The following is an excerpt from an article by Lance Pugmire from the Los Angeles Times website:
Ortiz doesn't show up for bout with UFC boss White
By Lance Pugmire, Times Staff Writer
March 25, 2007
Tito Ortiz's planned three-round boxing exhibition Saturday against his boss, UFC President Dana White, was canceled when the former light-heavyweight champion from Huntington Beach failed to appear.
UFC officials declined to comment on Ortiz's decision, but one organization source said Ortiz was seeking more compensation for an unofficial event that was so intriguing to mixed-martial arts fans that cable network Spike TV had planned to air preview and fight shows in April.
A UFC spokeswoman said neither White nor Ortiz would comment about the cancellation.
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