Chris Lytle is a great MMA fighter. You seem to focus on his 16 losses, but to me, that doesn't make him a loser. Of his 16 losses, 14 were by decision and two where TKO's as a result of cuts/doctors stoppage. What I'm saying is that he has intelligently defended himself in every fight he's been in, never been knocked out and never been submitted. How many MMA fighters can say that? Not many. The fact that Lytle has 16 losses means that he will fight anyone at any time. He's not trying to protect his record and take easy fights to get to a title shot. He just wants to fight, because he enjoys it. –Kevin Liebertz

I didn't call Lytle a loser. Although he's lost a lot of fights, I said that might be forgivable given the amount of world-class talent he's fought. My point was that the only reason he's still on a main card is his excitement factor. He brings his A game every time and last week against Paul Taylor he showed that he’s harder than woodpecker lips. Reading between the lines, I'm wondering if that's what it really takes to make it in the UFC-excitement as opposed to a winning record. The bigger question is, which is more important-a boring winner or an exciting loser? I asked Dana White that exact question when I was writing my book and didn’t get a straight answer, but he did say, “fighters who leave everything in the cage will always have a him in the UFC.” He then went on the trash Tito Ortiz in the funniest three minutes I ever recorded, but that’s another story. In the end, Dana White and Zuffa are in this to make money and exciting fighters, like Chris Lytle, do just that for them.

So, with Elite XC closing down, what do you think Tito will do now? Has he burned his bridge with Affliction (since he didn't sign with them earlier and they could end up like Elite XC if they’re not careful), or do you think he'll go crawling back to Dana?
-Vocnet

I think if he's going to crawl to anyone it will be Affliction. He's burned his UFC bridge and I can tell you from personal experience that Dana detests him and won't give him another chance (see earlier response). EliteXC going under will be good news for Affliction because they'll scoop up all of Elite's talent who dislike the UFC or aren't welcome there. I think you'll see a bidding war over Jake Shields and maybe Robbie Lawler because he’s been so successful lately and the UFC needs middleweights. But other than that, Affliction should be deploying a lot of salesmen with contracts in their hands to a lot of camps this week to get their hands on the EliteXC debris.