Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos LOS ANGELES – Bellator light heavyweight Tito Ortiz remembers the day he walked into Chael Sonnen ’s dressing room after Sonnen’s submission of Brian Stann at UFC 136. It was a pivotal moment in Sonnen’s career, the way Ortiz remembers the encounter. It was that conversation, Ortiz (29-14-1 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) said, that pushed Sonnen (18-12-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) to become a bigger headlining attraction – bigger than the one he became through his rivalry with Anderson Silva, the target of that famous post-fight speech at the pay-per-view event. “I think I created him,” Ortiz told MMAjunkie. “Not created him 100 percent, but I think I had a little bit to do with it.

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That time Tito Ortiz met Chael Sonnen backstage at UFC 136, and how it (allegedly) led them to Bellator 170 – MMA Junkie

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