Update - Tito Ortiz indeed did sign with Affliction and will face Renato "Babalu" Sobral on October 11 at "Day of Reckoning" the official press conference should be today. According to SI.com Tito has gone on record as saying his deal is "Groundbreaking" for MMA fighters.A rumor was being spread around last week that former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz had signed on with the upstart Affliction organization, but VP Tom Atencio had said that he couldn't negotiate with Ortiz until August 4 (due to a 60 day non compete clause that was in his UFC contract) which was yesterday.
So sometime tomorrow Ortiz said that he will be making a major announcement in regards of his fighting future and that announcement will most likely say that he has reached an agreement to sign on with Affliction. Should he be signing with the promotion he will probably be fighting on October 11 at the Affliction: Day of Reckoning card and would likely take on Renato "Babalu" Sobral who was pleading with Tom Atencio to give him a fight with "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy", so Babalu just might get his wish after all. Ortiz last competed at UFC 84 in a unanimous decision loss to light heavyweight contender Lyoto Machida. We will bring you the news as soon as we get word on Tito's big announcement. Stay tuned fans.
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