{"id":280085,"date":"2018-07-06T00:33:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T07:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=280085"},"modified":"2018-07-06T00:33:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T07:33:57","slug":"tito-ortiz-says-he-has-no-base-pay-for-chuck-liddell-trilogy-thats-how-bad-i-want-this-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tito-ortiz\/tito-ortiz-says-he-has-no-base-pay-for-chuck-liddell-trilogy-thats-how-bad-i-want-this-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Tito Ortiz says he has no base pay for Chuck Liddell trilogy, &#8216;That\u2019s how bad I want this fight&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s happening. MMA legends and former UFC light heavyweight champions, Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell will finally have their trilogy fight.<\/p>\n<p>Liddell vs Ortiz is one of MMA&#8217;s all-time greatest rivalries. Dating all the way back to 2004, the bad blood still runs deep for the legends.<\/p>\n<p>Each has\u00a0agreed to come out of retirement where they will meet for a third time under an Oscar De La Hoya promoted MMA event.<\/p>\n<p>Showing up for UFC&#8217;s international fight week and Hall of Fame ceremony, Ortiz caught up with the media where he didn&#8217;t mince words when speaking of Liddell to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZFfCTMftJaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cF*ck that guy. We\u2019re not friends. We\u2019re not companions. We\u2019re not acquaintances. If he wants to write me off, I\u2019ll write him off too. This is a fight, and I\u2019m going to kick his ass, and I\u2019m going to get redemption for it.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In both of Liddell and Ortiz&#8217; first two outings, Liddell came away as the victor via knockout. Having not fought in eight years, Liddell is confident that he can produce the same results.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ortiz dropped a very interesting nugget in his interview with MMAJunkie about how he&#8217;ll be paid for the bout and why it proves how badly he wants this fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThis fight, I\u2019m not getting paid no money. I\u2019m not getting a million dollar payday guaranteed. I make money when someone buys the pay-per-view. I make money when someone buys a ticket to the fight. My job is to perform the way I\u2019ve always performed over the last 21-and-a-half years. That\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do. No base purse. That\u2019s how bad I want this fight.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This is important to me. I\u2019m coming in as a partner. I believe in my fans. I believe in Chuck Liddell\u2019s fans. I believe in the promotion De La Hoya can do. They want to see me beat Chuck Liddell and get my hand raised over him&#8230;they\u2019ll tune into this pay-per-view.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With their last fight coming in 2006, Ortiz still believes he has something to prove and people to silence.<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell if the third time will be the charm for &#8216;The Huntington Beach Bad Boy&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cEverything else before was fabricated.\u00a0I\u2019m fighting for an opportunity for my name. Before I got pushed into something I didn\u2019t want to do, and I got pushed into something where people would call me a p*ssy, people say I\u2019m not a tough fighter, and I\u2019m afraid of Chuck. When you have those things around you, and you don\u2019t want to fight the fight, how do you train and prepare for that fight?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Now that I want to fight, and it\u2019s on my own terms. He\u2019s not my friend, he doesn\u2019t sleep on my couch anymore, he doesn\u2019t clean his dirty-ass feet on my couch anymore. It\u2019s just one those things where he used to spar with me all the time and wrestle with me all the time. We\u2019re the ones that made up the wall-walk. He\u2019s not my friend, he\u2019s not my acquaintance. He\u2019s my enemy, and my job is to beat his ass.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 7\/6\/2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s happening. MMA legends and former UFC light heavyweight champions, Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell will finally have their trilogy fight. Liddell vs Ortiz is one of MMA&#8217;s all-time greatest rivalries. Dating all the way back to 2004, the bad blood still runs deep for the legends. 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