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Originally Posted by 6 Pack Lapadat

I read the posts calling Ken an egomaniac, and how ebarrasing his interview was.

I gave the interview a listen (I didn't before reading all the posts cause I am not really that interested in the third Tito fight, nor am I a big Ken fan) and I gotta say I don't see what all the beef is about.

Ken was respectful in his opinions. He even said he does not know if the second fight would have been over just 30 seconds later, but that in his heart he felt like it was stopped too soon and that he could have still won it (what fighter is not suppose to have that in them. To be on the bottom eating elbows and still not loose heart and quit).

Ken also brought up how he was upset how he came off on the show. There can be no question that the show is heavily edited. THose who seen second season and found Matt Hughes was cast into the role of the bad guy know this. Every one from teh show said Matt was not a bad guy, but rather the editing monster got him. It is what makes a good dramatic show.

Ken had to be cast as the guy you don't like, and then Tito as the future star. UFC knew Ken was going down. Ken says he was upset how he was made to look and then the quick stoppage made him feel like the deck was really stacked against him. He does NOT say he thinks it was set up for him to loose, but just felt at the time he was really being used to a great degree to pump up Tito and his career was not of the biggest concern.

His "rant" about all his fueds that help build UFC...guess what guys, check the numbers, Ken WAS and IS a big name in the UFC and that was not just lipservice. I was watching back when Ken was fighting Royce, and that fight was HUGE and the first real rivalry. Then his fight with Severn came and again was the second big rivalry. There was no other rivals in the UFC like that. Those were the two top dogs fighting.

Now this TIto rivalry is another big one. The PPV numbers don't lie. I remember the numbers for the show previous to the first tito-shamrock fight, and then look at the PPV numbers for that fight.

I can admit I was routing for Tito, I like Tito, and I am not really a big Shamrock fan (not that I am a hater like some are for him), but I thought he just takes too much flack and every one seems to jump on him too quick. He is a UFC legend, and he clearly is one of the biggest names in the sport, and he was the first poster boy for the UFC (sorry Royce, but a muscle bound white Irish guy was what boxing was looking for for years, and the UFC used him great).

WHy all the hate? If Ken wins, he will have done so with hard work. Good for him.

Good points from beginning to end. Not bad for a Tito man