{"id":334619,"date":"2019-12-09T06:34:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=334619"},"modified":"2019-12-09T06:34:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T14:34:00","slug":"tito-ortiz-updates-on-whats-next-after-combate-americas-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/combate-americas\/tito-ortiz-updates-on-whats-next-after-combate-americas-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Tito Ortiz updates on what&#8217;s next after Combate Americas win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz picked up a blowout, submission victory over former WWE star Alberto Del Rio. The bout headlined Combate Americas&#8217; first foray onto pay-per-view.<\/p>\n<p>With this victory, Ortiz moved onto a three-fight win-streak, having beaten former UFC talents Chuck Liddell and Chael Sonnen in his next most recent fights. While the 44-year-old has unsuccessfully retired several times previously, it doesn&#8217;t sound like he has any desire to stop now.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after his win over Del Rio, Ortiz clarified that his current contract with Combate Americas obligates him to another fight with the promotion. Beyond that, he says he may continue fighting for organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a five-time defending UFC champion, and here I am \u2014 22 years later I still fight, and Alberto pushed me to be the best that I can,\u201d Ortiz said post-fight (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/12\/combate-americas-results-tito-ortiz-submits-alberto-el-patron-opening-round\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cI\u2019ve got another fight in Combate. I may have a couple more fights in Combate.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At this stage, it&#8217;s not clear who Tito Ortiz will fight in his sophomore Combate Americas fight. That said, he recently claimed he and the Latin American promotion have <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/combate-americas\/tito-ortiz-teases-potential-combate-america-fight-with-cain-velasquez\/\">been in touch<\/a> with former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz says he likes that idea of a fight with Velasquez, so long as the career heavyweight can slim down to 210 lbs. WWE would also have to allow Velasquez to compete in an MMA bout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a one and done deal with Combate. I signed a three-fight, two-year contract with them. So there will be a fight after,\u201d Ortiz told Shakiel Mahjouri of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2019\/11\/20\/20973051\/tito-ortiz-cain-velasquez-alberto-el-patron-del-rio-combate-americas-mma-news-wwe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Bloody Elbow (opens in a new tab)\">Bloody Elbow<\/a> ahead of his fight with Del Rio. \u201cCampbell [McLaren] actually talked to Cain Velasquez and he said he\u2019d like the winner of this [fight with Del Rio]. If Cain Velasquez can get to 205, I\u2019m in. If he can make it to 210 I\u2019m in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think the future holds for the 44-year-old Tito Ortiz?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/9\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz picked up a blowout, submission victory over former WWE star Alberto Del Rio. The bout headlined Combate Americas&#8217; first foray onto pay-per-view. With this victory, Ortiz moved onto a three-fight win-streak, having beaten former UFC talents Chuck Liddell and Chael Sonnen in his next most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":279611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39699,10188],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tito Ortiz updates on what&#039;s next after Combate Americas win | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tito Ortiz updates on his plans after his dominant, first-round submission win over Alberto Del Rio at Combate Americas over the weekend.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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