{"id":235713,"date":"2017-04-29T12:06:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T19:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=235713"},"modified":"2017-04-29T12:06:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T19:06:22","slug":"tito-ortiz-makes-peace-with-dana-white-reflects-on-move-to-bellator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tito-ortiz\/tito-ortiz-makes-peace-with-dana-white-reflects-on-move-to-bellator\/","title":{"rendered":"Tito Ortiz makes peace with Dana White, reflects on move to Bellator"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2012, former UFC champion Tito Ortiz competed in the UFC for the final time as he was handed his third straight loss, his 7th over the course of the past 8 fights.<\/p>\n

Ortiz then signed with Bellator MMA<\/a> in 2014. When Ortiz made his highly anticipated Bellator debut, he did so against Alexander Shlemenko, where he picked up a 1st round submission win over the Bellator MMA vet, marking his first win in three years. In his next fight, Ortiz stepped into the cage for a highly anticipated grudge match with fellow UFC veteran Stephan Bonnar. Ortiz won the fight via split decision. Unfortunately for Ortiz, in his next fight he dropped his next fight to Liam McGeary in a failed bid for the Bellator MMA title. <\/p>\n

\"Tito<\/p>\n

Most recently, Tito Ortiz returned to the cage to fight Chael Sonnen in a highly anticipated grade match. In just the first round, Ortiz picked up a 1st round submission win over Sonnen.<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, the UFC Hall of Famer has reflected on his MMA career, as well as his relationship with Dana White, who he recently made peace with.<\/p>\n

He spoke to MMAFighting<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Tito<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very thankful to Bellator,\u201d Ortiz told MMA Fighting, an hour before his son\u2019s next match on Friday. \u201cScott Coker\u2019s been amazing to work with. It\u2019s kind of weird, because after it was all over I got a text from [UFC president] Dana [White] saying congratulations. Me and Dana haven\u2019t really been eye-to-eye for a long time, but recently we\u2019ve been texting back and forth. I don\u2019t know, man. Life\u2019s too short. Too short to hate. I\u2019ve done a few things in my career that I regret towards him. Maybe wearing a tee shirt that says \u2018Dana\u2019s My Bitch\u2019 is one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always just tried to work for the future of my children, and for their future,\u201d Ortiz says. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t have been able to do that if not for Bellator. [Spike president} Kevin Kay\u2019s an amazing guy over there. He gave Scott Coker a job in order to make that company grow. Bellator\u2019s gotten bigger and bigger, and the PR firm is doing an amazing job. The sport\u2019s getting bigger. You can see all the UFC fighters are going over there and signing with Bellator. Is it that the pasture\u2019s greener over there? In my history, yes. I\u2019d have to say absolutely yes.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This article first appeared on www.BJPenn.com<\/a> on 4\/29\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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