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Tito Ortiz thinks he has just one more fight left in his illustrious career, and he hopes it’ll come against Forrest Griffin.

The former light-heavyweight champion and future UFC Hall of Famer joined MMAjunkie.com Radio on Friday night and confirmed that his next fight will be his last.

“I just turned 37 years old,” he said. “I’ve been in the game for 15 years and competing only with the UFC. I know it’s time for me to kind of hang ‘em up.”

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MMAjunkie.com Radio goes prime time after tonight’s UFC 143 weigh-ins
and welcomes to the studio UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture, Strikeforce
champions Gilbert Melendez and Miesha Tate, and comedian/MMA fan Joey
“Coco” Diaz.

We also talk to ex-champ and MMA legend Tito Ortiz.

MMAjunkie.com Radio airs tonight from 8-10 p.m. ET (5-7 p.m. PT) live from
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Listen to and
watch a video stream of the two-hour show at www.mmajunkie.com/radio.

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Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz is sorta, kinda fighting tonight on CBS.

The budding thespian has a guest-star role on tonight’s new episode of “CSI: NY.”

Ortiz plays the role of an MMA fighter during tonight’s show, which is
dubbed “Clean Sweep.” The one-hour episode airs on CBS at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

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Seven fighters – including main-card competitors Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Tito Ortiz and Mark Hominick – received 60-day medical suspensions following Saturday’s UFC 140 event.

MMAjunkie.com today obtained the list of suspensions from the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services.

All fighters from the Dec. 10 card received suspensions of at least 14 days.

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TORONTO – Former UFC champions and MMA legends Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
and Tito Ortiz may have reached the end of
the line.

Nogueira and Ortiz were each transferred to a Toronto-area hospital
following losses to Frank Mir and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira,
respectively, on the main card of Saturday night’s UFC 140 event.

UFC president Dana White admitted each of them may have fought for the
final time in the octagon.

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TORONTO – Former UFC champions and MMA legends Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
and Tito Ortiz may have reached the end of
the line.

Nogueira and Ortiz were each transferred to a Toronto-area hospital
following losses to Frank Mir and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira,
respectively, on the main card of Saturday night’s UFC 140 event, and
UFC president Dana White admitted each of them may have fought for the
final time in the octagon.

Following the evening’s post-event press conference, White said he would have to talk with each fighter
individually, but he wasn’t willing to guarantee a UFC return for either
athlete.

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TORONTO – Tito Ortiz’s record 26th UFC fight unfortunately ended on the wrong end of a TKO.

Light-heavyweight opponent Antonio Rogerio Nogueira wobbled him with a left hook and then crippled him with body shots en route to a first-round TKO victory.

The fight took place at UFC 140 at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre. It was part of the night’s pay-per-view main card and followed prelims on Facebook and ION Television.

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TORONTO – Former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz may finally be ready to call it quits.

On the eve of his UFC 140 matchup with fellow longtime vet Antonio
Rogerio Nogueira, Ortiz believes he’s finally -
thankfully – healthy, but that’s precisely the point.

With kids at home that need a father, Ortiz remembers what it was like
to have absentee parents. And with all that fighting has given to him
over the years, Ortiz refuses to let the sport take away future quality
time with his family.

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After an emotional 2011, former champ Tito Ortiz is looking to go out on his own terms.

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By <a href="mailto:howie@mmanews.com">Chris Howie</a> <Br>
MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer<Br><Br>

Tito Ortiz will look to recreate his image heading into UFC 140 and a date with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira as the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champ and King of smack-talk wants to be known as "The People's Champ" from now on and not "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy":<br><Br>

"No longer the bad boy, positive from here on out. I'm now the ‘People's Champ.' I just want to change my whole outlook on life. Being the bad boy, talking smack to sell fights, I no longer need to do that. I've got three boys who are growing up and I want to make sure I'm known as someone who has given back to MMA and been a positive role model to a lot of people's lives. Being the ‘People's Champ,' the only other person I can think of who's done the great things in their sport was Muhammad Ali. If I could walk in one of those footsteps, then I've done my job as a fighter and a mixed martial artist."<Br><Br>

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