In a recent interview with Heavy.com, returning UFC light-heavyweight Tito Ortiz talked about talking with other fight promotions in order to negotiate a better contract, as well as anyone who fights outside of the UFC faces “second-rate” fighters.

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“You want to fight against the best guys in the world? You’re fighting in the UFC. If you fight anywhere else, you’re fighting against second-rate guys. And I never wanted that, I wanted to give my fans the best fights possible, and the UFC is where those fights were at,” he told Heavy.com this week.

Quote source: Fighters Only magazine