Tito Ortiz Says Win Over Chael Sonnen at Bellator 170 Won’t Change Retirement Plans

Regardless of the final result in his Bellator 170 showdown with Chael Sonnen, Tito Ortiz believes the time has come to say goodbye to mixed martial arts.During a conference call on Tuesday, Ortiz reiterated a previous statement that he will retire after Bellator 170 on Jan. 21. He claims that decision is final, even if he defeats Sonnen at the Forum in Los Angeles. “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” cited a laundry list of injuries and a desire to spend more time with his family as the driving forces behind his decision. “This retirement is due. Twenty years of competition, not even 20 years of competition — I think I’d still be fighting if it wasn’t for surgeries. My biggest enemy has probably been my surgeries,” Ortiz said before listing the litany of procedures he’s had over the years. “…I’ve been through the grinder. My biggest enemy has been my body. For this camp I’m very, very lucky. Yeah I get a sore neck here and there. But I’ve been able to put the work in. I’m doing three-a-days on Monday-Wednesday-Fridays; I’m doing four-a -days on Tuesday-Thursdays; two-a-days on Saturdays and I call it a week. Almost four months that I’ve been going at it.” Ortiz said he hasn’t lacked for motivation since Sonnen called him out shortly after signing with Bellator MMA. “I came from UFC; I retired from UFC to …

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