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With his own fighting career over, UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz is instead focused on his management career and first client, who could soon be heading to the UFC’s 135-pound women’s division.

Ortiz recently signed embattled ex-Strikeforce featherweight champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (10-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who recently served a one-year suspension due to a failed drug test for an anabolic steroid.

However, while the former 145-pound champion initially dismissed the idea of getting down to 135 pounds for a potential superfight with newly crowned UFC champ Ronda Rousey (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC), Ortiz breathed some new life into the possibility – but there are conditions.

Ortiz, who was on Tuesday’s edition of “UFC Tonight” on FUEL TV, said Santos first came to him and said she walks around at 172 or 173 pounds. As of now, the UFC only has a 135-pound division for female fighters, and there are no immediate plans for 145 pounds. Rousey repeatedly has stated she has no intention of fighting Santos unless it’s in the bantamweight division.

“For a woman to cut that much weight, and for ‘Cyborg’ to be a champion as long as she has at her weight class, to cut down to a weight that seems like a disadvantage to her … and to cut down to a weight that she’s not used to – maybe let’s get her a couple warmup fights at 135,” Ortiz said.

Ortiz suggested the UFC first came to him and Santos to fight Rousey next month in UFC 157’s pay-per-view headliner. But he said the two-month timetable for Santos to cut the weight was too much too soon, so heavy underdog Liz Carmouche (7-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) ultimately stepped into the title fight, which takes place Feb. 23 in Anaheim, Calif.

So, is 135 pounds actually possible for Santos?

“It’s going to be tough,” Ortiz said. “When she cuts down to 145, she’s shredded. To cut another 10 pounds? I don’t know. I’ve been cutting weight for almost 20 years, and it’s tough to do, to get 10 extra pounds off.

“But at the same time, if (MMA weight-cutting/diet consultant) Mike Dolce can do it with her in a healthy way and a healthy manner, and a doctor can prove we’re making it the right way, let the fight happen. I want to see the fight. I know all the fans want to see the fight, so let’s make it happen.”

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