Dan Lambert was so close to buying the UFC in 2001 that he had a deposit down and there was a closing date scheduled. But the American Top Team owner is glad it didn't work out.
Lambert told Ariel Helwani on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour that if he had bought the Ultimate Fighting Championship back then he would have kept it small -- he didn't have nearly the vision or funds of Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta and Dana White.
"If it ever comes up, the only thing I think is how fortunate all the fighters and managers and fans are that it ended up the way it did, in the hands of the guys it was," Lambert said.