White denies PPV plans for Kurt Angle
According to UFC president Dana White, Angle simply was offered a slot on the heavyweights-only 10th season of “The Ultimate…
According to UFC president Dana White, Angle simply was offered a slot on the heavyweights-only 10th season of “The Ultimate Fighter” a few years back.
In recent interviews, Angle has talked about White’s supposed offer for a PPV slot. But White said that’s simply not true.
Not surprisingly, they first discussed a deal seriously when fellow WWE vet Brock Lesnar moved to MMA and made a splash with the UFC. Lesnar went on to win the UFC heavyweight title and has become one of the organization’s top pay-per-view draws.
“I like Kurt Angle,” White said. “He’s a nice guy. I’ve never had any problems with Kurt Angle. Good guy. Kurt Angle was calling me to fight in the UFC. He wanted to fight in the UFC. He wanted to come over here and whatever, especially after Brock got in.”
White carefully chose his words as he discussed the situation, and he said he didn’t it to sound like he was bashing or disrespecting the 42-year-old.
“What I offered him was, I said, ‘Come over here. I’ll put you on ‘The Ultimate Fighter,”” White said. “The season Kimbo Slice was on, I was going to put him on ‘The Ultimate Fighter.’ He wanted to do it.