It’s official: the Huntington Beach Bad Boy has returned to the UFC. The news was announced at a press conference earlier today by UFC president Dana White. While no date for Tito’s return has been set, White indicated that they plan on getting him back in the cage by the end of the year, possibly against another old school favorite, Mark Coleman.
Tito’s career with the UFC looked like it was over in May of 2008. He had just finished his UFC contract up with a loss to Lyoto Machida and relations with Dana White were at an all time low. …read more

The last few days in the mixed martial arts world has been absolutely insane. A positive steroid test from Josh Barnett on Wednesday started a chain of events which can only be described as domino-like. In today’s post I’ll try to sum everything that went down for you:

Tito Ortiz returning to the UFC: The great thing about Dana White as UFC president is that he gets so giddy he lets things slip all the time. While tweeting about an appearance on a radio show Friday evening, he added an “Oh yea and welcome back tito :)” to the end. On …read more

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 …read more

Tito Ortiz is once again claiming he’s close to returning to the cage. After flirting with Affliction and EliteXC for several months while contractual hold-ups with the UFC and back surgery kept him on the sidelines, he is now claiming that Strikeforce is looking like his new home … sorta.
According to Tito Ortiz, he will be starting a new promotion with Strikeforce called Punishment Fighting Championships, which Tito will both manage and compete in. I have no idea how the hell that’s supposed to work, but it wouldn’t surprise me if the ‘new promotion’ is just a differently branded Strikeforce …read more

The Los Angeles Fitness Expo will take place on January 24th and 25th 2009 in Los Angeles California. The expo will be filled with all sorts of MMA type stuff. Here are a few of the events taking place.

The Gracie US National And Kids World Championship
MMA All Stars Demo and Seminar
The Gladiator Challenge
Sumo Wrestling

You can meet Tito Ortiz, Keith Jardine and Herb Dean and various other MMA fighters. You can even audition for “I Survived A Japanese Gameshow” that will start airing again this year.
All sorts of great things going on. Only one week away so you better get in …read more

Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz will face off in the match of the year on December 30th on PPV and UFC on Demand. MTV recently took an in depth look at both fighters and what music drives their hardcore training in preparation for their Dec. 30th showdown. More on their music on MTV Overdrive.