Tito Ortiz Fighter Profile - Ultimate Fighter

UFC participant Jacob Ortiz, more commonly known as Tito Ortiz the “Huntington Beach Bad Boy”within the organization, is the 205lbs champion of several UFC events. His “ground-and-pound” style wrestling moves are fast, furious, and controlled barrages of punches and elbow drops. His raw talent and showman quality has brought him great fame and popularity over his several year involvement with the UFC which continues today. 
His career in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) began in the early 90s during his sophomore year of highschool when, under the coaching of Paul Herrera, he joined the wrestling team. In his senior year he achieved a great victory as he placed 4th in the state highschool championship. During his college career, Tito won the California State Junior College title for Golden West College in hometown Huntington Beach. Afterwards he attended Cal State Bakersfield and while wrestling there, trained along side Stephen Neal of the New England Patriots. 
He entered the UFC for the first time during UFC 13 -The Ultimate Force and quickly defeated Wes Albittron in the competitions first match. His brutal technique was enough to claim victory through Referee stoppage. His victory was short lived however when Ortiz first faced off with long time nemesis Guy Mezger. Due to confusion over whether or not Mezger tapped out during the first bout the fight was started over. This time around Ortiz misjudged Mezger and found himself locked in a choke hold and Mezger was granted victory by submission. 
Several months later Ortiz participated in a non UFC MMA event and then came back for UFC 18 -Road to the Heavyweight Title where he brought down Jerry Bohlander with relative ease. 
For UFC 19 -Ultimate Young Guys- Ortiz once again faced off with rival Guy Mezger but this time the tables were turned when Ortiz out-wrestled the smaller Mezger and belittled him by dawning a “Guy Mezger Is My Bitch” T-shirt and giving Mezger’s associates (The Lion’s Den) the finger. This would be the first, but certainly not the last time that Ortiz would use such mockery during future UFC competitions. In fact it became a popular gimmick in matches to come.
Later that year during UFC 22 -There Can Be Only One Champion- Ortiz battled Santa Monica native Frank Shamrock for the Middleweight title. Shamrock however managed to defend his title during a titanic back-and-forth fight. Feeling he had achieved the height of his career, Shamrock retired after the fight. During UFC 25 -Ultimate Japan 3- the Middleweight title was renamed Light Heavyweight and Ortiz claimed the empty spot from fellow contender Wanderlei Silva in another epic battle. For the next three years, Ortiz would defend his title 5 times and further humiliate The Lion’s Den by defeating several of their members including the group’s head Ken Shamrock (who’s younger adoptive brother, Frank, defeated Ortiz a few years before) in UFC 44 -Vendetta-
The next contender for Ortiz’s title would have more than likely been Chuck “Iceman” Liddell but through an act of comradery the two struck a pact and the two were to never face off. This left Ortiz without a contender for his title for almost a year as he and the UFC were unable to come to any terms concerning his contract. It wasn’t until UFC 44 -Undisputed- that they managed to coax Ortiz into a fight with Randy Couture by creating an Interim Light Heavyweight title. Couture, though considering retirement, won a surprising victory by unanimous decision after 5 rounds of domination over Ortiz. It was the shocking defeat that would haunt Ortiz’s career.
For UFC 47 -It’s On- Ortiz did eventually challenge friend Chuck Liddell but went down during the second round beneath Liddell’s punches. Even after two wins in UFC 50 and 51, Ortiz’s career in the UFC was coming to a stand still unless issues with his contract could be sorted out with the president of the organization. During this period of uncertainty, Ortiz was approached by other organizations including World Fighting Alliance for promotion value but eventually none came to be. He special-guest refereed for the NWA World Heavyweight championship twice in 2005. Ortiz also took some time to turn his showboating into actual acting and appeared in a few low-end films such as “The Crow: Wicked Prayer”. 
It didn’t take too long however, until Ortiz and the UFC had come to terms and a new arrangement was made for him. He would sign up as a coach for the Spike TV reality show “The Ultimate Fighter”which began airing in April 2006. The condition was that rival Ken Shamrock would also appear as a coach on the same season. To sweeten the deal, Ortiz has also been given a chance at three additional fights. On April 15th 2006 he defeated his first contender Forrest Griffin in a split decision during UFC 59. If he manages to win his next fight he will be up to reclaim his Light Heavyweight title from current champion Chuck Liddell.
UFC 60: Ken Shamrock and Tito Ortiz face off in a rematch. It may well take you more time to read this summary than it did for me to watch this fight.  Shamrock comes out swinging, but Ortiz manages to maneuver him around to where he can pick him up and slam him.  Ortiz then manages to maneuver Shamrock to the fence, get him in position and then drop five straight elbows on Shamrock’s face.  Shamrock appears to go limp after the first two, but due to what he sees as Shamrock’s failure to intelligently defend himself, Herb Dean stops the fight one minute and eighteen seconds in. After the fight, near pandemonium.  Shamrock pops up immediately and is in complete disbelief.  He starts after Tito but heavy in ring security stops him.  Completely disgusted, Shamrock leaves the ring before the decision is announced.  He’s shown shortly thereafter angrily shouting “bulls—t” on the way out.  The crowd boos the early stoppage heavily, and even Michael Buffer has to stop announcing the decision and start over.  Given the microphone, Ortiz defends Herb Dean’s decision and puts forth the idea of fighting Shamrock again.  He also declare himself “non-injury free” (huh?)  The commentators bandy the idea of a rematch with Chuck Liddell.
Fight Record 15-5-0
<ul>
<li>12-30-2006 - Lost to Chuck Liddell, UFC 66, TKO Round 3, 3:59 </li>
<li>10-10-2006 - Defeats Ken Shamrock, O vs S 3, TKO Round 1, 2:23 </li>
<li>07-08-2006 - Defeats Ken Shamrock, UFC 61, TKO Round 1, 1:18 </li>
<li>04-15-2006 - Defeats Forrest Griffin, UFC 59, Split Decision </li>
<li>02-06-2005 - Defeats Vitor Belfort, UFC 51, Split Decision </li>
<li>10-22-2004 - Defeats Patrick Cote, UFC 50, Unanimous Decision </li>
<li>04-02-2004 - Lost to Chuck Liddell, UFC 47, KO Round 2, 0:38 </li>
<li>09-26-2003 - Lost to Randy Couture, UFC 44, Unanimous Decision </li>
<li>11-22-2002 - Defeats Ken Shamrock, UFC 40, TKO Round 3, 5:00 </li>
<li>09-28-2001 - Defeats Vladimir Matyushenko, UFC 33, Unanimous Decision </li>
<li>06-29-2001 - Defeats Elvis Sinosic, UFC 32, TKO(Cut) Round 1, 3:32 </li>
<li>02-23-2001 - Defeats Evan Tanner, UFC 30, KO Round 1, 0:30 </li>
<li>12-16-2000 - Defeats Yuki Kondo, UFC 29, Submission Round 1, 1:51 </li>
<li>04-14-2000 - Defeats Wanderlei Silva, UFC 25, Decision </li>
<li>09-24-1999 - Lost to Frank Shamrock, UFC 22, Submission Round 4, 4:42 </li>
<li>03-05-1999 - Defeats Guy Mezger, UFC 19, TKO Round 1, 9:56 </li>
<li>01-08-1999 - Defeats Jerry Bohlander, UFC 18, TKO Round 1, 14:31 </li>
<li>12-08-1998 - Defeats Jeremy Screeton, WCNHBC, Submission Round 1, 0:16 </li>
<li>05-30-1997 - Lost to Guy Mezger, UFC 13, Submission Round 1, 3:00 </li>
<li>05-30-1997 - Defeats Wes Albritton, UFC 13, TKO Round 1, 0:31</li></ul>

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His career in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) began in the early 90s during his sophomore year of highschool when, under the coaching of Paul Herrera, he joined the wrestling team. In his senior year he achieved a great victory as he placed 4th in the state highschool championship. During his college career, Tito won the California State Junior College title for Golden West College in hometown Huntington Beach. Afterwards he attended Cal State Bakersfield and while wrestling there, trained along side Stephen Neal of the New England Patriots.

He entered the UFC for the first time during UFC 13 -The Ultimate Force and quickly defeated Wes Albittron in the competitions first match. His brutal technique was enough to claim victory through Referee stoppage. His victory was short lived however when Ortiz first faced off with long time nemesis Guy Mezger. Due to confusion over whether or not Mezger tapped out during the first bout the fight was started over. This time around Ortiz misjudged Mezger and found himself locked in a choke hold and Mezger was granted victory by submission.

Several months later Ortiz participated in a non UFC MMA event and then came back for UFC 18 -Road to the Heavyweight Title where he brought down Jerry Bohlander with relative ease.

For UFC 19 -Ultimate Young Guys- Ortiz once again faced off with rival Guy Mezger but this time the tables were turned when Ortiz out-wrestled the smaller Mezger and belittled him by dawning a “Guy Mezger Is My Bitch” T-shirt and giving Mezger’s associates (The Lion’s Den) the finger. This would be the first, but certainly not the last time that Ortiz would use such mockery during future UFC competitions. In fact it became a popular gimmick in matches to come.

Later that year during UFC 22 -There Can Be Only One Champion- Ortiz battled Santa Monica native Frank Shamrock for the Middleweight title. Shamrock however managed to defend his title during a titanic back-and-forth fight. Feeling he had achieved the height of his career, Shamrock retired after the fight. During UFC 25 -Ultimate Japan 3- the Middleweight title was renamed Light Heavyweight and Ortiz claimed the empty spot from fellow contender Wanderlei Silva in another epic battle. For the next three years, Ortiz would defend his title 5 times and further humiliate The Lion’s Den by defeating several of their members including the group’s head Ken Shamrock (who’s younger adoptive brother, Frank, defeated Ortiz a few years before) in UFC 44 -Vendetta-

The next contender for Ortiz’s title would have more than likely been Chuck “Iceman” Liddell but through an act of comradery the two struck a pact and the two were to never face off. This left Ortiz without a contender for his title for almost a year as he and the UFC were unable to come to any terms concerning his contract. It wasn’t until UFC 44 -Undisputed- that they managed to coax Ortiz into a fight with Randy Couture by creating an Interim Light Heavyweight title. Couture, though considering retirement, won a surprising victory by unanimous decision after 5 rounds of domination over Ortiz. It was the shocking defeat that would haunt Ortiz’s career.

For UFC 47 -It’s On- Ortiz did eventually challenge friend Chuck Liddell but went down during the second round beneath Liddell’s punches. Even after two wins in UFC 50 and 51, Ortiz’s career in the UFC was coming to a stand still unless issues with his contract could be sorted out with the president of the organization. During this period of uncertainty, Ortiz was approached by other organizations including World Fighting Alliance for promotion value but eventually none came to be. He special-guest refereed for the NWA World Heavyweight championship twice in 2005. Ortiz also took some time to turn his showboating into actual acting and appeared in a few low-end films such as “The Crow: Wicked Prayer”.

It didn’t take too long however, until Ortiz and the UFC had come to terms and a new arrangement was made for him. He would sign up as a coach for the Spike TV reality show “The Ultimate Fighter”which began airing in April 2006. The condition was that rival Ken Shamrock would also appear as a coach on the same season. To sweeten the deal, Ortiz has also been given a chance at three additional fights. On April 15th 2006 he defeated his first contender Forrest Griffin in a split decision during UFC 59. If he manages to win his next fight he will be up to reclaim his Light Heavyweight title from current champion Chuck Liddell.

UFC 60: Ken Shamrock and Tito Ortiz face off in a rematch. It may well take you more time to read this summary than it did for me to watch this fight. Shamrock comes out swinging, but Ortiz manages to maneuver him around to where he can pick him up and slam him. Ortiz then manages to maneuver Shamrock to the fence, get him in position and then drop five straight elbows on Shamrock’s face. Shamrock appears to go limp after the first two, but due to what he sees as Shamrock’s failure to intelligently defend himself, Herb Dean stops the fight one minute and eighteen seconds in. After the fight, near pandemonium. Shamrock pops up immediately and is in complete disbelief. He starts after Tito but heavy in ring security stops him. Completely disgusted, Shamrock leaves the ring before the decision is announced. He’s shown shortly thereafter angrily shouting “bulls—t” on the way out. The crowd boos the early stoppage heavily, and even Michael Buffer has to stop announcing the decision and start over. Given the microphone, Ortiz defends Herb Dean’s decision and puts forth the idea of fighting Shamrock again. He also declare himself “non-injury free” (huh?) The commentators bandy the idea of a rematch with Chuck Liddell.

Fight Record 15-5-0

12-30-2006 - Lost to Chuck Liddell, UFC 66, TKO Round 3, 3:59
10-10-2006 - Defeats Ken Shamrock, O vs S 3, TKO Round 1, 2:23
07-08-2006 - Defeats Ken Shamrock, UFC 61, TKO Round 1, 1:18
04-15-2006 - Defeats Forrest Griffin, UFC 59, Split Decision
02-06-2005 - Defeats Vitor Belfort, UFC 51, Split Decision
10-22-2004 - Defeats Patrick Cote, UFC 50, Unanimous Decision
04-02-2004 - Lost to Chuck Liddell, UFC 47, KO Round 2, 0:38
09-26-2003 - Lost to Randy Couture, UFC 44, Unanimous Decision
11-22-2002 - Defeats Ken Shamrock, UFC 40, TKO Round 3, 5:00
09-28-2001 - Defeats Vladimir Matyushenko, UFC 33, Unanimous Decision
06-29-2001 - Defeats Elvis Sinosic, UFC 32, TKO(Cut) Round 1, 3:32
02-23-2001 - Defeats Evan Tanner, UFC 30, KO Round 1, 0:30
12-16-2000 - Defeats Yuki Kondo, UFC 29, Submission Round 1, 1:51
04-14-2000 - Defeats Wanderlei Silva, UFC 25, Decision
09-24-1999 - Lost to Frank Shamrock, UFC 22, Submission Round 4, 4:42
03-05-1999 - Defeats Guy Mezger, UFC 19, TKO Round 1, 9:56
01-08-1999 - Defeats Jerry Bohlander, UFC 18, TKO Round 1, 14:31
12-08-1998 - Defeats Jeremy Screeton, WCNHBC, Submission Round 1, 0:16
05-30-1997 - Lost to Guy Mezger, UFC 13, Submission Round 1, 3:00
05-30-1997 - Defeats Wes Albritton, UFC 13, TKO Round 1, 0:31

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