In the Halloween spirit of playfulness and good fun, The Blue Corner is duty-bound to help ensure this itty-bitty corner of the sports entertainment world knows the lengths a former MMA champion went to for his costume this year.
Tito Ortiz is a former UFC light heavyweight champion, a member of the UFC Hall of Fame and, it recently was announced, one of MMA Junkie’s 30 greatest UFC fighters of all time – a milestone that no doubt tops anything else on his list.
He’s been a grappler and a boxer and a pro wrestler outside MMA. He’s been an ace at acting – “Zombie Strippers,” anyone?! He’s been a wiz at writing with “This Is Gonna Hurt,” his 2008 autobiography that opens up with a story about him sniffing glue as a 9-year-old and hallucinating being famous with his name in lights.
He’s played at politics as a council member in Huntington Beach, Calif., and eventual mayor pro tempore, though he resigned after less than a half-year, not long after it came to light he fraudulently filed for unemployment benefits, allegedly, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic while also getting paid for being on the council.
With pesky politics in the past, perhaps his future lies in costume work. While his wife, former UFC octagon…
