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Tito Ortiz Not Happy With Joe Rogan- Calls Him A ‘Quitter’

Published 11/03/2020, 11:47 AM EST

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Tito Ortiz launched a scathing attack on Joe Rogan for his decision to move to Texas. Rogan used to live in Los Angeles but announced in July that he will be moving to Texas. He had a number of reasons, from restarting stand-up comedy to being in a central location to ease travel between coasts. However, the primary reason had a lot of socio-political influences.

Rogan said he was leaving L.A. for its severe overpopulation problem. He addressed how that situation spreads COVID faster, and brought up the problem of homelessness, alluding to a general unsustainability with the number of people there.

Tito Ortiz has become very political, using his social media as campaign tools for Donald Trump. Ortiz has also been rallying on behalf of Trump. He attacked Rogan’s decision of leaving LA in one of those rallies.

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“It’s important that we protect this city because this city is powerful to me and I’m not leaving, You know Joe Rogan and a bunch of other Hollywood guys, they left. You know what? I can’t say the word because my children are here, but they’re quitters. I refuse to be a quitter.”

‘The Huntington Beach Bad Boy’ has always represented his home state of California, but this attack on Rogan is unprovoked and quite random.

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Tito Ortiz and what’s next for him

Ortiz is still an active fighter. While he has a strong political leaning, he has continued appearing in the cage for multiple promotions across the world. He last fought in 2019 in a marquee bout against Alberto El Patron.

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Patron is better known as Alberto Del Rio for his performances in the WWE. Ortiz also forced a trilogy fight against Chuck Liddell, who never stood a chance at his age.

Ortiz had retired in 2017 but returned to the cage for the Liddel fight and followed it up with Patron. He hasn’t fought since but is signed to Combate Americas, who arranged the Patron fight. Whether he steps into the cage again is a mystery, as he hasn’t announced an official retirement yet. However, the fighting career of this man should most likely be over. Political career? Let’s see.

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Ishaan Bhattacharya is an NBA, NCAA Basketball, and Combat Sports writer at EssentiallySports. Currently, Ishaan is pursuing a Post Graduate Degree in Journalism from Xavier's Institute of Communication. Previously, Ishaan has written for The Indian Express, The Quint, Sportskeeda, and WrestleClub.
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