I have five fights left with the UFC: Ortiz
Tito Ortiz is insisting that he will fight at least five more fights and he has revealed he is not even close to the end of his UFC career. He still has the fighting spirit to go on before hanging up his gloves. Following surgery on a neck problem forced withdraws from UFC 115 bout; Ortiz is planning a November return to the Octagon. To a rapid return to action, Ortiz is now looking forward after having the bulging disc in his vertebrae corrected.
Ortiz said, “I just got the release and for two weeks now I’ve been lifting weights, my weight is back up to 220 pounds. I went from 200 to 220 in a little bit over two weeks. I’m eating a bunch, finally, and my neck’s healing. I get a little tingling sensation down my arms and the back of my neck but I guess that’s normal because all the nerves are reconnecting. I feel really good, though. The soreness I have now is from lifting weights.”
He added, “I haven’t had this kind of soreness in a while. I get a little tingling sensation down my arms and the back of my neck but I guess that’s normal because all the nerves are reconnecting. I feel really good, though. The soreness I have now is from lifting weights. I haven’t had this kind of soreness in a while. July will really be the test for me because I’ll be wrestling and stuff and starting to get into it. On July 1, I’ll start doing jiu-jitsu and start drilling. Nothing live – just drilling to get my body back into shape.”
Liddell believes that, if the Huntington Beach Bad Boy takes on The Iceman, only then he should be allowed back in the Octagon. Ortiz has been beaten twice by Liddell in the past. He lost to Rich Franklin, Ortiz’s replacement at UFC 115.
Ortiz is looking way beyond a swansong clash with Liddell. Ortiz is a former UFC light-heavyweight champion and he insists he has five more fights left in him.
He said, “I have five fights left with the UFC. I started my career with the UFC and I’m going to end my career with the UFC. After these next five fights are over, maybe I’ll take a step back and see what I’m going to do after I defend my world title after I win it.”
