INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Tito Ortiz left his gloves in the cage, but took home a nice pay check.
“The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” made $300,000 disclosed for his retirement fight, a first-round submission win over Chael Sonnen in the main event of Bellator 170 on Saturday night at The Forum, per a document obtained from MMA Fighting from the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC).
Ortiz, 41, said coming in that it would be his last fight. Afterward, he took off his gloves, gave them to his son Jacob and Jacob left the gloves in the cage. Ortiz (19-2-1), a Southern California native, is a legend in MMA, one of the most significant figures in the history of the sport and the former longtime UFC light heavyweight champion.