{"id":338183,"date":"2020-01-15T10:06:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T18:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=338183"},"modified":"2020-01-15T10:06:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T18:06:27","slug":"tito-ortiz-karma-will-bite-conor-mcgregor-in-the-a-at-ufc-246","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tito-ortiz-karma-will-bite-conor-mcgregor-in-the-a-at-ufc-246\/","title":{"rendered":"Tito Ortiz: Karma will bite Conor McGregor in the a** at UFC 246"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MMA world is divided on the UFC 246 main event. Some think Conor McGregor will come out on top with another jaw-dropping knockout. Others, like former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz, believe Donald Cerrone will pick up another impressive win.<\/p>\n<p>While those picking Cerrone to beat McGregor typically point to the American&#8217;s grappling and kickboxing arsenals, Ortiz&#8217;s prediction is based on a different factor: Karma.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor was in the headlines for a number of unfortunate reasons in 2018 and 2019, and Ortiz believes Cerrone will deliver some karmic retribution in the cage at UFC 246.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fighters Pick Fights | Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone | UFC 246\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v3-6p2d7jAk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"sRCvkH\">\u201cI like \u2018Cowboy\u2019 in this one,&#8221; Ortiz told SBN MMA (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2020\/1\/14\/21064455\/tito-ortiz-donald-cerrone-cowboy-conor-mcgregor-prediction-ufc-246-vegas-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Mania<\/a>). &#8220;I really like [his] chances. Conor has taken a beating his last couple of fights, people have kind of found his Kryptonite. The pressure is something that Conor can\u2019t handle. I think that life is something that comes full circle. Karma is a b\u2014ch and it always bites people in the ass. Conor has done some really bad things and I think karma will get him at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite his previous retirements, Tito Ortiz is currently in the midst of a bit of a resurgence, having picked up victories over Chael Sonnen, Chuck Liddell and Alberto Del Rio in his most recent fights.<\/p>\n<p>His victory over Del Rio, a former pro wrestler, occurred in the Combate Americas cage late last year. This fight marked the first obligation on a three-fight deal between Ortiz and the promotion, so we can expect him to fight again before all is said and done.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of this prediction from Tito Ortiz? Is Donald Cerrone going to hand out some karmic justice at UFC 246, or will Conor McGregor pick up another victory?<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 1\/14\/2020.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MMA world is divided on the UFC 246 main event. Some think Conor McGregor will come out on top with another jaw-dropping knockout. Others, like former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz, believe Donald Cerrone will pick up another impressive win. While those picking Cerrone to beat McGregor typically point to the American&#8217;s grappling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":338185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,10134,10188,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tito Ortiz: Karma will bite Conor McGregor in the a** at UFC 246 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz believes Donald Cerrone will pick up another stoppage win against Conor McGregor at UFC 246.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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