Saturday, November 21 4:47 pm PT: Having suffered a series of setbacks ranging from illness to MCL tears
to possible anxiety attacks, it’s entirely within reason that
tonight’s UFC 106 card will feature a capoeira expert pulled from the crowd fighting a janitor wielding a 2x4 with a nail through it.
If not, we’ll all settle for Ortiz/Griffin II. Catch live updates, ask
questions and enjoy irresponsible commentary beginning at 9 p.m. ET.
Saturday, November 21 4:45 pm PT: CraveOnline’s Heyman Hustle has exclusive coverage (including this shot of Tito joining a shot of Forrest) of the UFC 106 weigh-ins. Check out all of Heyman’s UFC 106 coverage here.
Ortiz’s recent performances displayed a fighter far removed from the kind of dominating, aggressive cage-wrestling he used to great success early on; he blamed back issues, corrected by a new and less invasive surgery. But even if Ortiz reverts to old form, he’ll be a 2002 fighter in 2009: up against athletes who can stuff his takedown, shut him down on the ground, and pester him standing. Aggressive wrestlers will always have a chance -- even fresh off the college mat -- but it’s not as good a guarantee as it used to be.
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