Tito Ortiz agrees to battle Matt Hamill at UFC 121
by Natalia Baage on July 22, 2010

Tito Ortiz is slated to face Matt Hamill in the co-main event of an all-out wrestling match up at October's UFC 121.

Earlier this morning, Ortiz posted via Twitter:

"Big news ppl! Will let you know asap!"

The news was then confirmed by MMAFighting, who contacted UFC President Dana White. Ortiz later later updated his Twitter account with the following post:

"The cat got out of the bag. Yes I am fighting at UFC121 at the Honda center Oct 23rd. Waiting for the contract from UFC to sign. Let's Go!"

Ortiz (15-7-1) has been out of commission since early this year when he suffered a neck injury that forced him out of his coaching position on The Ultimate Fighter 11. The disqualification as a coach also meant that he would not get a third chance to face opposing coach Chuck Liddell.

The former light-heavyweight champion has gone with a win in his last four fight, losing to Forrest Griffin, Lyoto Machida and Liddell, and drawing against Rashad Evans. Although he defended his former title five times, he has not racked up a win since late October 2006 victory over Ken Shamrock.

Hamill (9-2) and Ortiz are no strangers. Hamill played student to Ortiz's coach on the third season of The Ultimate Fighter. The Ohio-born fighter is currently riding a four-fight winning streak, with his latest victory sending TUF 2 alum Keith Jardine into UFC retirement.

Prior to that, Hamill was given a controversial win over Jon Jones late last year when the then-undefeated Jones landed an illegal elbow strike to Hamill's face during some ground-and-pound. While Hamill had been losing the fight at that point, the Jones' disqualification gave him the win.

UFC 121 will take place on October 23 from Anaheim, California. Other fights on the card include Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez, Jake Shields vs. Martin Kampmann, and Diego Sanchez vs. Paulo Thiago.

Make sure to check back with us the day of the event for free, live, round-by-round coverage of UFC 121 right here at FiveKnuckles.com! Join expert analyst Mike Williams as he takes you through the entire fight card blow-by-blow and then keep it right here for all the post-fight news and notes you can handle!

 |  (21) Comments mike5k: This is actually a pretty good fight. Wandering_Minstrel: I don't like this fight. This is the "I have time to smoke a cigarette, refill my snack bowl, and probably get a BJ all at the same time" fight. GO HARD: War Tito!! i think this is a good fight for Tito... Ares: Really interesting match actually, I look forward to it. Have we ever seen a member of the TUF cast fight their coach before this match? I can't remember of a time where we have. D_V: could be a pretty fucking boring stand up fight. I hope for tito because he is still a good fight promoter and I really think he was robbed against forrest in the last fight. That and if he gets his cardio back, he's still as good as he ever was. HappyHamer: I'm hoping for a double knockout. Although if I had to pick, I'd actually prefer to see Tito win, as Hamill is just one of my least favourite fighters. GO HARD: why do s many of us really hate sammich?? i know i cant stand him lmao horizontalcracker: I'm rooting Tito. Hamill just doesn't do it for my MMA-wood. I think this is a close match-up though.
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