UFC 133: Evans vs Ortiz

If you have not heard already, Rashad Evans (MMA 15-1-1, UFC 10-1-1) officially has an opponent for a light heavyweight bout at UFC 133, which is expected to be on August 6, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    Evan's original opponent, Phil Davis (MMA 9-0, UFC 5-0) pulled out of the fight on Tuesday, due to a knee injury he suffered at camp. UFC President Dana White then believed that Tito Ortiz (MMA 16-8-1, UFC 15-8-1) would step in, however he originally declined. White  turned to Lyoto Machida next (MMA 17-2, UFC 9-2) to take the fight, however his camp demanded a significant amount of money from White in order to participate, which White immediately declined.

Ortiz

    The UFC even planned to ask Vladimir Matyushenko (MMA 25-5, UFC 7-3) to accept the fight, until White got an unexpected phone call, from someone who might need to change his nickname from the "Huntington Beach Bad Boy", because lately Tito Ortiz has not been the bad boy at all, in fact he has been a hero as Ortiz told White he would take on Evans making the UFC 133 main event between the two official.
    Ortiz is coming off a surprise win against Ryan Bader (MMA 12-2, UFC 5-2) at UFC 132 which saved his career in the UFC. If Ortiz would have lost (as he was expected to) he would have been released from the company, however he submitted Bader via a guillotine that shock the world. This was Ortiz's first win in almost five years, and was the start of a comeback in the hope of receiving a title shot.
    I really like the new Tito Ortiz.
Ortiz seems to be more determined than ever, and seems like he is willing to do whatever it takes to get better and win fights, and deciding to take on Evans just five weeks after the Bader win is certainly showing this.
Ortiz fought Evans before in 2007, which ended in a draw. It did not help Ortiz that he was deducted a point in the second round for grabbing the fence of the octagon.
  Critics will say Ortiz was a completely different fighter in 2007, and I agree with this statement.
   He is much better now.
   Ortiz's motivation has skyrocketed, he is 100 percent focused on training, and he is determined. I do not know if that was true even in his prime, and it is so great to see this transformation that he first showed against Bader. I have never seen anyone so excited to win a fight, and seeing his reaction to the win was just awesome.
   Going into this UFC 133 fight against Evans, Ortiz is the major underdog. It obviously makes sense that he is, but once again I think he likes this situation. Yes, he does not have as much to lose as he did going into the Bader fight, but Ortiz still feels he has to prove to the MMA world that he can still be a championship contender, and I think he could easily do that if he keeps the same mind-set going into this fight as he did in his last.
   I cannot wait for this fight to happen and I really hope Ortiz stuns the world again. He is focused, determined to improve, and has completely changed his ways, how could you not root for him?