Filed under: Bellator , Featured , Featured Videos , News , Videos Tito Ortiz thinks Bellator MMA middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko wouldn’t have called him out if he had beaten Quinton “Rampage” Jackson this past fall. Shlemenko, Ortiz today told MMAjunkie Radio, is attempting to take advantage of his return to the cage, which comes after a serious neck injury scratched the Jackson fight and put Ortiz on yet another road to recovery. In characteristic fashion, the 39-year-old UFC Hall of Famer said the Russian champ is getting a rude awakening when the two meet in a non-title light-heavyweight bout on Saturday at Bellator 120, which takes place at Landers Center in Southaven, Miss. The event’s main card airs live on pay-per-view following prelims on Spike TV and Spike.com. “I guess when you’re famous, people want to be famous, and if he wants to be famous, I’m going to make him famous on Saturday,” Ortiz said of his lighter opponent. “Because he’s going to beat his face up with my fists and my elbow.” Bellator had doubts whether Ortiz would ever be able to fight in the promotion after the injury, which chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney said threatened paralysis if the fighter was dropped on his head.
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Tito Ortiz on Alexander Shlemenko: ‘He’s going to beat his face up with my fists’ – MMA Junkie