5 Times a "retired" fighter should have stayed retired

#2 Tito Ortiz

Let’s just stick to the politics, shall we?

Tito Ortiz originally retired after his third fight with Forrest Griffin, right after he was inducted into the UFC’s hall of fame. You could argue Tito got robbed in a fight where he landed 2 knockdowns and 2 takedowns, but Griffin got the nod somehow and that he should have been done then while it still seemed like he could compete at least a little bit.

But it was a short lived retirement, as Tito came back to fight one time 185lb Bellator champion Alexander Shlemenko in what some suggested was a fixed fight. Tito then fought a lackluster fight with Stephan Bonner that a lot of people watched, before losing in predictable fashion to former Bellator Light-Heavyweight kingpin Liam McGeary.

He fights for what he says is the last time this weekend against Chael Sonnen another dude who claimed he was retired. If you get nothing else out of this article (and it’s possible) learn this, never trust a fighter who says they are retired. EVER.”