Combate Americas: Ortiz vs. Del Rio - December 7 (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION) (Official Discussion)

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz will make his Combate Americas debut against ex-WWE Champion and ex-PRIDE fighter Alberto Del Rio. No date or venue has been confirmed for the show.

Ortiz has been active in MMA competition over the past several years. His last outing occurred during the Golden Boy MMA event back in November. Ortiz defeated longtime rival Chuck Liddell via first-round knockout. Prior to that, Ortiz submitted Chael Sonnen in the first round of their Bellator 170 fight in January of 2017.

As for Del Rio, he is a longtime retired mixed martial artist who has been competing in professional wrestling for most of his life. Del Rio, whose real name is Jose Alberto Rodriguez, hasn’t fought since 2010. He has competed against notable names such as Kazuhiro Nakamura and Mirko Cro Cop, losing to both, the latter via knockout.

In his last fight, Rodriguez was finished in the second round of his fight against Yamamoto Hanshi in Spain. It ended a six-fight win streak for Rodriguez at the time, all of those victories coming via finish. Now, the 42-year-old will return to test himself against a former UFC champion.

As previously reported, the former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz will face former WWE Superstar and current Combate Americas executive Alberto Rodriguez - better known by his pro-wrestling monikers “Alberto Del Rio,” or “Alberto El Patron,”. Ortiz vs. Alberto El Patron, will be a 210-pound catchweight fight, will take place on Dec. 7 in Hidalgo, Texas, and it will air live on pay-per-view.

Ok so what is the deal with Tito and Bellator? He just leaves and goes to Golden Boy and acts super loyal until they obviously aren't holding events and than now with Combate? Did him and Coker have a falling out? Did he ever mention anything?