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Tito Ortiz says there is a "zero chance" that he'll fight in the UFC again as long as Dana White is in charge. (AP Images)

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz (15-5-1) says his fight with Lyoto Machida (12-0-0) will mark the last time he steps into the octagon, as long as UFC president Dana White is still in charge.

"I started getting bigger than the UFC, so they tried to smash me down," he says in an interview with MSNBC.com. "The way Dana treats me, and the way he treats other fighters who can't speak out, I'm going to speak out. I've been here for a decade and my pay-scale hasn't gone up at all."

Ortiz has one fight left on his contract and is scheduled to face undefeated Brazilian Machida on May 24, 2008.

"Machida would not have been the person I would've picked," Ortiz explains. "It was so built around a Rashad [Evans] rematch, I think that would've been the proper fight. It would've been a bigger pay-per-view."

So what's the chance Ortiz will fight in the UFC again after his fight with Machida?

"As Dana White president?" he says. "Zero percent."

Not to be outdone, White also shares his feelings about Ortiz. "I've known Tito for ten years," he says. "Tito is not a top-10 fighter anymore. He's not on anybody's top 10. He hasn't won a significant fight in two years. As far as the revenues, Tito's on a contract. He's acting like we're on a fight-by-fight basis. The guy's a fucking embarrassment. He's like a walking, talking freakshow."

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