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#3. Former UFC Champion training at the WWE Performance Center

As revealed by Dave Meltzer on a recent WOR, former UFC star Tito Ortiz has been training at the WWE Performance Center.

The former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion has reportedly impressed the WWE officials with his work ethic and enthusiasm and it's being said that the 45-year-old UFC Hall of Famer is serious about transitioning to a career in pro wrestling at such an advanced age.

Ortiz has been a long-time fan of professional wrestling and he has mentioned his desire to mix it up with Superstars such as Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman in the past.

Here's what Meltzer had to say on the WOR:

Tito Ortiz is training to be a professional wrestler at the Performance Center as we speak. Maybe not right this moment, but he was there all week, and I heard great things about his work ethic and enthusiasm which doesn't surprise me. The negative I see is Tito Ortiz is 45 years old.

And he's got a really bad neck. And a bad back. And you know, things like that, but you know, yeah, he wants to be a pro wrestler, and you know, if he was 35, it'd be one thing. I mean like, DDP always talks about he was 35 when he started, which is kind of true. He trained earlier though, but he never really got a break and Bad News Alan was 36 maybe when he started. Maybe he was 35, and he ended up having a very good long career too. But 45 start? Has anyone started at 45?

More power to him if he can make it. I just worry about the injuries. I mean he's had so many injuries and again, it's not easy on your body at all. And starting at that age and learning the thing, he's a charismatic guy, but his talking is not the best. So, I don't know.