Tito Ortiz and UFC kiss and make up

For all the drama and disdain thrown around between Tito Ortiz and UFC president Dana White, it now looks like the two have buried the proverbial hatchet. Last night on twitter (where all the cool kids are), Tito Ortiz tweeted “yeah, me and @danawhiteufc made up. I’m expecting to be inside the Octagon again soon. thanks for the support guys – I appreciate it”, and just in case you were thinking this might be a hack or joke, Dana White followed up with “Doesn’t mean he’s back it means we aren’t smashing each other anymore and we don’t hate each other.”

Tito Ortiz - Image: Zuma Press

So while there’s been no deals signed, the biggest hurdle keeping Tito Ortiz out of the UFC – namely White’s abject hatred of the dude – has been crossed. But keep in mind that the UFC’s rocky relationship with Ortiz (one of the UFC biggest stars) didn’t materialize out of nowhere.

Tito has a long history of being a very difficult person to deal with … just ask some of the companies he almost signed with over the past year or so. At this point all it would take would be a decimal point put in the wrong place during contract negotiations to completely destroy this tiny bit of goodwill that just twittered it’s way into the mixed martial arts universe.

To see more tweets from Dana and Tito, go to DanaWhiteUFC and TitoOrtiz.