Overview
- Tito Ortiz, 50, declared he would have double-legged and controlled Alex Pereira in a prime-vs-prime matchup, saying, “He ain’t getting away from me.”
- Coverage conflicts on where Ortiz made the remarks, with MMA Fighting citing the JAXXON podcast and Bloody Elbow attributing them to Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s show.
- Social-media responses widely mocked Ortiz’s prediction, with fans calling the claim “hilarious” and dismissing the matchup as one-sided the other way.
- Alex Pereira is in his second reign as UFC light heavyweight champion after regaining the belt from Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 320, and he has been linked to a potential Jon Jones superfight and a UFC BJJ grappling match with Khamzat Chimaev, which are unconfirmed.
- Ortiz also said he would take on any of today’s top five light heavyweights and argued that grappling-centric approaches like those of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Khamzat Chimaev win consistently.