Tito Ortiz Says He and Chuck Liddell Have Buried the Hatchet

Speaking at the post-fight press conference for last night’s Liddell vs. Ortiz 3 pay-per-view card (via MMAjunkie), former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz spoke about his victory over Chuck Liddell. Below are some highlights from the presser.

Tito Ortiz on burying the hatchet with Liddell: “Yeah, I’ve buried the hatchet with Chuck 100 percent. You guys got to understand: I’m a loyal person. I love my friends. I’m an Aquarius to the tee. If you guys read horoscopes or so forth, read what an Aquarius is. I am exactly that person. I will fight for every one of my friends. I will honor my friends. I keep my word on everything I have. There’s two things I’ll have for the rest of my life: my name and my word. I’ll never tarnish my name, and I’ll never not keep my word. And with Chuck, he was my bro. He was my homie. He was my friend. … I thought he was my friend, but I understand that money gets in the way of people’s eyes and what they should think about. And that’s the evil of all humans, I think, is money. And I guess we can say that we stood in the middle of that cage tonight, and it’s cool. It’s over. Done.”

Ortiz on if this is his last fight: “You get that feeling of, ‘Is this the last one?’ I want it to be. It’s a lot of pressure to impose your will on someone like that every single fight is really, really hard. There’s so much pressure to do that. And I’ve been doing it for 21 years. Now, if I just step out of that game and do it the right way of being a promoter and helping fighters, help them growing. And grow the next Tito Ortiz, grow the next Chuck Liddells, grow the next ‘Rampage’ Jacksons, Royce Gracies, Ken Shamrocks, Conor McGregors. And give them an opportunity to make the real money to make.”