India, June 25 -- In May, former UFC fighter Tito Ortiz appeared on OutKick's Tomi Lahren is Fearless podcast, where he spoke about his lack of a relationship with UFC president Dana White and repeatedly questioned White's intelligence during the discussion.

A month later, White himself featured on the same show, as host Tomi Lahren revisited Ortiz's comments and asked him to respond to the long-standing friction between the two MMA figures.

After watching the clip of Ortiz's remarks, White pushed back strongly against the notion that Ortiz had any influence on the UFC sale.

"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 ...