Tito Ortiz news features "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy's" stance on the recent felony charges of some of his fellow mixed martial arts fighters, as the former UFC light heavyweight champion has attributed the aforementioned cases to mental illness.
Most recently, several MMA fighters have had their respective run-ins with the law. In a report by MMA Junkie, Jonathan Koppenhaver, whose legal name has been changed to "War Machine" is facing 32 felony charges, including battery, strangulation, coercion, kidnapping, and burglary, among others.
It was all connected to his alleged beating of ex-girlfriend Christy Mack, and if convicted, he will be facing life imprisonment.
Most recently, Bloody Elbow reports that former UFC middleweight Jason "Mayhem" Miller is facing three felony charges, including corporal injury of spouse. The former middleweight contender even managed to live-tweet the entire ordeal of his police standoff outside his home in Orange County, California.
Tito Ortiz news reports "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy's" comments regarding the said issues of violence, which have been plaguing the mixed martial arts community as of late.
"Us fighters put our lives on the line to entertain the fans that watch," Ortiz told Inside MMA. "Look at Jason 'Mayhem' Miller, War Machine."
Tito Ortiz news reveals that the former UFC light heavyweight champion attributes the said cases to the head trauma that his fellow fighters endure during their respective careers, which subsequently leads to brain damage.
"I'm not defending anything they did," he said. "Everything they did was wrong in their own right, but a lot of these fighters take a lot of head trauma, head damage, as you see in professional football."
Ortiz also noted that fighters should be taken care of well by the promotion companies they respectively work for, just like how some sports leagues do with their athtletes.
"Maybe UFC and Bellator should take care of the fighters when their careers are done, as the NFL takes care of their players," Ortiz added. "Because they're making so much money off us. It's blood money. Going back to Mayhem, I think helping a guy like him is very needed."
