{"id":218888,"date":"2017-01-22T06:31:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T14:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=218888"},"modified":"2017-01-22T07:34:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T15:34:32","slug":"mma-community-reacts-tito-ortiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tito-ortiz\/mma-community-reacts-tito-ortiz\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA community reacts to Tito Ortiz’s defeat of Chael Sonnen, retirement from MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday night, Bellator MMA returned to our screens with Bellator 170. Featuring some of the organization’s biggest names<\/a>, this action-packed card was topped by a light heavyweight showdown between UFC Hall-of-Famer and veritable MMA legend Tito Ortiz, and returning cult hero Chael Sonnen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the buildup to this fight, we learned that Tito Ortiz would be retiring afterwards<\/a>, no matter what happened in the cage. In the end, he was able to earn himself a win, and the perfect way to ride off into the MMA sunset.<\/p>\n

Ortiz earned his win with a first-round, neck-crank \/ rear-naked choke hybrid. This win came after Ortiz took Sonnen down early, snuck his way out of a guillotine attempt, secured full mount, and ultimately, took the back.<\/p>\n

In the wake of Ortiz’s dominant submission defeat of Chael Sonnen, many notable members of the MMA community took to Twitter to congratulate him on his win and wish him well as he embarks on his well-deserved retirement. A handful of fighters also suggested that his defeat of Sonnen may have been a fix \u2013 thought this certainly seems unlikely.<\/p>\n

See the best reactions to Ortiz’s defeat of Sonnen and and subsequent retirement below.<\/p>\n

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Congratulations @titoortiz<\/a>. You're a champion. What a great way to round out your career. Continued success. God bless @DesWoodruff<\/a><\/p>\n

— KEN SHAMROCK (@ShamrockKen) January 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n