At the beginning of 2014, things looked pretty bleak for the Huntington Beach Bad Boy. He'd been released from the UFC after dropping six of seven fights, gone through a legendarily messy breakup with porn star Jenna Jameson, and been charged with a DUI. But the former UFC champion soon started turning things around, winning two fights and getting into a much healthier romantic relationship, with 2015 marking Ortiz's first title fight in nine years. Most of the MMA world had written off Ortiz years ago, almost constantly hounding the fighter to retire, but he's finally on the cusp of competing in a meaningful fight again.
