Tito talks about what he wants to do next

Tito Ortiz beat Chuck Liddell in the trilogy fight on Saturday, and at the post-fight press conference said the animosity was over.

“I’ve buried the hatchet with Chuck 100 percent,” said Ortiz, as transcribed by Nathan Zur for Sherdog. “You guys got to understand, I’m a loyal person. I love my friends. I’m an Aquarius to the tee. If you guys read horoscopes or so forth, read what an Aquarius is. I am exactly that person. I will fight for every one of my friends. I will honor my friends. I keep my word on everything I have. There’s two things I’ll have for the rest of my life: my name and my word. I’ll never tarnish my name, and I’ll never not keep my word. And with Chuck, he was my bro. He was my homie. He was my friend. I thought he was my friend, but I understand that money gets in the way of people’s eyes and what they should think about. And that’s the evil of all humans, I think, is money. And I guess we can say that we stood in the middle of that cage tonight, and it’s cool. It’s over. Done.”

Ortiz also left the door open for a fourth fight.

If [Liddell] doesn’t want to be done, maybe we’ll give him another opportunity,” said Ortiz.

And Ortiz left the door ajar for another fight but would apparently rather promote.

You get that feeling of, ‘Is this the last one?’ I want it to be, said Ortiz said. It’s a lot of pressure; to impose your will on someone like that every single fight is really, really hard. There’s so much pressure to do that. And I’ve been it for 21 years. Now, if I just step out of that game and do it the right way of being a promoter and helping fighters, help them. And grow the next Tito Ortiz, grow the next Chuck Liddells, grow the next ‘Rampage’ Jacksons, Royce Gracies, Ken Shamrocks, Conor McGregors. And give them an opportunity to make the real money to make.