Just days after defeating longtime rival Chuck Liddell, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz is finally ready to call it a career.
"There's no reason to come back and fight anybody else," Ortiz said on Ariel Helwani's MMA Show.
"Who is there? There's no one else out there. I've fought the who's who. I've done what I needed to do."
Ortiz has competed against some of MMA's greatest fighters, including onetime UFC champions Randy Couture, Vitor Belfort, Rashad Evans, Evan Tanner, Jerry Bohlander, Guy Metzger, Forrest Griffin, Ken Shamrock, Frank Shamrock, and Lyota Machida. But it was Chuck Liddell who had knocked out Tito Ortiz twice before. On Saturday, Ortiz finally got his long-awaited revenge - 12 years after the two had last met in the Octagon.
Now 43-years-old, the MMA legend is now looking at the next chapter in his life.
"I want to enjoy life, man," Ortiz said.
"I want to do business. I want to focus on what's going to be my next chapter, and promotion is where it's at."
Liddell-Ortiz III headlined the inaugural MMA event for Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions, but it was viewed largely as a disappointment. That's mostly because Chuck Liddell seemed to be in horrible shape and looked completely unprepared for the fight.
It's unclear whether or not the boxing promotion will continue with MMA in the future, but Ortiz maintains that he wants to help fighters
"become brands." The MMA star also praised UFC and its president Dana White.
"Dana White is the best. UFC is the best," he said.
"I don't want to compete against the UFC. Coca-Cola, there's a Pepsi. ATT, there's T-Mobile. There's always competition with each other. Ford, you've got Chevy. UFC, you're going to have Golden Boy MMA."