Should Tito be banned for life

[Bau13]

Yup....Tito should move to heavyweight and fight Ken Shamrock:

"Hey Tito!!...dont let me see that shirt!"

[Mr. Miyagi]

Then don't look KEN!!!!!!

[sakattack]

I couldn't see the UFC but based on everybody's descriptions, Tito's antics were definitely in very poor taste.

Rock Ape is right about American athletes being rude and arrogant toward opponents. Tito exemplifies this behavior with all the other of his "end-zone" celebrations and T-shirts.

What's funny is how I keep reading in interviews with Tito and he says he wants to be a role model for young kids because he knows kids look up to athletes. What's with the grave-digging then?

I was starting to like him too, but if he keeps this up, he'll lose a lot of fans.

[Bau13]

yeah...remember in one of his pre-fight interviews in the UFC...before he fought Mezger the second time?

Saying...Mezger was too cocky and that as a profesional you shouldn't talk smack and stuff like that...

hehe...I guess its profesional to smile when your opponent is cut badly, wear those t-shirts and dig graves etc etc...

I'm really disappointed in that guy.....

I mean he really can fight....why be a dick about it?

[Tony10]

oops nevermind

[Hookah Smokin Caterpillar]

Originally posted by sakattack
I was starting to like him too, but if he keeps this up, he'll lose a lot of fans.

He'll also gain a lot more fans

[sakattack]

Point taken Hookah Smokin. You're probably right.

Judging from many posts on the forum, he'll lose some serious MMA fans and maybe gain others who just want to see a badass attitude.

[Hawk]

I don't feel Tito meant anything by the grave digging. I certainly don't feel he wanted Tanner hurt. Different people have different psyche up strategies. Tito gets cocky IMO so he'll have to live up to it and he usually does. The one person he was semi-intimidated by was Frank Shamrock and he wasn't as cocky as usual. Although he fought an awesome fight that night, it wasn't the win or die Tito that beat Silva. The grave digging IMO was the product of Tito's psyche job on himself.
Hawk

[MEB Boy]

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There is a picture of Tito standing next to Sak. The size and weight difference aren't even close. Tito is alot larger and looks about 40-50 lbs heavier than Sak.
The picture speaks a thousand words.

MEB Boy

[Qkfx]

Fighter's Decorum

I agree that the arrogant celebrations of some (American) athlete's is annoying. However I don't think the europeans or the south americans are anyone to critique us considering how many of their sporting events have turned into mass riots, with people losing their lives. Aside from the extreme antics of guys like Tito, most celebrations are on par with the celebrations following a goal in soccer/futbol, that stupid airplane or shirt over the head crap. Speaking of which, if you were a goaltender or fullback and the guy just scored on you, then pulls his shirt over his head wouldn't you just run up and crack him in the face??

[Qkfx]

Fighter's Decorum

I agree that the arrogant celebrations of some (American) athlete's is annoying. However I don't think the europeans or the south americans are anyone to critique us considering how many of their sporting events have turned into mass riots, with people losing their lives. Aside from the extreme antics of guys like Tito, most celebrations are on par with the celebrations following a goal in soccer/futbol, that stupid airplane or shirt over the head crap. Speaking of which, if you were a goaltender or fullback and the guy just scored on you, then pulls his shirt over his head wouldn't you just run up and crack him in the face??

[Ryan The Bad]

Just so that everybody doesn't have to go looking, here is the pic.

[Mako]

2 people actually left the room to vomit? Seriously?

Man, I hope you don't have The Learning Channel at your house, the ER Dramas would probably cause some serious reactions.

I've not seen the fight yet, but I think taunting a downed opponent is pretty classless. We've seen it before, Tank's mocking his opponent's "posturing";
Laying a shirt over a downed opponent like a shroud; and now this. It's classless, but definitely not worth banning someone over. It won't happen, mainly becuase the guy is a huge draw. Can you say $?

As far as the US sportsmanship, I agree to a degree, but disagree as well. The "thugery" happens in sports where you can't "police your own". In soccer, if you do something stupid, you can bet that you'll get yours while noone is looking (large field, few officials). In hockey, it's just a given.

However, we americans DO have the upperhand as far as fans are concerned. When's the last time you saw a riot at an NBA game? Or seen "urine bombs" lobbed onto the field at Wrigley?

Just my 2 cents

[sakattack]

Tito looks at least 30 lbs heavier than Sak. I think Pride has same-day weigh-ins, so it should not make a difference.

Concerning Americans versus foreigners and disrespecting behavior, Rock Ape's point was more about conceit and arrogance that's displayed, which you don't usually find with non-Americans.

I agree with that. I was embarassed at how some of our athletes behaved in Sidney and they were rightly booed for it.

[Shrimp]

Renzo routinely kicked unconscious opponents. Check out his tapes with Craig Kukuk.