UFC President Dana White has been at odds with middleweight title contender Vitor Belfort ever since Anderson Silva lost the belt to Chris Weidman at UFC 162 this summer and it doesn’t look like that’s going to change any time soon.

White gave members of the media countless topics to write about during his appearance in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at one point bringing up hometown hero Belfort.

“Vitor Belfort is in a weird situation in the UFC because Vitor Belfort puts himself in weird situations in the UFC. Every time a fight ends he's blowing my phone up wanting to fight that guy that just lost the fight or won that fight.”

“We had fights that we wanted to make for Vitor, and then Vitor has his own ideas of what Vitor wants to do. Vitor has been difficult, so it puts Vitor in a difficult position … Vitor might win this fight and then want to fight (heavyweight champion) Cain Velasquez, for Christ's sake. Who knows what Vitor wants to do?”

Belfort is enjoying a 4-fight unbeaten streak at middleweight, though he did lose a light heavyweight title bout against Jon Jones at UFC 152 about a year ago.

“The Phenom” essentially demanded a title shot after Weidman scored a shocking upset over Silva in July, but the UFC opted to book Weidman-Silva II at UFC 168 on December 28 instead.

While Belfort has scored back-to-back head kick knockouts over top contenders Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold, he has struggled against top-tier competition such as Jones, Silva and Dan Henderson.

The 36-year-old has a chance to avenge his 2006 loss to “Hendo” at UFC Fight Night 32 in November 9, with the two competitors once again squaring off in a light heavyweight bout.

Will Belfort ever get a shot at UFC gold again or are his best days in the Octagon behind him, despite the current hot streak?