As reported last week, WWE Executive Vice President of Global Media Shane McMahon and former WWE Canada President Carl DeMarco met with the UFC two weeks ago. During the UFC Fight Club yesterday in Las Vegas, UFC President Dana White again declined to discuss in detail the meeting he had with McMahon, simply noting that he was a good friend and "you never know."
McMahon, son of WWE CEO Vince McMahon, gave his notice to WWE last month and will be leaving the organization effective January 1, 2010. Shane McMahon is a big MMA fan, and at one point in time had talks with PRIDE about purchasing the company before PRIDE sold to Zuffa.
The F4W Newsletter is reporting that the meeting was an exploratory meeting, and nothing has been signed as of yet. The newsletter noted that many officials in WWE believe that Shane will eventually end up with the UFC, and may help the UFC expand internationally.
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