LOS ANGELES – Tito Ortiz has not been impressed with Chuck Liddell’s form in the lead-up to their trilogy bout later this month.

Ahead of the third encounter before the former UFC champions, Ortiz (18-12-1) and Liddell (21-8) participated in an open workout for media on Tuesday. Needless to say, “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” was not impressed with what he saw.

Although Ortiz hoped Liddell was “sandbagging” during previous training footage, he stuck around to see “The Iceman” work out in person at Kings MMA. He gave his rival an earful as he worked the mitts.

Prior to his open workout, Liddell spoke with the media and was asked about the criticism of his previous training footage. He took umbrage with his naysayers and fired back.

“They put out a video of me warming up my legs right when I got to the gym,” Liddell said. “I don’t know why they would – out of all the video they took – why they would choose to put that out, I have no idea. I challenge anyone talking trash about it to take one of those kicks I was throwing anyway. They’re not that soft. I was just warming up my legs the way I like to do it. I was just warming up my legs, so it is what it is.”

Liddell, 48, did not respond to Ortiz’s, 43, critique of his open workout, he just continued to put his work ahead of the Nov. 24 bout, which takes place at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., and airs on pay-per-view.

Watch Liddell’s complete open workout above, and Ortiz’s below.

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