BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Friendship https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 02:58:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Rampage Jackson Says There’s Always Been a Secret Rivalry with Tito Ortiz https://www.badmma.com/rampage-jackson-says-theres-always-been-a-secret-rivalry-with-tito-ortiz.html https://www.badmma.com/rampage-jackson-says-theres-always-been-a-secret-rivalry-with-tito-ortiz.html#comments Wed, 07 Aug 2013 02:43:13 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/rampage-jackson-says-theres-always-been-a-secret-rivalry-with-tito-ortiz.html Former UFC light heavyweight champions Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Tito Ortiz have been friends for over a decade.  They’ve been training partners, and at one time, they said they would never fight each other. Times have changed.  Their friendship is intact, but the two no longer train together and are going to fight. Ortiz and Jackson will headline Bellator MMA ’s first ever pay-per-view on Nov. 2, and Jackson says there’s always been a bit of a secret rivalry between the two. When Jackson was making his way up the ranks in Japan with the Pride organization, Ortiz was the reigning UFC 205-pound champion.  The two began training together at Ortiz’ gym in California under the direction of Colin Oyama. “I trained with Tito for years and I can tell secretly there’s been a little competition between me and Tito. I remember when I first started training with him and Ricco Rodriguez, they used to kick my ass all the time and stuff like that.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/rampage-jackson-says-theres-always-been-a-secret-rivalry-with-tito-ortiz.html/feed 0 UFC 161 winner Shawn Jordan on fighting Stipe Miocic: If UFC asks, ‘absolutely’ https://www.badmma.com/ufc-161-winner-shawn-jordan-on-fighting-stipe-miocic-if-ufc-asks-absolutely.html https://www.badmma.com/ufc-161-winner-shawn-jordan-on-fighting-stipe-miocic-if-ufc-asks-absolutely.html#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:30:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/ufc-161-winner-shawn-jordan-on-fighting-stipe-miocic-if-ufc-asks-absolutely.html Shawn Jordan recently fought and defeated a friend, so if the UFC asks wants him to do it again – this time against fellow UFC 161 winner Stipe Miocic – he said he’s game. Jordan (15-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC), who knocked out buddy and fellow heavyweight Pat Barry (8-6 MMA, 5-6 UFC) at the June 15 event, said he was able to set aside the friendship for one night. It resulted in a $50,000 “Knockout of the Night” award after just 59 seconds of work. Later on the pay-per-view main card at Winnipeg’s MTS Centre, Miocic (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) upset Roy Nelson (19-8 MMA, 6-4 UFC) in the co-headliner. That led to some calls for a Jordan vs. Miocic fight, which would feature two of the division’s more promising prospects. Currently, Miocic is No

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