{"id":65965,"date":"2013-08-07T09:45:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T16:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=65965"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:54:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:54:41","slug":"rampage-says-theres-always-been-a-secret-rivalry-with-tito-ortiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/rampage-says-theres-always-been-a-secret-rivalry-with-tito-ortiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Rampage says there\u2019s always been a secret rivalry with Tito Ortiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Rampage-new-shit.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61520\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Rampage-new-shit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Rampage-new-shit.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Rampage-new-shit-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Rampage-new-shit-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former UFC light heavyweight champions Quinton &#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson (32-11 MMA) and Tito Ortiz (16-11-1 MMA) have been friends for over a decade.\u00a0 They\u2019ve been training partners, and at one time, they said they would never fight each other.<\/p>\n<p>Now, times have changed, and although they are still friends, they no longer train together and are scheduled to fight. Rampage and Tito are set to headline Bellator MMA&#8217;s first Pay-Per-View event on November 2, and according to Jackson there\u2019s always been a bit of a secret rivalry between the two.<\/p>\n<p>While &#8220;Rampage&#8221; was working his way up the ranks of the PRIDE middleweight division, Tito Ortiz was\u00a0busy\u00a0defending the\u00a0UFC 205-pound championship. It was around this time that the\u00a0two began training together at Ortiz\u2019 gym in California under the direction of Colin Oyama.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI trained with Tito for years and I can tell secretly there\u2019s 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. They used to enjoy it,\u201d <\/em>said Jackson during a press conference on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAnd then I started getting a little bit better and me and Tito started going at it a little bit harder and stuff like that. And there\u2019s always been little times when me and Tito went at it in training. We went at it before a couple of times in training,\u201d <\/em>explained Jackson.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere\u2019s been a couple times at Big Bear and me and Tito had some battles that people would never see. And now it\u2019s going to come out in the cage and in front of everybody,\u201d said Jackson. \u201cAnd so\u200e, yes, it\u2019s going to be tough fighting a good friend like Tito, but at the end of the day, I trust that Tito wants to put on a good show for the fans because that\u2019s what he is, he\u2019s a showman and I\u2019m a showman.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC light heavyweight champions Quinton &#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson (32-11 MMA) and Tito Ortiz (16-11-1 MMA) have been friends for over a decade.\u00a0 They\u2019ve been training partners, and at one time, they said they would never fight each other. 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