Here it is. Watch it before it gets taken down.

You’d be forgiven for thinking you’re watching Ortiz Vs Shamrock 2 all over again.

Tito Ortiz just whooped Ken Shamrock for the third time in a row, in their “Total Redundancy” re-rematch.

Wasn’t Shamrock already totally redundant after “Bitter Rivals”?

Was it ever going to be any other way?

Related posts:

UFC 61: Ortiz vs Shamrock vids., for some old vids of the two.
Tito Ortiz Vs Ken Shamrock - The coming documentary, about the documentary released after Bitter Rivals, last July, which has now also been made totally redundant.

Check out this video of the Sydney local up and coming MMA fighter
James Te Huna taking on Takahiro Oba at X-plosion. The event was held at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on August 18th.

Way to make a comeback!

Here are some Te Huna highlights from the last couple of years.

Not only is their coming bout this Saturday night a title fight (UFC Light Heavyweight), but it is also a long-awaited rematch between the two, punctuating Sobral’s 10 fight winning streak, since he was last beaten by Liddell back in 2002. In that bout Sobral was knocked down by a left high hook in the first round. Liddell has also had a long run of wins, his last loss being back in 2003 to “Rampage” Jackson.

Sobral (27-5-0) seems to have the fitness edge over Liddell (18-3-0); he’s been working hard developing his stamina with sand and hill sprints, among other things. He’d be planning on using that edge to wait til Liddell tires and perhaps slips up, allowing himself to be taken down. At 30, the Brazilian is also 7 years Liddell’s junior. Sobral is masterful on the ground, while The Iceman prefers to end his fights standing and is known to stubbornly resist being taken down and do so very effectively. As time wears on in the fight it is likely to shift more and more in Sobral’s favour, if he can hold his defence together in the first two rounds, and I think that is what will happen. I am going with a Sobral victory in this one.

The Forrest Griffin (12-3-0) vs. Stephan “American Psycho” Bonnar (also 12-3-0) is another long awaited rematch. Both fighters are coming off a loss, Griffin a close one to Ortiz and Bonnar to Rashad Evans. Their last fight, in the finals of the first UItimate Fighter reality TV show, is considered one of the best in UFC history. That fight is haled with bringing UFC into the mainstream, after their three round toe-to-toe battle reportedly drew 10 million viewers at the peak of the show, up from an audience of 2 million at the start. My money is on Griffin, who has gotten much better since their first encounter, to win again.

The third fight is between the French kickboxer Cheick Kongo and the wrestler Christian Wellisch, known as “The Hungarian Nightmare”. Don’t know much about these guys, or the next pair Hermes Franca and Jamie Varner. In my ignorance I am going with Kongo and Varner respectively. The last fight on the televised card is Nick Diaz (who is replacing Thiago Alves, unable to fight due to illness) versus Josh “The Dentist” Neer. I am going with Neer for that one.

Here’s the full card:

Live PPV Fight Card:

Chuck Liddell (c) vs. Renato “Babalu” Sobral (BRA)
Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar
Cheick Kongo (FRA) vs. Christian Wellisch (HUN)
Hermes Franca (BRA) vs. Jamie Varner
Nick Diaz vs. Josh Neer

Pre-PPV Preliminary Card:

Wes Combs vs. Wilson Gouveia (BRA)
Cory Walmsley vs. David Heath
Rob MacDonald (CAN) vs. Eric Schafer
Yushin Okami (JAP) vs. Alan Belcher

And now for some bad news - the fight between the current PRIDE champ Vanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva and Liddell (current UFC champ) that was announced at UFC 61 for November has been called off. The reason given was “negotiation issues” between PRIDE and UFC management.

Here are a couple of videos to refresh your memory.

Stiffman1 has made a “Bonnar Griffin tribute”, in anticipation of their rematch. Check it out, it shows their previous three round stoic battle.

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Part 2:

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So apparently there is a documentary coming out next week about the long running feud between Tito and Ken. It is called “Relentless: Tito Ortiz -vs- Ken Shamrock: The Untold Truth Behind UFC’s Legendary Feud” and the release date is this Tuesday, the 18th of July.

All I’ve been able to find out about is this bit of promo:

This DVD is a high impact, no holds barred, behind the scenes look at how the blood feud between Tito Ortiz and the Lion’s Den got started.

– What did Tito’s shirt really say?
– Did it spark a riot thrown down between some of the best fighters in the UFC?
– Why does the Ortiz/Mezger war continue even today?

You’ll find rare, exclusive video, photos, and candid, revealing interviews with Tito Ortiz’s former manager, Sal Garcia, amongst others.

You’d hope this has their fights in full and its coming out next week because they are throwing something together that includes last week’s fight. Guy Metzger is listed as “starring” as well. So is this going to be good? I have no idea. For me it comes down to how much actual fight footage is in the 105 minutes which this video goes for and they are not giving much away on that front. If anyone finds a review, point me in the right direction.

Click the ad link on the sidebar to order from Amazon or get more info.

I’ve noticed a lot of people are coming by this site looking for video of the Ortiz vs Shamrock fight from Saturday nights’ UFC 61. Whatever video of the fight has shown up on Youtube or Google Video has been quickly taken down due to copyright infringement. I did just see a poor quality recording on Youtube, so if you search for something like “ufc 61″ or “ortiz shamrock” there you may be lucky. What I saw was basically a recording made by someone holding a video camera to their TV screen, so you can imagine the quality. And from what I could make out of the fight, you did not miss out on much.

Here’s a video of the post fight press conference.

I also came across this nice video of the first Ortiz vs Shamrock fight, and the more recent Liddell vs Ortiz fight, check it out.

I won’t give any spoilers here for the main fights, you can see the results and read commentaries on each fight over at onlyufc.com. I will just say that the Arlovski vs Sylvia battle has just gone to round 5. Quite a surprise, considering noone expected it to go past the first round! OK, that was a bit of spoiler. Tough.

For the Australian fight fans, the Perosh - Monson fight, which was a preliminary and was not broadcast on Pay-per-View ended at 2:22 in the first round, with KO for Monson. The fight went to the ground at first, with a take down from Monson. When they got back up a flurry of knees and punches from Monson ended the fight with Perosh down and out.

Jeff Monson is not the man you want to meet in your first UFC experience, unfortunately. Better luck next time, Anthony.