Eds: APNewsNow. Will be UPDATED.

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer Tito Ortiz and his former manager made all kinds of threats against each other over the past few years. They even considered a boxing match to settle their differences when their simmering feud boiled over last year.

Trouble is, when you're an elite mixed martial artist and your former manager is Dana White, that's probably not a fight you can win.

Ortiz's dispute with the Ultimate Fighting Championship president kept him away for the past 18 months, yet it also provided plenty of time for the popular former light heavyweight champion to heal from a back injury that crimped his past few fights.

Now that his feud with White is squashed, Ortiz is headed back to the octagon to meet Forrest Griffin in his comeback fight Saturday night at UFC 106 in Las Vegas.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APNP 11-19-09 1830CST | save this article / add to your favorites list