Friday, July 31, 2009
The Huntington Beach Bad Boy is BACK in the UFC!
Tito Ortiz and Dana White have reconciled and he is now returning to "finish his career" in the octagon. By now we should all be well aware of the heavily publicized feud between Tito Ortiz and Dana White. If you are not familiar with it, allow me to share it with you. When Tito Ortiz was starting out, he was managed by Dana White himself. However, when White took over the organization things went South in a hurry. At the time Tito Ortiz was the light heavyweight title holder and Chuck Liddell was in line to challenge for the belt. White and company believed that Tito was ducking Liddell. The UFC ended up creating an interim title which was won by Randy Couture. Tito fought Randy at UFC 44 to determine the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Randy walked away with a decisive win that ended in him literally spanking Tito. Tito eventually faced Liddell not once, but twice, losing to the Iceman both times. Things did not get any better between Tito and Dana. At one point, Tito actually challenged Dana to a boxing match which Dana accepted. It was going to be aired on Spike TV. Tito did not show up to the fight, which made the alleged ducking allegations look even worse. After losing to Lyoto Machida at UFC 84, Tito was not resigned by the organization. He went on to have back surgery that has kept him inactive for quite some time. As recently as UFC 100, Dana White actually banned Tito from appearing at the UFC Fan Expo prior to the event. However, despite all of their previous bad blood, Dana White announced in a conference call with the media that Ortiz is once again a member of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and will "end his career" with the UFC. No specifics of the deal were announced but I know that all MMA enthusiasts out there are salivating at the return of The Huntington Beach Bad Boy. Dana announced that his first fight would likely be against Mark Coleman. This would pit two dominating wrestlers against each other and should make for an entertaining return for Ortiz.
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