Any MMA fan worth their salt knows the story of Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz, two stars whose bitter feud ignited MMA, turning a flickering flame into a blazing inferno of popularity.
The rivalry gets the marquee treatment this Tuesday, when Chuck and Tito airs on ESPN as part of the network’s long-running 30 for 30 documentary series. The film tells the story of the fighters’ roller-coaster relationship, and it traces their ties to the earliest days of the UFC and future company president Dana White. It also details how their respective upbringings influenced their personas, and what a trilogy of in-cage meetings meant to both.