5 Dumbest Fighters in UFC history.

#1 Tito Ortiz

‘The Huntington Beach Bad Boy’ Tito Ortiz (19-12-1)

This brings us to the king of our list and the Sensei of stupidity. Wait! It’s a bird! No, it’s a dragon! Not really. It is the ‘Master with the Cracked Skull’ Tito Ortiz.

Ortiz is one of the best 205-pound fighters to have competed inside the Octagon, but he is also a caricature of a person and a master at making post-fight excuses. Ortiz lost a five round decision in his rematch against Forrest Griffin at UFC 106.

It was a good fight and a good display of heart by Ortiz. However, in the post-fight Octagon interview, Ortiz went on to blame his loss on a herniated disc and...Wait for it...the ‘Cracked Skull’. Yes, Tito Ortiz’s cracked skull is now a part of MMA and combat sports folklore.

MMA fans have been talking about Ortiz’s mythical cracked skull ever since UFC 106, and will continue their quest to understand it, for years to come.

Chuck ‘The Iceman’ Lidell knocked out Tito Ortiz twice, at UFC 47 and UFC 66. However, that has never stopped Ortiz from trash-talking his former-friend Lidell. Ortiz has claimed for years that inspite of being knocked out twice by Lidell, he is a better fighter than the ‘Iceman’.

Ortiz’s level of delusion is otherworldly and despite being beaten soundly on multiple occasions, he continues to sound off on his opponents using his wonderful trash-talking skills. Tito’s trash-talking skills are something to behold. From being schooled by the Randy Coutures and the Chuck Lidells of the world, Ortiz has now moved on to being mocked on live TV by Chael Sonnen.

Although Ortiz beat Sonnen come fight night, Sonnen made a mockery of Ortiz on several occasions in the build-up to their Bellator 170 main event match-up.

The best way to describe Ortiz is in his own words- ‘This guy is from real.’ No Tito. He isn’t ‘from’ real. He is ‘for’ real. And as far as Ortiz’s cracked skull is concerned, the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) has confirmed that neither did Ortiz have a herniated disc nor a ‘cracked skull’ after his fight at UFC 106.

So the guy is ‘from’ real, but Tito’s cracked skull sure as hell isn’t.

From deer meat, to too much weed; the Octagon has it all. From Sanchez’s eccentric yoga ideas to Rampage’s conspiracy theories, MMA has different types and levels of ‘dumb’. This is what makes MMA so unpredictable and the UFC so entertaining. That said, I issue an open challenge to the you, the reader, to find another MMA fighter capable of dethroning The Master with the Cracked Skull from his throne of ‘dumb’.

In case you have someone in mind, do chime in with your comments.