{"id":308996,"date":"2019-04-08T05:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=308996"},"modified":"2019-04-08T05:40:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T12:40:10","slug":"tito-ortiz-backtracks-on-retirement-talk-i-have-an-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tito-ortiz\/tito-ortiz-backtracks-on-retirement-talk-i-have-an-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"Tito Ortiz backtracks on retirement talk: &#8216;I have an opponent&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shortly after he knocked out Chuck Liddell in the debut Golden Boy MMA event in the fall, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz once again implied that he was likely retiring from MMA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou get that feeling of, \u2018Is this the last one?\u2019 I want it to be,\u201d Ortiz said. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of pressure; to impose your will on someone like that every single fight is really, really hard. There\u2019s so much pressure to do that. And I\u2019ve been doing it for 21 years. Now, if I just step out of that game and do it the right way of being a promoter and helping fighters, help them [grow]. And grow the next&nbsp;Tito Ortiz, grow the next Chuck Liddells, grow the next \u2018Rampage\u2019 Jacksons, Royce Gracies, Ken Shamrocks, Conor McGregors. And give them an opportunity to make the real money to make.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent interview with TMZ, however, Tito Ortiz backtracked on this retirement talk and announced that he could be fighting again as soon as October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tito Ortiz Says He&#039;s Not Retiring, &#039;I&#039;m Fighting in October!!&#039; | TMZ Sports\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ydSiTCdXg_k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll probably be fighting in October,\u201d Ortiz said (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Tito-Ortiz-Walks-Back-Retirement-Talk-Says-Hell-Probably-Be-Fighting-in-October-152383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sherdog (opens in a new tab)\">Sherdog<\/a>) . \u201cAfter I fought Chuck last year I thought it would be my last one, but my body\u2019s on [track], everything\u2019s fast, everything\u2019s great. Sparring\u2019s been good. Training\u2019s been great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s do one more for fun, just for fun. I have an opponent so it\u2019s gonna be fun when we announce it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who do you think Tito Ortiz is planning on fighting in October?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 4\/8\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after he knocked out Chuck Liddell in the debut Golden Boy MMA event in the fall, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz once again implied that he was likely retiring from MMA. \u201cYou get that feeling of, \u2018Is this the last one?\u2019 I want it to be,\u201d Ortiz said. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":292660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39626,10188],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the 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