Machida Ortiz UFC 84 Predictions

Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida is the -200 favorite at BodogLife.com against former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz in an upcoming UFC 84 super light heavyweight match. Machida is unbeaten in 12 professional fights, but if anyone can hand him his first loss, it’s “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy”. Find out who Jimmy Boyd likes to win this super light heavyweight fight in his Machida – Ortiz predictions article.

Former UFC light heavyweight champion, Tito Ortiz, is one of the biggest names in the sport. His brute strength, intensity, and ground and pound attack have taken him to an elite status in the MMA community. Ortiz comes in to this fight as a winner of five of his last seven bouts. Those two blemishes are a loss to Chuck Liddell and a draw to Rashad Evans. Ortiz has defeated Forrest Griffin, Patrick Cote, Vitor Belfort, and Ken Shamrock over the last three years, and he’s ready to add “The Dragon” to that list.

Ortiz has acted in public as if Machida isn’t worth any of the hype, saying that he isn’t even worth talking about. Ortiz said he’s going to crush him and then move on as if this is just another fight.

The undefeated Machida will gladly welcome Ortiz to reality by handing him his sixth career loss. Machida has been successful because he doesn’t make mistakes and because he always makes his strikes count. He is known as one of the most technical and powerful strikers in the sport. No one who has beaten BJ Penn can be considered a nobody, plain and simple. This fight is vitally important to Machida as a win puts him in top contention to challenge for the 205 pound title.

Machida had good things to say about Ortiz, stating that he is honored to fight one of the biggest names in the sport, but then he subtly stated that there is no way he’ll let this go to a decision. “I’m going to finish him in this fight.” Machida said.

Prediction: Machida

In many ways, this fight is youth versus experience, a passing of the torch if you will. But the problem is that Ortiz is not ready to pass it to a fighter who he is yet to have any respect for. Ortiz has fried much bigger fish and jumped into much larger oceans than the young Machida in his career and that experience has to give him some sort of an edge. However, while Ortiz is still a major force in the light heavyweight division of the UFC, he is not the invincible young talent that he once was. Machida has the confidence that comes along with a 12-0 record and knows that a win here gets him that title shot. No slouch can beat a BJ Penn the way Machida did and my gut instinct tells me that Ortiz is not taking Machida as seriously as he should be. I’ll play favorites here and take the -200 favorite Machida to beat the great Tito Ortiz to earn his thirteenth straight victory.

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