Biography
Tito Ortis is a professional fighter, UFC champion in light heavyweight. Over the years of the sports career managed to put a lot of records, conduct spectacular battles in mixed martial arts. Putting and violent temper led to the fact that the athlete earned the reputation of the "bad guy". A man opened his talent not only in sports, but also in the movies, literature.Childhood and youth
The athlete was born on January 23, 1975 in California Huntington Beach. The boy received the name of Jacob Christopher Ortiz, and when the child was fulfilled a year, Father Samuel gave the son of the nickname of Tito. At an early age, the baby was surrounded by parental care, harmony reigned in the family. Father worked, and his mother was engaged in children (besides Jacob, the woman had three sons from the first marriage), often leading them to the beach.
However, gradually things in the family became worse. Spouses Ortis confessed the ideals of hippie culture, smoked marijuana. Over time, Tito's parents took stronger drugs, they switched to heroin. To get a dose, the father of the boy began selling things from home: by that time, the man lost his job.
As the fighter confessed later in an interview, in his youth he himself began to try cocaine, psychotropic substances. Free time, a teenager spent on the street. Since 1982, the family of the future champion led a nomadic lifestyle. When Jacob turned 13, the parents divorced. Mother decided to start a new, "clean" life. Taking a child with me, the woman moved to Huntington Beach.
Studying in high school, Ortiz engaged in struggle. The young man coach was Paul Arrera. Suiting sports, the guy tried to get rid of harmful addictions. True, Tito soon stole a car and was forced to spend a couple of months in a juvenile prison. Errera put every effort to return the teenager to the right path.
Personal life
The personal life of the athlete turned out to be stormy and rich. The first marriage Ortiz concluded in 2000 with a girl named Christine. During the honeymoon, going to the Bermuda Islands, the newlyweds fell into a car accident: the guy could not cope with the control, and the car entered the bus. Tito's wife received a lot of injuries, but soon restored and was able to give her son's her son, named after Father Jacob.A few years later, family idyll began to collapse, and in 2005 the spouses divorced. In the 2006th, the fighter had relationships with Genna Jameson. Earlier, the blonde with a luxurious figure was filmed in films for adults, but at the time of the meeting with Tito left this occupation. The couple met in the social network MySpace, the correspondence was started, followed by the first date.
In November 2006, being a guest of the TV program of Howard Stern, Jacob from the screen confessed to the beauty of love. In March 2009, the athlete and the former actress became the parents of two twin boys, Jessie and Georni. A year later, the news tabloids were sent to the headlines that Ortis was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence.
The boxer himself explained the situation to what he found in the beloved narcotic, as a man seemed to be a drug. Grown in the family where psychotropic substances consumed, Tito wanted to throw the pills. Jenna was opposed to this, as it was a medicine from depression. Spouses have greatly quit, Jameson, together with the children left the house.
Soon, the couple came up, recognizing the misunderstanding. But perhaps this incident broke the harmony between in love: 2013 they broke up. In the same year, the athlete met Amber Nicole Miller. At that time, the girl performed as octave-Gerl in a large promotion.
Feelings flashed literally at first sight. The couple began to meet, and then live together. During the relationship of Tito and his beloved, children did not appear, but they were engaged in the upbringing of the twins born from Jenna.
Mixed martial arts
At the local competition, a young athlete demonstrated good results, which allowed him to claim the title of UFC champion. In September 1999, the fighter came out in a duel with Frank Shamrock. The public made a bet on Ortis, but the opponent managed to defeat him. On this meeting, Jacob was put on a t-shirt with a causing inscription, in the future T-shirt-provocateurs, a young man began to use in tournaments.
Then followed the battles in Japan, where the American managed to protect the title of champion, coming down with Evan Tanner, Vladimir Matushenko and other fighters. In 2000, the UFC entered the Poltywalls Chuck Liddell. He had to fight in a title battle with Tito, but Ortis said that with Chuck they were old friends who previously trained together, so refused to go to the ring.
To beat this situation, to find a compromise in it, the organizers announced as a new rival Liddell Randy Kutur. The latter won, and later met with Jacob himself. In 2002, leaving Murray's victory, the boxer rushed at the party.
In 2011, Ryan Bader, who has only one defeat at that time in the statistics of his battles at that time, was given at the UFC 132 tournament. The audience did a bet on Beider, but Tito showed the skill of fast receptions, first sending a wrestler to Nokdown, and after using a suffocating reception.
"Deceived" the public remained during the battle with Alexander Schemenko. Considering Ortis outsider, the audience were shocked when an American used a triangle. After that, Shemenko lost consciousness from suffocation.
During the sports career, the fighter then left the UFC, then returned. In 2016, Jacob made a statement that I would like to fight Fedor Emelyanenko, however, the leadership of the Promotion was put forward to Cheil Sonnen as a rival. The fight took place in January 2017 and ended with Tito's victory.
In early December 2019, Ortis met Alberto Del Rio and left Octagon the winner. The mastery of the fighter delighted even the President of the United States Donald Trump, who sent a congratulatory message in Twitter in Jacoba.
Tito Ortiz now
In 2020, the athlete continues training and prepare for new competitions. Now about the news of your biography and career, a man reports in "Instagram". Here the American lays out a photo and video.Achievements
- The owner of the prize "Best Naukout of the Evening" on Ortiz VS. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter
- Winner of the Prize "Best Baretime Evening" on UFC 132: Cruz VS. Faber 2.
- Winner of the Prize "The Best Battle of the Evening" on UFC 133: Evans VS. ORTIZ 2.
- Winner of the prize "The Best Battle of the Evening" at UFC 148: Silva VS. Sonnen 2.
- Member of the Hall of Glory