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'Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz' aka "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" (born January 23, 1975) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter from Huntington Beach, California. As a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight champion (2000-2003),[1] Ortiz emerged as one of the sport's biggest stars, becoming 2006's hottest consistent ticket seller in the entire pay per view business,[1]
and appearing on the covers of various magazines, such as ''Black Belt Magazine''.[2]
Mixed martial arts career
Amateur
Ortiz began his martial arts career as a wrestler in his sophomore year of high school. Under coach Paul Herrera, Ortiz finished fourth in the state high school championships as a senior. Following high school, Ortiz continued his wrestling career winning a California state junior college title for Golden West College. Following his stint at Golden West, Ortiz wrestled at Cal State Bakersfield. Ortiz trained with future NCAA and world champion Stephen Neal.
His mixed martial arts debut was at ''UFC 13'' in 1997. Still in college, Ortiz competed as an amateur for no prize money or contracts. He beat Wes Albittron on the tournament's first round by referee stoppage, but lost in the next round to Guy Mezger.
Road to the title
After returning with TKO victories over Jeremy Screeton at ''West Coast NHB Championships 1'', and Jerry Bohlander at ''UFC 18'', Ortiz fought a rematch against Mezger at ''UFC 19''. This time Ortiz won by TKO due to strikes.
In 1999 Ortiz fought Frank Shamrock for the UFC middleweight (200 lb) title at ''UFC 22'', losing via submission due to strikes. Following the victory, Shamrock retired and vacated the championship. The middleweight division was then renamed the light heavyweight division and Ortiz was chosen, along with Wanderlei Silva, as a top contender.
Ortiz won the title fight at ''UFC 25'' via unanimous decision. He went on to defend the belt five times in the following three years, defeating Yuki Kondo, Evan Tanner, Elvis Sinosic, Vladimir Matyushenko and Lion's Den head Ken Shamrock.
At ''UFC 44'', after a near year-long layoff from the sport, Ortiz fought the new interim light heavyweight champion Randy Couture, who had defeated Chuck Liddell for the interim title at ''UFC 43'' in September 2003. Couture defeated Ortiz via unanimous decision, adding insult to injury by literally spanking the younger fighter in the Octagon as he was pinned against the fence.
Following his loss to Couture, Ortiz faced Chuck Liddell at ''UFC 47''. Ortiz lost by second round knockout. After six months off, Ortiz returned and took a unanimous decision victory over newcomer Patrick Côté at ''UFC 50'', and a split decision over Vitor Belfort at ''UFC 51''.
In February 2005, Ortiz took time away from the UFC and was offered deals with several promotions, including PRIDE Fighting Championships and the Don King-backed World Fighting Alliance, but none came to fruition. Ortiz opted to try his hand at professional wrestling, signing with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a guest referee.
T-shirt sayings
After most of his UFC fights in which he wins, he wears a t-shirt that features a message. Here is a past list of the t-shirts he has worn:
|-
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Opponent
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Event
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|T-Shirt Saying
|-
|Jerry Bohlander
|UFC 18
|"I Just F
★
★ ked Your Ass"
|-
|Guy Mezger
|UFC 19
|"Gay Mezger Is My Bitch"
|-
|Frank Shamrock
|UFC 22
|Tito put on a Frank Shamrock t-shirt
|-
|Wanderlei Silva
|UFC 25
|"I Just Killed The Axe Murderer"
|-
|Yuki Kondo
|UFC 29
|"RESPECT; I don't earn it; I just fucken take it!"
|-
|Elvis Sinosic
|UFC 32
|"That's American For Whoop Ass Mate"
|-
|Ken Shamrock
|UFC 40
|"I Just Killed Kenny, You Bastard"
|-
|Patrick Côté
|UFC 50
|"Who's Next"
|-
|Vitor Belfort
|UFC 51
|"Bring Home Our Troops!"
|-
|Forrest Griffin
|UFC 59
|"With Great Sacrifice Comes Great Rewards"
|-
|Ken Shamrock
|UFC 61
|"If you fight Tito Ortiz You Lose"
|-
|Ken Shamrock
|
|"Punishing Him Into Retirement"
|-
|Chuck Liddell
|UFC 66
|"Thanks... U.S. Troops For Fighting For Our Country"
|-
|Rashad Evans
|UFC 73
|"Bad Boy For Life"
Entrance music
|-
|style="text-align: center" colspan=8|'List of Tito Ortiz's previous entrance music:'
|-
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|'Event'
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|'Song Title'
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|'Artist'
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|'Album'
|-
|UFC 30
|Rollin'
|Limp Bizkit
|Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
|-
|UFC 32
|Break Stuff
|Limp Bizkit
|Significant Other
|-
|UFC 33
|Break Stuff
|Limp Bizkit
|Significant Other
|-
|UFC 40
|Break Stuff
|Limp Bizkit
|Significant Other
|-
|UFC 44
|Let's Do This Now
|Korn
|Take a Look in the Mirror
|-
|UFC 47
|Bad Boy For Life
|P Diddy
|The Saga Continues
|-
|UFC 50
|Bad Boy For Life
|P Diddy
|The Saga Continues
|-
|UFC 51
|Mosh
|Eminem
|Encore
|-
|UFC 59
|Mosh
|Eminem
|Encore
|-
|UFC 61
|Mosh
|Eminem
|Encore
|-
|
|Mosh
|Eminem
|Encore
|-
|UFC 66
|Mosh
|Eminem
|Encore
|-
|UFC 73
|Mosh
|Eminem
|Encore
★ TitoOrtiz.com. Retrieved Jan. 6, 2007.
Professional wrestling career
In May 2005, Ortiz agreed to appear with the professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
On May 15, 2005 at TNA Hard Justice Ortiz served as special guest referee in the NWA World Heavyweight Championship title match between Jeff Jarrett and A.J. Styles at the behest of Director of Authority Dusty Rhodes. Ortiz (kayfabe) knocked out Jeff Jarrett with a right hook after Jarrett shoved him. This allowed Styles to hit his "Spiral Tap" for the pinfall victory and claim the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Jarrett.
Ortiz returned to wrestling to referee an NWA World Heavyweight Championship match in October 2005.
Return to MMA
In November 2005, Dana White announced that Ortiz and Ken Shamrock would coach ''The Ultimate Fighter 3'' reality TV series on Spike TV, which premiered in April of 2006.
Ortiz' first fight in his return occurred at ''UFC 59'' on April 15, 2006 against previous ''The Ultimate Fighter 1'' winner Forrest Griffin. Ortiz won via split decision.
His next fight was against Ken Shamrock at ''UFC 61'' on July 8, 2006, a match which was to conclude a main storyline in ''The Ultimate Fighter 3''. Ortiz won in the first round by TKO due to a stoppage by referee Herb Dean due to strikes. Shamrock protested that the stoppage was early. On August 25, 2006, at the ''UFC 62'' weigh-ins, Dana White announced a rematch between Ortiz and Shamrock for October 10, 2006 on Spike TV, as the main event of . Ortiz beat Shamrock for the third time in this fight, which was stopped in the first round due to strikes.
Ortiz' rematch with Chuck Liddell (for the UFC Light Heavyweight championship) at ''UFC 66'' (December 30 , 2006) ended in defeat via referee stoppage in the third round.
His last fight was against ''The Ultimate Fighter 2'' winner Rashad Evans on July 7, 2007 at ''UFC 73''. The fight ended in a draw.[3]
Tito now has one fight left on his contract; both he and Rashad Evans want a rematch.[4]Immediately after Tito Ortiz and Rashad Evans fought to a draw, Ortiz asked for a rematch.
That wish was granted a few moments later.
"We have to see a rematch between Tito and Rashad. It was a good fight," UFC President Dana White said at a press conference following ''UFC 73''. "The rematch will happen almost immediately. They will not fight anyone else in between."[5]
Personal life
Ortiz has a son, Jacob Jr., with his ex-wife, Kristin. Ortiz is now dating former pornstar, Jenna Jameson.Interview with the Baltimore Sun.
Tito is the youngest of Sam and Joyce Ortiz's four sons.[2]
Oscar De La Hoya sold his California retreat and training facility to Ortiz for $2.1 million. [6]
Mixed martial arts record
As of September 2007, Ortiz has compiled a professional record of 15 wins, five losses, and one draw, with eight wins by knockout and two by submission.[3]
Championships and accomplishments
===FIGHTING SPIRIT magazine
★ 2006 Fight of The Year (vs Forrest Griffin, UFC 59)
★ 2006 Golden Gloves
Ultimate Fighting Championship
★ UFC Light Heavyweight champion, five title defenses
Wrestling Observer Newsletter=
★ 2002 Feud of the Year (vs Ken Shamrock)
★ 2006 Feud of the Year (vs Ken Shamrock)
References==1. "Since Ortiz's returned to the UFC this year, he has blossomed into 2006's hottest consistent ticket seller and buyrate draw in the pay-per-view business."
The Iceman lets others handle the speculation
2. Couchfighter Interview
3. Tito “the Huntington Beach Badboy” Ortiz: Professional fight record
Trivia
★ Punishment Athletics (Tito's clothing line) sponsors many high school wrestling teams.
★ Ortiz was in the movie ''Cradle 2 The Grave'' as a cage fighter, along with Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture.
★ Ortiz also appeared in the controversial Turkish film, "Valley of the Wolves Iraq."
★ Ortiz was in the movie '', playing the character Famine.
★ Ortiz was featured in the game Razor Freestyle Scooter as an unlockable character.
★ At the ''UFC 73'' press conference his opponent, Rashad Evans, referred to him as Jacob (Ortiz's given name) instead of Tito.
★ Ortiz trains at his training facility in Big Bear City, California which is located in the mountains where the elevation is high. This provides more difficult breathing conditions which contributes to Ortiz's cardiovascular training.
External links
★ Official Tito Ortiz Website
★ Punishment Athletics
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★ Interview with the "Baltimore Sun"
★ CouchFighter Interview about his early life
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