Tito Ortiz on possible Fedor fight: If ‘he makes 205, let the beatings begin’

It’s a little weird to think it’s already been a year since Tito Ortiz last fought. He stepped into the cage back in September of 2015, to fight current light heavyweight champion Liam McGeary. Ortiz lost the fight, via reverse triangle in Round 1, putting a halt to his mini late-career Renaissance, and handing the former UFC champ his first loss under the Bellator banner. Now, well past the mid-point of 2016, Ortiz is thinking about the future again, or to put a finer point on it, his next fight.

In an interview with Fight Hub TV Ortiz talked about his recovery from a recent neck surgery, taking some time off to be with his family, and now getting back in the gym and getting in shape again. He also talked about who he’d like to fight next, if possible.

“I sat there and started talking about Royce, the whole time,” Tito said, when asked who he’d fight if he could book his own bouts. “You know what, I respect Royce so much. I said that’s the only reason I would want to compete against him. It’s nothing bad against him, I really really like the guy, but I just think his name is such a huge name. It’d really make sense for my last fight. But he don’t want to do it… I guess I don’t want to do it either. So lets make an interesting fight.

“Lets see if Fedor can get down to 205. Rampage. Rampage talked the kind of smack his last fight, saying that he’ll fight me no matter what. Okay, let …

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