Filed under: Bellator , Featured Videos , News TEMECULA, Calif. – Former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz will fight for a Bellator title next month in California. But it wasn’t the fight he was supposed to have. Ortiz (18-11-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) will challenge 205-pound champion Liam McGeary (10-0 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) for the title in the headliner of “Bellator 142: Dynamite,” which takes place Sept. 19 at SAP Center in San Jose. (The event will be a dual MMA and kickboxing production with a separate Bellator cage and a ring.) With two wins under the Bellator banner, Ortiz was relentless in his pursuit of a title shot, promotion President Scott Coker said – to the point Coker gave in and gave him the shot, scrapping a fight with Frank Shamrock he had previously planned for Ortiz
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