In hopes of eventually setting up a superfight between UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and Invicta FC women’s featherweight titleholder Cristiane Justino, Tito Ortiz has removed himself from the situation.

UFC President Dana White slammed Justino, better known as “Cyborg,” in comments to the media on Thursday, saying she looks like UFC middleweight Wanderlei Silva and uses performance-enhancing drugs.

He also was critical of her decision to continue to employ Ortiz, an ex-UFC champ and longtime rival of White, as her co-manager, and as a result, the UFC Hall of Famer decided to cut his star client loose.

“I don’t understand how Dana lets his hatred toward me hurt the UFC and the fans by not making this fight,” Ortiz said in a prepared statement first read on AXS TV’s Inside MMA.

“He accused her of still using banned substances and says that she isn’t worthy of fighting Ronda, yet a year ago he personally called me to make the fight happen … I won’t stand in the way from the fans getting a fight they want, and I won’t hold Cris back.”

Ortiz was also critical of White insulting Justino’s appearance and making accusations he could not support with facts.

Cyborg was co-managed by Ortiz and George Prajin, so she will still have representation behind the scenes in light of the announcement.

Justino is 12-1(1) as a professional mixed martial artist, unbeaten since her pro debut in May 2005.

She did fail a post-fight drug test for the anabolic steroid stanozolol after a blistering 16-second knockout, overturned to a no contest, against Hiroki Yamanaka in December 2011.

After serving a one-year suspension, the Brazilian bomber scored back-to-back knockouts over Fiona Muxlow and Marloes Coenen in 2013.

Will Ortiz removing himself from the situation pave the way for Rousey vs. Cyborg later this year or is the fantasy matchup just another case of fiction that will never become a reality?