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WWE Offered UFC's Chael Sonnen $5 Million To Jump Ship

Posted By: Ben Kerin on Oct 31, 2014

WWE Offered UFC's Chael Sonnen $5 Million To Jump Ship

Former UFC fighter and MMA broadcaster Chael Sonnen revealed on his latest Youā€™re 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...

ā€œHereā€™s 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 ā€˜Noā€™ and that was the end of that. I never told Dana White this story, but hereā€™s why I didnā€™t tell him. I knew if I called Dana and said, ā€˜Iā€™ve got a $5 million offer from Vince McMahon,ā€™ Dana would have matched it.ā€

He added:

ā€œDana would have come close and now all of a sudden Iā€™m not a loyal employee,ā€ Sonnen explained. Iā€™m not loyal to the UFC. Iā€™m shopping them and Iā€™m being loyal to myself. Thatā€™s business. Thatā€™s how that works and I donā€™t think anyone would have had hard feelings but I didnā€™t see myself that way.ā€

Source: MMA News
Tags: #wwe #ufc #chael sonnen #vince mcmahon

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