Despite appearances to the contrary, Tito Ortiz is not about to lose his competitive edge anytime soon. The former light heavyweight world champion and UFC Hall of Famer may be into his fifth decade – he was 40 on January 23rd – but his appetite for confrontation and his desire to compete at the very highest level remain as ferocious as ever. After 17 years in the game, he’s still in there fighting.
The man they used to call the Huntington Beach Bad Boy is in danger of growing up a little. He is talking seriously about retiring from the sport as the inevitable passage of time takes its toll on a body that endured a litany of injuries that would have ended the career of a lesser fighter years ago.