"One week and two days left till I get in the octagon. This fight will be a great one. I feel confident and ready to go to war. This will be one of the toughest fights I have fought in a long time. I am in great shape and no injurys for once. "
I thought he said he was injury free when he fought Chuck and Cote.
Cote he was injured right before he went out their.He wsa jumping around and warming up and Ricco got close and he rolled his ankle on Ricco's foot so he was not 100% but went out and dominated a good fighter.Not sure about the Chuck fight but he did get a thumb in the eye which means your not healthy when that happens.It may not have made a big difference but you never know.
He's probably referring to those little nagging injuries which fighters often have which are hard to shake off, like shoulder problems, knee problems, elbow problems.
From what I remember, since his winning the belt he has been hit by a bus, had knee surgery, had a broblem with his hand, and was injured for the Cote fight.
His ankles are FUBAR (Why he's so adamant about running 3 miles on concrete, I have no idea), and he had/has a herniated disc. I have those things in common with him, and I'll tell you, it's hard to do a lot of things with those conditions, let alone train for a big fight.
"Cote he was injured right before he went out their.He wsa jumping around and warming up and Ricco got close and he rolled his ankle on Ricco's foot so he was not 100% but went out and dominated a good fighter."
LOL! That's a joke, right?! Gimme a break!!
Bottom line: Several fighters always talk about being injured after they lose. All of them are con artists. Tito is absolutly one of them. He's NEVER mentioned the injuries he always claims after his fights before he gets in the ring.
"Several fighters always talk about being injured after they lose. All of them are con artists. Tito is absolutly one of them. He's NEVER mentioned the injuries he always claims after his fights before he gets in the ring."
Not only is this in violation of the terms of service(LOL at you saying to Tito that he is a con artist)but it is just a dumb statement.
Here, let me spell it out: Pretty safe to say that if you have an injury that,while not severe enough to keep you from fighting ($), is bad enough that your opponent could capitalize on it if they know about it. Why would you spell out a problem BEFORE the fight? That would be stupid. It doesn't mean that some fighters don't exaggerate the extent or influence of injuries after the fact,but to assume they should discuss them ahead of time is naive in the extreme.
Oviously, I was not implying that fighters should say "My knee hurts" before a fight. That fact is Tito comes out after each loss or poor performance with an excuse as to why he lost, and it's always an injury that no one was aware of before the fight. Saying "I lost a totally one-sided fight because of an injury that I would't even have mentioned if I won" is a punk thing to do.