Dana White responds to former UFC fighter Tito Ortiz: 'When somebody shows you who they are, believe them'

In May, former UFC fighter Tito Ortiz appeared on OutKick's "Tomi Lahren is Fearless" and discussed his nonexistent relationship with UFC boss Dana White, mocking his intelligence whenever his name came up.

Now, a month later, White was a guest on the show, and Lahren decided to get his side of the beef between the two MMA icons.

Lahren played the clip from Ortiz's previous appearance for White, and said she wanted to get the full story.

White first addressed the idea that he purchased the company because of Ortiz.

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First of all, we did not buy the company because of Tito Ortiz," he said. "That's how mentally ill this guy is — number one. Number two, yes, we loved Tito when we bought the company. We loved Tito. You know he was one of our guys at the time."

White talked about how he managed Ortiz and fellow UFC great Chuck Liddell at the time of purchasing the company, and said that Ortiz's refusal to fight Liddell sparked a feud.

"It got to a point where Chuck Liddell had beaten everybody... and Tito absolutely refused to fight him," White said. "He would not fight him because Tito knew Chuck was going to beat him. And ironically, the beef between me and Chuck and Tito at the time really helped build the UFC too, because it was, you know, the storyline that the fans loved."

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White then talked about how his and Ortiz's relationship deteriorated.

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"Tito did some really dumb things, like he said, and he destroyed the relationship, right? What if the UFC failed, and it didn't work? Would he want to let bygones be bygones? And no, you try to do some dirty stuff at the time when you thought you had the power to do it, and you destroyed relationships. And anybody that knows anything about me, call me petty, call me whatever you want. We're never gonna be friends again.

"...When somebody shows you who they are, believe them."

That led to Lahren asking if White thought going into business with friends was a bad idea.

"It's a really bad idea in my experience," he said. "...Being in business with your friends is definitely difficult, and it's not a great idea."