LAS VEGAS – Just hours before his final fight on Saturday, Tito Ortiz was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.
Ortiz was inducted at the UFC Fan Expo at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas by UFC president Dana White, with whom he has had a contentious history.
Ortiz becomes the eighth fighter inducted into the Hall of Fame, joining Mark Coleman, Randy Couture, Royce Gracie, Matt Hughes, Chuck Liddell, Dan Severn and Ken Shamrock. TapouT co-founder Charles “Mask” Lewis is also in the UFC Hall of Fame.