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Chael Sonnen furious after Tito Ortiz snubs handshake before latest callout
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Chael Sonnen was fuming after Tito Ortiz did something he took as a major sign of disrespect.

The two have always been quick with their words, and the tension between them is still very much alive.

Sonnen has previously said he’s embarrassed about losing to Ortiz. While appearing at Real American Freestyle, ‘The Huntington Beach Bad Boy’ called him out for another fight.

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But it was what happened away from the cameras that really got under Sonnen’s skin.

Tito Ortiz snubs Chael Sonnen’s handshake offer

Before they were in front of the cameras, Chael Sonnen had a run-in with Tito Ortiz. And what happened during that meeting left him fuming.

Sonnen has always been open about how much he values respect, especially face-to-face. So when Ortiz reportedly ignored his handshake, it hit a nerve.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, the 48-year-old said: “I said, ‘Tito, hello’, and I had my hand out. He refuses to shake my hand. Now, that is, in this life, my thing, that’s the one where if you ever want to insult or upset me, that is my thing.”

“He does this,” he continued, “and there’s not a lot of people around but there are people around.”

“It’s a very rude thing to do. I could feel my blood boil in that moment.”

Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva fined by Dana White after street fight

Sonnen’s long list of rivals isn’t just limited to Ortiz. Few feuds in MMA history have been as bitter as his with Wanderlei Silva.

The tension between the two fighters was well-known, and it eventually boiled over into a street fight during the filming of The Ultimate Fighter.

Dana White didn’t take the incident lightly. According to Sonnen, both he and Silva were hit with hefty fines as a result.

This article first appeared on HITC and was syndicated with permission.

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