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King Mo Thinks Tito Ortiz Should Fight Quinton Jackson

May 23, 2016 | Posted by Larry Csonka

In an interview with MMA Junkie, Muhammad Lawal said that he thinks Tito Ortiz should fight Quinton Jackson next. Here are highlights:

On Ortiz’ next fight: “He won’t fight me. I think he should fight Quinton. I’m still trying to get titles and get paid. (Ortiz is) just trying to get paid. I don’t know if Quinton’s trying to get titles, either. So he should fight Quinton, or fight Wanderlei (Silva) if Wanderlei can fight again (after his suspension). That’s a fight people want to see – Tito and Quinton. Let that fight happen.”

On if the fight would do well: “I think (Ortiz vs. Jackson) would do pretty good (with ratings). I don’t know how good the fight would be because who knows if Tito could be able to handle a training camp for Quinton. I know Quinton would show up because he’s a fighter. But I don’t know if Tito can handle the training camp. (I’d take the fight), but I’d tell them to have three backups ready because he probably wouldn’t be able to make it through the training camp.”

On thinking he beat Phil Davis: “I thought I won the fight. I haven’t had a chance to watch it, but I know the people who watched it said it was close. I know a lot of people who said that they might have scored Phil’s kicks, but I didn’t feel any of his kicks. They were meant to keep me away. They didn’t do much damage. but I don’t know what the judges want. One week they want this, the next week they want this. There’s nothing really concrete as far as criteria. It is what it is.”