UFC President Dana White recently revealed that the UFC’s big break on NBC was stopped in its tracks by none other than WWE’s Vince McMahon. In an interview with Steph McMahon, the UFC executive explained the scene. with Vince McMahon playing the ultimate heel. According to White, the UFC was on the verge of a game-changing partnership with NBC back in 2011, only to have the rug pulled out from under them by none other than the WWE boss himself.
Vince McMahon Stalled NBC Deal with the UFC
In a story that sounds straight out of a boardroom soap opera, Dana White described how the UFC was “about to sign the deal and do all the stuff” with NBC, only for the network’s executives to discover a catch: McMahon had the right to decide if another combat sport could air on USA Network, thanks to WWE’s contract.