Bellator MMA has added yet another UFC veteran to their light heavyweight roster. This time, retired UFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar has decided to return to MMA and he has his sights set on former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz.
“I want everyone to know I’m coming out of retirement because it’s time to free the MMA world of the virus that’s known as Tito Ortiz,” Bonnar said in a press release from Bellator. “We’ve been suffering through his boring fights for too many years, and it’s about time that someone beats it out of him once and for all.”
Bonnar has not fought since losing to Anderson Silva by TKO back in 2012, but he will make his way to the Bellator cage sometime in the next several months.
Tito Ortiz caught wind of Bonnar’s statements, and fired back on twitter today:
Really? @StephanBonnar Really? I'm going to beat the juice out of you! #BitchBoy pic.twitter.com/gAb7noWpMH
— Tito Ortiz (@titoortiz) August 27, 2014
For those wondering how Bonnar made his way to Bellator considering his strong relationship with Zuffa and Dana White, apparently Dana gave Bonnar his blessing:
.@DanaWhite thanks for giving @StephanBonnar your blessing to fight for @BellatorMMA This will motivate me!#UFC180 pic.twitter.com/CwIlC2AtWc
— Tito Ortiz (@titoortiz) August 27, 2014
