Oct 8, 2009

Tito Ortiz vs Mark Coleman Off (Here's the story)

Tito Ortiz vs Mark Coleman has been officially cancelled. On Monday, Ortiz announced on his Twitter that Coleman pulled out of the fight. Without any explanation, (we later found out Coleman tore his MCL) Tito went on to call Coleman a sissie which did not mesh well with The Hammer's manager Mike DiSabato.

“Mark Coleman is not a talker, he is a fighter. He is a Hall of Famer who has fought a who’s who of great fighters. Tito says ’sissy’? Please. He can prove Coleman is a sissy on January 2nd if he wants, Coleman has already asked to push it back, but it is not in Mark’s hands as he will do what is good for the UFC and what his employer thinks is best for the promotion. I got to think if Tito really wants to fight Mark he can ask Joe Silva to give him Coleman on January 2nd.”

DiSabato should have stopped there and his point would have been clear but here's where he gets personal:
“The only thing Coleman is afraid of when it comes to Tito is contracting swine flu from that dirty ass d-bag," DiSabato stated. "We all know where he lays his head down at night. Tito wants to get personal with a legend? OK, let’s get personal – we can all go to our porn collections and watch what Tito sleeps with night after night.”

Jenna Jameson went on to respond to Disabato's comments with her own via twitter:

"I am sad to see that Mark Coleman must rely on his mouthpiece to do his cleanup work for dropping out. He feels that taking personal stabs at my character will help him get a payday with Tito."

And then,...

“I chuckle at the fact that Titos apponents are so desperate, that they need to say terrible things about me… go ice you knee, mark”

And then,...

“its a sad day in MMA, when a fighter and his “manager” attacks a new mommy in order to get attention. – wish him luck with rehab…” ... Hehe, I like this one.

DiSabato then called Fighters Only and apologized for his comments:

“When I said what I said, I was very emotional, it was me responding without thinking, and that’s not really my style. In retrospect I should not have made those comments. It is not my style to talk about another man’s wife like that and it is not something that we want associated with Mark Coleman. Those comments were mine and not Mark’s but it is still not the kind of thing this sport is about.”

Disabato then went on to mention they would love to reschedule the fight for January 2010.

Ortiz announces Coleman fight is off, calls Coleman a Sissie
Coleman's manager responds to Ortiz's comments
Jenna Jameson Responds
Coleman's manager retracts comments

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