Filed under: Bellator , Featured , Featured Videos , News , Videos LAS VEGAS — Chael Sonnen said John McCarthy should stay in his lane when it comes to the controversy the referee reignited over his controversial headliner with Tito Ortiz at Bellator 170. Sonnen (29-15-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) put the fight back in the headlines when he recently claimed that Ortiz (19-12-1 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) verbally submitted prior to locking in a fight-ending submission . Now he’s questioning McCarthy’s motivations for getting in the middle of the issue (via Twitter ): Chael must have been listening to a different frequency then the rest of the world that night. Tito didn't say anything #AskBJM https://t.co/mlIf7nbOpO — Big John McCarthy (@JohnMcCarthyMMA) February 24, 2017 On McCarthy’s opinion that Sonnen was imagining things that night, Sonnen retorted, “I love John, and I respect John, but I don’t know what that would help.” “One, I don’t know if he felt he needed to defend himself. And, two, if there’s a major fire burning for a rematch with me and Tito, why somebody who has nothing to do with the business would come in and put any kind of water on that, or who that is to help, is beyond me,” he added during an appearance on the “Phonebooth Fighting” podcast recorded at the L.A. Comedy Club in Las Vegas
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