Aug 01 Hominick Goes WEC, Tito is Back in the UFC and More

I was able to pull together 2 videos that show most of the conference call that took place on Friday between Dana White, Tito Ortiz, and the media. I've already commented on the Fedor situation, but there was a couple of other key points that come out of that call. Canadians will be happy to hear that Mark Hominick was said to be now part of the WEC. MMA CANADA believes that Hominick will be fighting at WEC 43 against Deivadas Taurosevicius. This would be Hominick's 3rd fight for the WEC, and he will still be looking for his first win. Taurosevicius is a veteran of the IFL and holds a victory over Dan Lauzon. Sporting a 10-3 record in MMA, his last 2 losses were against Ryan Shultz and Frankie Edgar. This would be Taurosevicius' first bout in the WEC.

Still proving that business comes before all else, a lesson he may have learned from WWE's Vince McMahon, Dana White also made it official that the UFC has resigned Tito Ortiz. Ortiz had relished his time as a "free agent", but soon found that all the organizations in which he was close to signing had all closed their doors. Only now has Ortiz resumed training since he had successful back surgery, and he is eying a return in late 2009. As per White, no matter what he had to say about Ortiz, Tito was always willing to fight the best in the world. Tito himself made some great points in that he had beaten the now former UFC LHW champion Rashad Evans (made a draw due to a point taken away from Ortiz), and gave Machida his toughest challenge so far in the UFC. Moreover, Ortiz was still a formidable opponent despite having back problems that required surgery. His return, in my opinion, instantly makes him a top ten contender should he win his next fight.

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