After rumors of a fight with Roy Jones Jr. in a boxing match on PPV, Bellator and Rampage kill the rumor by announcing that Rampage Jackson will be fighting Tito Ortiz under the Bellator promotion on November 2nd in Long Beach California.
It is definitely an interesting twist considering the fact that it was rumored that Tito Ortiz was trying to make comeback to the UFC. I think that it is a good move for Bellator to try to use a former two UFC Light Heavyweight Champions, with heavy fan followings, to bring attention to Bellator.
As for the fight itself, I feel that the best time for this fight would've been before both of these fighters were out of their prime. Let's be honest neither one of these fighters have been exciting for quite some time. I will definitely watch the fight to see if Rampage's 'new found love for MMA' will spark any signal to the returm of the Rampage from Pride FC that we all know and love. As for Tito I have no expectation of anything great from him.
It will be unwise of Bellator to air this fight on Dec. 28 as it was rumored for the proposed Boxing match between Rampage and Jones Jr. There is not a fight on earth that can compete with UFC 168 Which includes the most anticipated rematch in MMA and UFC history--Current UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Wiedman vs. former long time UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva. Plus a rematch between UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey and challenger Miesha Tate.
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