White: Ortiz told ‘total lie’ about Cyborg vs. Rousey
Dana White: “Tito Ortiz is just making this [expletive] up. In no way, shape or form did we offer her a fight against Ronda at Cowboys Stadium. Completely untrue.”
Friday night Tito Ortiz appeared Inside MMA and revealed that Cris Cyborg had been offered a fight versus Ronda Rousey in December. Last night at the post-fight press conference for UFC Nashville, Dana White vehemently denied that rumor, accusing Ortiz of fabricating a lie:
White went on the offensive Saturday against longtime nemesis Tito Ortiz, who floated the Rousey-Cyborg rumors on AXS-TV’s “Inside MMA,” telling Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole the information was “a complete lie.”
“That was a complete lie,” White said. “It’s 100 percent a lie. First of all, the UFC doesn’t even talk to Tito Ortiz, so let’s start there. But we haven’t offered any fight to [Justino]. Tito Ortiz is just making this [expletive] up. In no way, shape or form did we offer her a fight against Ronda at Cowboys Stadium. Completely untrue.”
Despite White’s insistence that the fight offer is a complete lie, Cris Cyborg herself is backing up Ortiz’s claim on Twitter: