What makes a tough-as-nails MMA fighter cry?

Caving in the front end of his beloved Rolls Royce Phantom in a crash was enough to get UFC champion Tito Ortiz to shed some tears last weekend.

Says Ortiz in a blog post on ESPN.com:

“I let my attention slip for one second … I just couldn’t believe what I’d done. The grill was totaled. The headlights were done. The hood was mangled up. It was a really, really expensive mistake. That’s my dream car. It sucks. It sucks so bad. I really, literally cried. Seriously, I cried.”

Yeah, I’ll say it was expensive – the car’s worth about 300 grand and the crash caused some $45,000 in damage. Check it out:

So what caused the crash? Texting while driving.

Ortiz says he took his eyes off the road for just one second – but that momentary distraction was enough. And given that he had his young son in the vehicle with him, Ortiz is no doubt grateful that he’s *only* facing a staggering bill at the body shop – not the hospital. “It is a shock to any parent to have their kid involved in any kind of accident…I was so dumb to look at my phone.”

Yup. Talk about learning the hard way – but at least now Ortiz is an outspoken opponent of distracted driving.

Image via TMZ.com