who trained with him. And then a guy I know grew up with Tito and said he's a complete douchebag. The point still remains that regardless of how he acts in private, its his public life we get to see, and the only one we're qualified to judge him on. And in his public life, he's a frigging douchebag that reinforces the misconception that MMA is human cockfighting between a bunch of barroom badasses. It's the "Huntington Beach Bad Boy" image that the UFC is trying to shake to gain some widespread acceptance. Amd when one of your biggest stars does nothing but talk shit and disrespect everybody, it doesn't exactly help.
I agree a little. But Ortiz wins and he puts the butts in the seats too whether to see him win or lose and that gets mainstream no matter what. So that helps the UFC too. If there were no characters then what? But Tito can back it up so its exciting.