Tito Ortiz Is this the end for Tito Ortiz ? After a Bellator title loss, is the 40-year-old, who made his MMA debut way back in 1997, ready to call it quits? You won’t get a firm commitment from “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy.” Ortiz saw a two-fight winning streak snapped, and he suffered his first submission loss since 1999 – and the first from a true submission since 1997 – in Saturday’s Spike-televised Bellator 142 headliner. Although Ortiz (18-12-1 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) controlled the early action at San Jose’s SAP Center, reigning light-heavyweight titleholder Liam McGeary (11-0 MMA, 8-0 BMMA) tapped him out with a first-round inverted triangle choke : While many viewed the fight as Ortiz’s last real chance at a title – perhaps the only thing left to achieve in a two-decades-long career – Ortiz isn’t ready to make definitive plans for his future. “I’m still trying to lick my wounds a little bit,” said Ortiz, who set up the title fight with wins over Alexander Shlemenko and Stephan Bonnar
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After Bellator 142 title loss, Tito Ortiz fields the retirement question – MMA Junkie