A few days ago fight correspondent Marcos Villegas was at the Punishment Training Center taking a look at Tito Ortiz as he was winding down his training camp for his UFC 140 match-up against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira better known as Lil Nog. The former UFC light heavyweight champion showed dramatic increases in his standup from what we gathered, make using of better foot work and lateral movement as well as working in slips when he was on the mitts with Jason Parillo.
Which is warranted as Nogueira comes from a solid boxing background as well as a stellar jiu-jitsu background. Ortiz seemed to have no worries about this as he feels the secret to beat Nogueira is out there, “Phil Davis showed the blue print on how to beat Nogueira,” said Ortiz. “My hands are full against him but I have been working sprawl and brawl, working on foot work and boxing skills.” Ortiz has been on a all time momentum high as of late. With a stunning upset over Ryan Bader a few months back that garnered him submission of the night and a valiant performance against Rashad Evans (which he lost) on short notice that earned him fight of the night at UFC 133, Ortiz tells us he is targeting a KO of the night. See what else Ortiz has to say about his match up with Nogueira, why he has lasted longer than legends Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture and who he think will be the winner between Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida.
