Brad says it’s not how he wants to win the fight, but he wasn’t faking.
Tito goes ballistic, throwing water bottles before calling his team over while making sarcastic comments about Team Liddell getting another gift. Somebody on Team Liddell makes a comment and Tito walks towards them while screaming. This, quite obviously, does not sit well with Liddell, who has to be restrained from running over and knocking Tito out. The coaches scuffle, and we get a brief glimpse at Strikeforce middleweight champ (and future UFC signee) Jake Shields. Jake is perfectly at home in the midst of a rumble.
Dana looks on in disbelief, as if he totally didn’t expect this type of confrontation when he chose Liddell and Ortiz to coach this season.
Tito says any good father figure or coach will back up his team and he’ll do it every time. He tells Chuck to go watch the fight tape and then come back and apologize to him. Tito should probably watch the fight tape himself, because that kick certainly did land flush.
Chuck says he’d like to soccer kick Tito in the face and see if he can continue afterwards.
Dana finds Chuck in the hallways of the training center and pulls him in the office. He tells him that it’s as good of a time as any to break some bad news to him: Ortiz pulled out of the fight. Dana tells Chuck not to throw his phone and break it. Liddell gets up, says “I’m gonna go punch him,” and walks out of the office.
NEXT WEEK: Now that Tito isn’t fighting Chuck, will he also be forced out as a coach? Judging by the look on Tito’s face during an upcoming conversation with Dana (and the fact that Liddell is fighting Rich Franklin and not Tito), I’d wager that’s exactly what happens. We also get the last quarterfinal matchup with Jamie Yager taking on Josh Bryant — a fight that apparently ends with one competitor making a trip to the hospital in an ambulance.