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}} Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz ((英語:/tɪtɵ ɔərtɪs/);〔("Tito Ortiz, Jenna Jameson Engage in He-Said, She-Said Battle Following Domestic Dispute" ), FOXNews.com, April 27, 2010〕 born January 23, 1975) is an American mixed martial artist and personality fighting for Bellator MMA. In the MMA world, he is known for his stint with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former Light Heavyweight Champion,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tito Ortiz - Official UFC® Fighter Profile )〕 having held the title from April 14, 2000 to September 26, 2003. Along with fighters like Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell, he was one of the sport's early stars. Ortiz ultimately became the biggest pay-per-view draw of 2006 for his fights with Liddell, Forrest Griffin, and Ken Shamrock.〔"Since Ortiz's returned to the UFC, he has blossomed into 2006's hottest consistent ticket seller and buyrate draw in the pay-per-view business." 〕 Outside of his fighting career, Ortiz is the CEO of the Punishment Athletics MMA equipment and clothing line. He also owns an MMA training gym called Punishment Training Center, which is located in his hometown of Huntington Beach, California.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Punishment Training Center )〕 On July 7, 2012, Ortiz became the ninth inductee into the UFC Hall of Fame. ==Background== Ortiz was born in Huntington Beach, California where he lived until he moved to Santa Ana, California at the age of five, and was given the nickname "Tito" by his father, Sam, when he was only a year old. Ortiz is of half-Mexican from his paternal side, Hawaiian descent on his maternal side, and has four older brothers. Ortiz had a difficult childhood as both of his parents were addicted to heroin, while Ortiz was involved with street gangs, was placed in juvenile halls, and used drugs such as cocaine and PCP. His parents divorced when he was 13 years old, and his mother took the young Ortiz with her back to Huntington Beach. When he was only seven years old, Ortiz supported himself by selling fish that he caught at a local pier and later attended Huntington Beach High School, where he began wrestling during his sophomore year and excelled at the sport, winning a CIF championship at 189 pounds, and finished fourth in the state tournament as a senior. When Ortiz was 18 years old, his mother kicked him out of the house and he began living with one of his brothers while doing labor work, and later became addicted to methamphetamines. When he was 19 years old, Ortiz ran into an old high school wrestling coach, a future UFC fighter and the head wrestling coach at Golden West College, Paul Herrera, who encouraged him to enroll in the college. Ortiz then began attending Golden West where he was a California junior college state champion and All-American two consecutive years before transferring California State University at Bakersfield, where he continued wrestling but was never a full-time starter. Ortiz also trained with the legendary UFC fighter and fellow collegiate wrestler, Tank Abbott.〔http://www.oyemag.com/tito.html〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tito Ortiz Disccuses Troubled Past, Drug Addiction )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tito Ortiz - Official Website Brands )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tito Ortiz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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