Former UFC fighter and MMA broadcaster Chael Sonnen revealed on his latest Youāre Welcome podcast that WWE Chairman Vince McMahon offered himĀ $5 million to jump ship from UFC to WWE. He explains why he turned it down...
āHereās the nuts and bolts of it. I was offered $5 million by Vince McMahonā¦ Now, I was still under contract with the UFC and I never took this to Dana. I handled it on my own. I told them āNoā and that was the end of that. I never told Dana White this story, but hereās why I didnāt tell him. I knew if I called Dana and said, āIāve got a $5 million offer from Vince McMahon,ā Dana would have matched it.ā
He added:
āDana would have come close and now all of a sudden Iām not a loyal employee,ā Sonnen explained. Iām not loyal to the UFC. Iām shopping them and Iām being loyal to myself. Thatās business. Thatās how that works and I donāt think anyone would have had hard feelings but I didnāt see myself that way.ā
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