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Would Dana White hold his ground against Tito Ortiz?
too bad the match never happened, article from wikipedia:
White was scheduled to make his professional boxing debut against his former client Tito Ortiz on March 24, 2007. In Ortiz's re-signing with the UFC in 2005, he added a stipulation that he and White would fight in a three-round boxing exhibition, ostensibly "to work out their differences."[3] The Nevada State Athletic Commission did not believe this would be an "exhibition" match, and White, in addition to training, had to apply for a fighting licence, which was granted for this one fight. However, Ortiz did not appear at the weigh-in and the fight never occurred. Ortiz called White beforehand, leaving him a message saying he was "letting him off the hook," but White assumed Tito was trying to get him to stop training only to later say he wanted to fight, and did not interpret this to mean Ortiz was actually canceling the match. The members of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, several of whom had reservations about sanctioning the match to begin with, were not pleased with Ortiz' backing out of the fight. The NSAC told White they would never again consider allowing the contest, and that furthermore, they did not want White and Ortiz to fight anywhere out of their purview.
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too bad the match never happened, article from wikipedia:
White was scheduled to make his professional boxing debut against his former client Tito Ortiz on March 24, 2007. In Ortiz's re-signing with the UFC in 2005, he added a stipulation that he and White would fight in a three-round boxing exhibition, ostensibly "to work out their differences."[3] The Nevada State Athletic Commission did not believe this would be an "exhibition" match, and White, in addition to training, had to apply for a fighting licence, which was granted for this one fight. However, Ortiz did not appear at the weigh-in and the fight never occurred. Ortiz called White beforehand, leaving him a message saying he was "letting him off the hook," but White assumed Tito was trying to get him to stop training only to later say he wanted to fight, and did not interpret this to mean Ortiz was actually canceling the match. The members of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, several of whom had reservations about sanctioning the match to begin with, were not pleased with Ortiz' backing out of the fight. The NSAC told White they would never again consider allowing the contest, and that furthermore, they did not want White and Ortiz to fight anywhere out of their purview.
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