Dana White roasted this UFC legend.
Throughout his time in mixed martial arts, the businessman has helped turn many a fighter into a global superstar.
During the process, he’s had to work on deals with multiple athletes, who often want more than he’s offering.
One former world champion in particular supposedly always asked for additional money, and it used to leave White furious.
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Dana White said Tito Ortiz is stupid in a vicious rant
Dana White once had a fight with Tito Ortiz on a plane, which puts into context just how fiery things can get when they’re around each other.
During their working relationship, the pair clashed many times, with the UFC President opening up about what it was like to negotiate with ‘The Huntington Beach Bad Boy’.
In an interview with Big Boy TV, from 2023, Dana White said: “Tito’s just a really dumb human being, he’s not intelligent at all, very, very f—— stupid, okay? Let’s start there. I mean, look at him speak publicly any time. Look — Google ‘Tito Ortiz talking’. I don’t have any beef with Tito anymore. You know you’re f—— stupid, Tito, you know you are.
“We’d be coming up to a big fight on Saturday, right? Deals have been done for months. Tito would call and say, ‘I’m not going to show up unless you pay me another $150,000’ or whatever the number was.
“He would do this on the regular. And I would go f—— crazy. Tito was the kind of guy who would step over dollars to pick up dimes because he thought he was smart, but he was the complete opposite. He’s not a smart guy.
“He destroyed what could have been an incredible relationship because we loved Tito at the time. Tito was our guy. Tito was my guy. Frank and Lorenzo [Fertitta] loved Tito. And he absolutely destroyed a relationship that he could have had for the rest of his life. Over nickels — nickels, in the big picture.”
Dana White revealed the hardest fighter he’s ever had to work with
It’s fair to say White and Ortiz didn’t always see eye-to-eye.
However, the entrepreneur claims that despite this, the ex-UFC title-holder isn’t the most frustrating sportsman he’s worked alongside.
Interestingly, White named the hardest fighter he’s ever dealt with.