Editing Tito Ortiz (section)

== Early life and education ==
Ortiz is of [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] descent.{{better source needed|date=April 2024|reason=needs Mexico City's archived data}} At the age of nineteen, Ortiz met Paul Herrera, an assistant wrestling coach at [[Golden West College]]. Herrera encouraged Ortiz to attend Golden West, where he was a California junior college state champion and [[All-American]] for two consecutive years before transferring to [[California State University, Bakersfield]], where he continued wrestling but was never a full-time starter. Ortiz also trained with UFC fighter and fellow collegiate wrestler, [[Tank Abbott]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oyemag.com/tito.html |title=Tito Ortiz |access-date=October 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030411105931/http://www.oyemag.com/tito.html |archive-date=April 11, 2003 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2006/12/tito-ortiz-disccuses-troubled-past-drug-addiction|title=Tito Ortiz Discusses Troubled Past, Drug Addiction|work=MMAjunkie|date=December 29, 2006|access-date=July 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.titoortiz.com/career.php|title=Tito Ortiz – Official Website Brands|access-date=July 12, 2015}}</ref>