Tito Ortiz’s Victory Over Alberto Del Rio Reinstated After Drug Test Controversy

Tito Ortiz‘s win over Alberto Del Rio has been reinstated by a Texas athletic commission … days after they took away the MMA legends victory and ruled the fight a no-contest.

45-year-old Ortiz DOMINATED 42-year-old Del Rio during their December 7th fight … submitting the former wrestling star by rear-naked choke in the 1st round of the fight.

All was cool until earlier this week when the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation abruptly announced Ortiz’s win had been stripped … with no explanation why.

However, on Friday, the TDLR told TMZ Sports they reversed course … after an investigation proved Ortiz didn’t break any rules.

“A urine sample provided by Jacob ‘Tito’ Christopher Ortiz on Dec. 7, 2019, at the Combate Americas MMA event showed a potentially disqualifying substance that Ortiz claimed was prescribed by a physician. Pending the outcome of the TDLR inquiry into whether the substance was indeed prescribed by a physician, TDLR marked the fight results as ‘No Contest.'”

“TDLR confirmed with the physician that the item was prescribed to Ortiz. TDLR has reinstated Ortiz’s victory in the Dec. 7 bout.”

We know what you’re thinking … what’s the drug in question? So far, those details have not been released but we’ll have more here as the info becomes available.