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Home » News » WWE News, WWE Rumors and Spoilers » Kurt Angle Talks Nearly Joining UFC In The Mid-2000s, On Conversations He Had With Dana White

Kurt Angle Talks Nearly Joining UFC In The Mid-2000s, On Conversations He Had With Dana White

by Joey G.
August 2, 2021
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WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle recently spoke with Fightful about a wide range of topics, most notably how he nearly joined UFC back in the mid-2000s, and reveals several conversations he had with UFC President Dana White. Hear the Olympic Hero’s full story in the highlights below.

 
  
 

On meeting with UFC President Dana White in 2006:

“It got pretty serious in 2006 after I left WWE. I flew out to meet with Dana White. He offered me a contract. It was a really good contract and at that time, I’d just signed with TNA. I didn’t want to ruffle the feathers by telling TNA, ‘Listen, I’m gonna go MMA.’ Because Dana White, when I signed my deal with TNA, said, ‘Well, you can’t do both. You have to do one or the other. You can’t do both.’ I said, ‘Well, I’m going part-time in TNA. I can do both.’ He said, ‘I can’t have you do both. I need you full time.”

On deciding not to enter UFC:

“So, I had to decide and I’d already signed with TNA. So, it was like, oh well. I might as well continue. In the back of my mind I was saying to myself, ‘I broke my neck five times already. I know my strength isn’t at 100%. My upper body strength, I lost about 40% strength in my arms, my shoulders. I have trouble with motor skills in my fingers.’ So, my neck was probably the reason why I didn’t follow through with MMA.”

Says he met with Dana White again in 2010 but knew his body was in no condition:

“I did, in 2010, I went back to Dana and he offered me another contract. But when I sat home and thought about it, at that point I was forty years old. I knew that my body wasn’t gonna hold up for MMA. So, I turned down the contract again, unfortunately. I feel bad. Going out and seeing Dana White again. He invited me out again and offered me another deal and I actually turned it down, unfortunately. But I think I made the right move.”

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