Tito Ortiz hype or for real?

I only began liking Tito after the TUF show. It really showed his dedication to fighters and pion he has for the sport. In terms of his fighting, he's never put down a fight against anyone unless he was injured and always puts up a good show. As you said he's a huge attraction (love him or hate him he brings in heaps of attention to the sport). Sure Tito's been on a rough patch in his career since 06' but hes one of the longest active fighters in the game. Every fighter will have times they shine and times they look like only a shell of their former self. He has lost 4 out of his last 6 fights which is pretty bad, but looking at who's hes faced while having nagging injuries that he was probably afraid to go under the knife to fix was probably his downfall. He's faced former champions and top 5 people in his weight cl and did not get dominated at all or ko'd in any of the fights. It was hard equal fights, which could have gone either way and I think the organization knows that. They gave him a second chance with Bader (no offense to Tito) but probably thinking hes gonna lose (he was a 5-1 underdog). And he dominated Bader who's fought plenty before against stiff competition. I personally believe its a mix of hype and his skill as a fighter. Tito definitely does not look his age yet and hasn't seemed to have lost his step just yet. If he has fixed all his injures as he's said in numerous interviews, other fighters may have to fear him once again when he was one of the best LHW fighters ever in the UFC. This next fight is a win/win situation with Rashad, if he losses it won't be held against him (he took the fight under 2 weeks notice) and if he wins? well... Tito is back in contention and will most likely face the winner of Rampage and Jones and he may have a chance to reclaim his spot as a champion once again.