One of the greatest rivalry in the UFC history did not take place between two competitors who collided in the Octagon.
Dana White has had to deal with many athletes who are difficult to work with while building the UFC in what it is today.
The UFC -CEO may have had complicated relationships with different stars, in which White recently denies that Jon Jones will lead the event in the White House, but there is an example above the rest.
One of the first stars of the promotion regularly hit the heads with the promoter during his career.
Their feud even became physically at a certain stage, with white parts of an airplane that they have entered into, although the UFC legend now hopes that they can put this behind them.
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Tito Ortiz hopes to place his rivalry with Dana Wit behind them by shaking the hand of the UFC CEO
Dana White may have had disagreements with many hunters over the years, but his public rivalry with Tito Ortiz remains one of the greatest feud in the history of sport.
'The Huntington Beach Bad Boy' achieved great things in the UFC and became a star for the promotion as a staple of the Selection Framework with heavyweight division.
His success did not prevent him from being constantly at odds with White for a multiple of different reasons, even talking about a potential boxing match between them.
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Ortiz may have left the UFC in 2012, but the CEO of the promotion is not necessary the type to bury the ax and continue from a resentment, especially one that became personal.
In a recent interview with the SchMO, Ortiz spoke about the upcoming event of the UFC in the White House and said that he hopes that he can shake White's hand in the future after accepting the debt for their rivalry.
“I am just excited to see what Zuffa has done and what Dana, all the hard work, has turned his fruit. The time is completely behind us. I don't look in the rear -view mirror, all the things I did before. Now it is just about the future, through the windshield.
“Hopefully I and Dana shake hands once and just hit everything that was behind us. That was earlier, that was another Tito Ortiz … I didn't know many things, I didn't trust many people and that was my fault. It was my bad and it is now behind me.”
Dana White mentioned one of Tito Ortiz's losses as his favorite moment in the UFC history
Tito Ortiz can be willing to continue his rivalry with Dana White and ultimately crush the beef, but that does not mean that the feeling on the other side is the same.
In an interview with GQ Sports in 2022, White was asked to name his favorite moment in the UFC history, to which he responded with a big smile on his face.
“When Chuck Liddell Tito Ortiz hit. That was my favorite, favorite moment that ever happened in the UFC history.”
Ortiz's Run in the UFC ended after a series of three consecutive defeats before he participated several times for Bellator.