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Wanderlei Silva and Chael Sonnen squash their beef, ending one of the UFC’s most iconic rivalries

The longstanding feud between MMA icons Wanderlei Silva and has been squashed.

Silva and Sonnen’s rivalry was among the most personal beefs in UFC history with ‘The Axe Murderer’ taking great offense to some disparaging remarks the three-time title challenger said about Silva’s native Brazil and his mentors, the Nogueira brothers.

Things reached a boiling point in 2014 when the two were paired up to coach against one another on The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil. During the production, Sonnen and Silva famously brawled while on-set in what has become one of the most meme’d moments in combat sports history.