{"id":66060,"date":"2013-08-08T06:06:38","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T13:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=66060"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:54:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:54:37","slug":"1bellator-made-tito-ortiz-an-offer-he-couldnt-refuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/1bellator-made-tito-ortiz-an-offer-he-couldnt-refuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator made Tito Ortiz an offer he &#8216;couldn&#8217;t refuse&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tito.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65576\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tito.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tito.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tito-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tito-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last summer, Tito Ortiz (16-11-1 MMA) retired and was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. So, one of the big questions following Bellator&#8217;s recent pay-per-view announcement of Tito vs. Rampage was&#8230; why? &#8220;The People&#8217;s Champion&#8221; explained his reasoning for returning to the cage during Monday&#8217;s Bellator MMA press conference:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I got an offer I couldn&#8217;t refuse for my future, and not only my kids and family, but pretty much everything I&#8217;ve done in mixed martial arts(MMA). I&#8217;ve done everything under the sun to get the sport where it is today, everything I have is because of this sport. I&#8217;ve fought with heart, integrity and determination like no other fighter has done. I&#8217;ve been through every surgery that any athlete has been through and I&#8217;ve prevailed through it&#8230;. I&#8217;m in a good place mentally, physically and emotionally like no other. And with me being in the position that I am now, I had that hunger to be great again&#8230;. 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