Tito Ortiz’s return to the Octagon at UFC 106 on November 21 in Las Vegas will be a rematch with fellow-former light heavyweight champ Forrest Griffin, who replaces an injured Mark Coleman. the promotion announced late Thursday

A torn MCL has forced Mark Coleman to withdraw from his November 21 matchup with Tito Ortiz at UFC 106, but the UFC hall of famer is still looking to fight Ortiz when he returns to the Octagon, targeting a January 2 meeting at UFC 108.

Mark Coleman has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 106 co-headlining matchup with Tito Ortiz, according to Ortiz, who posted the news early this morning on Twitter:

“Coleman,coleman,coleman to bad he sissies out!!! Who’s next??? I’m kicking someone’s ass on Nov 21st!”

On Wednesday, the UFC made three more bouts for the UFC 106 official. The promotion officially announced Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah, Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders and Jason Dent vs. George Sotiropoulos for the preliminary card of the November 21 event to take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Headlining UFC 106 will be a heavyweight title bout between two behemoths, champion Brock Lesnar, and challenger Shane Carwin. Also featured on the card is the return of Tito Ortiz who will be facing off against Mark Coleman.

The UFC today announced its long-rumored UFC 106 event, which will take place on November 21 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Confirmed for the card was a headlining matchup between heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar and challenger Shane Carwin, as well as Tito Ortiz’s return to the Octagon against hall of famer Mark Coleman.

Tito Ortiz’s return to the Octagon against Mark Coleman will co-headline UFC 106 on November 21 in Las Vegas, according to Mike DiSabato of MMA Authentics, a sponsor of Coleman’s, who tweeted confirmation of the light heavyweight bout on Tuesday.

UFC President Dana White made several announcements during a Friday press conference, including confirmation that Vitor Belfort will be returning to the Octagon to headline UFC 103 against Rich Franklin, Dan Henderson is next in line for a middleweight title shot against Anderson Silva, and Tito Ortiz is officially returning to the UFC, likely facing Mark Coleman at the promotion’s New Year’s show.

Adding fuel to the fire that his UFC return could be announced by Dana White at today’s press conference, Tito Ortiz writes on MySpace that his ‘new beginning’ starts today:

“A new beginning starts [today]. I have stood my ground as a fighter and business man. Now my fans will get to see the best of me. New back, new mind, and new motivation. Let the punishment begin!”

The recently-announced UFC 103 main event rematch between Dan Henderson and Rich Franklin could be off following this weeks collapse of Affliction’s MMA promotion and Tito Ortiz possibly returning to the Octagon.

Though announced, Franklin-Henderson has yet to added to the official fight card for the pay-per-view and rumors are now making the rounds that Dan Henderson vs. Vitor Belfort and Rich Franklin vs. Tito Ortiz could co-headline the September 19 event in Dallas.

While Dana White stopped short of announcing that the UFC had re-signed Tito Ortiz while a guest on ESPN Radio 1100 in Las Vegas, it was clear that the long-time rivals had largely settled their differences and Ortiz could soon be competing in the UFC once again.

While on ESPN Radio, White declined to offer any official details on the promotion’s rumored deal with Affliction, which ceased promoting MMA events on Friday to become a UFC sponsor, but promised big things to come as the promotion is working on several major deals with its sights set on topping its record-setting UFC 100 event, which took place on July 11 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

Former UFC light heavyweight champion and current free agent Tito Ortiz was a guest on TapouT Radio on Thursday, saying on the show that he had made “amends” with the UFC.

If Ortiz is indeed returning to the UFC, the obvious questions that need answered are when will he return to the Octagon and who will he fight. With Ortiz’s possible re-signing not yet official, neither is his return fight, but MMA Mania’s Jesse Holland speculates that Ortiz could headline UFC 103 on September 19 in Dallas against Rich Franklin.

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