Wheelie
08-02-2005, 16:08
MMA MEDIA WILL TRY TO PETITION NSAC TO OVERTURN SUPPOSEDLY BIASED BELFORT-ORTIZ DECISION Prominent members of the MMA Media will try to petition the Nevada State Athletic Commission to overturn the supposedly biased and controversial judges decision in the Vitor Belfort vs. Tito Ortiz fight.
Many true media and fans of NHB/MMA feel now is the time to make a stand against judges decision that seem either inept, biased, and/or corrupt. The MMA media ask for all the loyal fans of NHB/MMA who thought Vitor Belfort won the fight to do the same by contacting the Nevada State Athletic Commission and letting them know how you feel.
Nevada Department of Business & Industry
Nevada Athletic Commission
555 E. Washington Avenue, Ste 3200
Las Vegas, NV 89101
PHONE (702)486-2575
FAX (702)486-2577
Here are some quotes from MMA media and fans regarding the fight:
"Vitor clearly won that fight by a score of 29-28, and always went for the finish, whereas Tito never really tried to finish the fight and fought most of the time in a defensive fashion." -Tape Lord, Fightsport.com
"Tape Lord is correct" -Better Mouse Trap, Fightsport.com
"Im not sure what fight the "judges" were watching but Stevie Wonder could see that Vitor won two rounds of the fight and Tito only won one round. If a fighter wins 2 rounds of a 3 round fight he has won it, simple. Ortiz keeps his title as The Great Pretender of MMA." --Scoop McTroll, Fightsport.com
"29-28 for Belfort" -Josh Gross, Sherdog.com
"29-28 for Belfort in a very close fight." -Michael DiSanto, InsideFighting and huge supporter of unoffical Tito fan club
"Vitor won the fight by both KO and 29-28 decision". -Sam John Harkins, freelance journalist
"Belfort 29-28. Great fight, close fight. I gave Vitor Belfort the nod 29-28. I agree that the fight came down to how you scored the first round. Vitor was the agressor and he almost took out Tito in that first round. To Ortiz’s credit he weathered the storm, but Vitor was the more aggressive fighter and control more of that first round than Tito did, thus I give it a 29-28 Belfort win." -Ken Pishna, MMA Weakly
"I scored it 29-28 Vitor Belfort. I don’t have a major problem with how the official judges scored it. It was that close and watching the replay on tv compared to live in Vegas, it looked even closer than I first thought.
I think we all agree Tito won Round 3 and Vitor Round 2. So it comes down to Round 1. Depends how you judge Round 1. The fight was eerely similar to the Liddell 2nd round KO over Ortiz at the beginning as Vitor had a monster barrage that broke the nose of Tito Ortiz. Ortiz said “I was out for a second after an elbow.... Tito then said later that his nose was broke in the first round.
Ortiz played the position game very well in the first round, but the most effective scoring came from Belfort. My notes said “In a very close round I score it 10-9 because of the damage Tito sustained from the strikes. Tito finished the round strong for a minute and a half, but the first 3 minutes of the round were Vitor, thus 10-9." -Ryan Bennett, disgraced journalist from MMA Weakly
Many true media and fans of NHB/MMA feel now is the time to make a stand against judges decision that seem either inept, biased, and/or corrupt. The MMA media ask for all the loyal fans of NHB/MMA who thought Vitor Belfort won the fight to do the same by contacting the Nevada State Athletic Commission and letting them know how you feel.
Nevada Department of Business & Industry
Nevada Athletic Commission
555 E. Washington Avenue, Ste 3200
Las Vegas, NV 89101
PHONE (702)486-2575
FAX (702)486-2577
Here are some quotes from MMA media and fans regarding the fight:
"Vitor clearly won that fight by a score of 29-28, and always went for the finish, whereas Tito never really tried to finish the fight and fought most of the time in a defensive fashion." -Tape Lord, Fightsport.com
"Tape Lord is correct" -Better Mouse Trap, Fightsport.com
"Im not sure what fight the "judges" were watching but Stevie Wonder could see that Vitor won two rounds of the fight and Tito only won one round. If a fighter wins 2 rounds of a 3 round fight he has won it, simple. Ortiz keeps his title as The Great Pretender of MMA." --Scoop McTroll, Fightsport.com
"29-28 for Belfort" -Josh Gross, Sherdog.com
"29-28 for Belfort in a very close fight." -Michael DiSanto, InsideFighting and huge supporter of unoffical Tito fan club
"Vitor won the fight by both KO and 29-28 decision". -Sam John Harkins, freelance journalist
"Belfort 29-28. Great fight, close fight. I gave Vitor Belfort the nod 29-28. I agree that the fight came down to how you scored the first round. Vitor was the agressor and he almost took out Tito in that first round. To Ortiz’s credit he weathered the storm, but Vitor was the more aggressive fighter and control more of that first round than Tito did, thus I give it a 29-28 Belfort win." -Ken Pishna, MMA Weakly
"I scored it 29-28 Vitor Belfort. I don’t have a major problem with how the official judges scored it. It was that close and watching the replay on tv compared to live in Vegas, it looked even closer than I first thought.
I think we all agree Tito won Round 3 and Vitor Round 2. So it comes down to Round 1. Depends how you judge Round 1. The fight was eerely similar to the Liddell 2nd round KO over Ortiz at the beginning as Vitor had a monster barrage that broke the nose of Tito Ortiz. Ortiz said “I was out for a second after an elbow.... Tito then said later that his nose was broke in the first round.
Ortiz played the position game very well in the first round, but the most effective scoring came from Belfort. My notes said “In a very close round I score it 10-9 because of the damage Tito sustained from the strikes. Tito finished the round strong for a minute and a half, but the first 3 minutes of the round were Vitor, thus 10-9." -Ryan Bennett, disgraced journalist from MMA Weakly