Philadelphia- from www.philly.com – Tito Ortiz, one of MMA’s most enduring stars, last week re-signed a promotional contract with UFC for major bucks following a 14-month recovery from back surgery. Ortiz has a 15-6-1 record, which in boxing would mean he’d still be fighting six-rounders at the Blue Horizon or some equivalent venue.

“UFC has never had a gimme fight,” Ortiz said. “Every one is action-packed. Fans always get the best. Even the fights that aren’t main events could be main events.

“No UFC fighter ever gets to 40-0 because they’re competing against the best in the world. It’s not like boxing, where you fight a bunch of Joe Shmoes before you move up. So what if you knock out guys like that? What does it prove? Boxing has good fighters, but they’re not facing the same level of competition as regularly as UFC guys.”

[Of course on May 21, 2008, Tito had this to say about the UFC: “I made these guys a lot of money and they have no respect for me, they really treat me bad and I’m just going to go elsewhere where a company respects me,” Ortiz said.

Then, during the re-signing Ortiz says this: “Time really cures everything,” said Ortiz. “Dana [White] came to me and was a man of his word. Me and Dana made up.”

Just like porn.]