{"id":243008,"date":"2017-06-25T07:42:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T14:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=243008"},"modified":"2017-06-25T07:42:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-25T14:42:35","slug":"chael-sonnen-rips-former-opponent-tito-ortiz-following-victory-silva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chael-sonnen\/chael-sonnen-rips-former-opponent-tito-ortiz-following-victory-silva\/","title":{"rendered":"Chael Sonnen rips former opponent Tito Ortiz following his victory over Silva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chael Sonnen rips former opponent Tito Ortiz following his victory over Silva<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen picked up his first win since August of 2013 last night at Madison Square Garden, scoring a unanimous decision victory over bitter rival Wanderlei Silva in the main event of Bellator NYC.<\/p>\n<p>The fight played out as many expected it would, with Sonnen utilizing his strong wrestling skills to keep the hard hitting &#8220;Axe Murderer&#8221; on his back for the majority of their fifteen minute scrap.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, Wanderlei did have a couple of vintage moments in the fight, including a first-round knockdown of Sonnen after he landed a knee followed by a left hand.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for fans of Silva, &#8220;The Axe Murderer&#8221; was not able to capitalize on the knockdown and was ultimately defeated.<\/p>\n<p>Before the fight started, Tito Ortiz, a former opponent of both Sonnen and Silva who happened to be sitting cage-side at the event, was spotted and heard chirping at &#8220;The American Gangster&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Tito continued to throw insults towards Sonnen and his corner during the main event fight, at one point pointing and laughing at Chael saying &#8220;You got clipped&#8221; during the first-round break.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly following his victory of &#8220;Wandy&#8221;, Sonnen took to his Twitter and proceeded to rip Tito Ortiz with the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Still UNDEFEATED<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen\/status\/878845129578172416\">June 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Still UNDEFEATED!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TITO?<br \/>Tito&#39;s just a fat guy in a cheap suit screaming from a seat he can&#39;t afford.<br \/>He quit the sport<br \/>He&#39;s NOT RELEVANT<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen\/status\/878873211919888384\">June 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n&#8220;TITO?<br \/>\nTito&#8217;s just a fat guy in a cheap suit screaming from a seat he can&#8217;t afford.<br \/>\nHe quit the sport<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s NOT RELEVANT&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Who would you like to see Chael Sonnen fight next in Bellator? 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