Hulk Hogan is a fan of the UFC and has been present in the shows on several occasionsincluding accompanying fighter Colby Covington to his fight with Joaquin Buckley in UFC Tampa on December 14, 2024. Unfortunately for both, the controversial (not as much as he) “Chaos” was defeated.
A TRIO YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU NEEDED 🤩
An epic walk out for @Colbycmma!#Fctampa | @Hulkhogan | @ChaelSonnen | @WWE pic.twitter.com/Ke2topWpC2
— UFC (@ufc) December 15, 2024
► What Hulk Hogan told
But the relationship of the living legend of the WWE With MMA's company he could have gone further. In the early days of it, during the 1990s, according to himselfHogan was near signing a contract.
In 2015, “The Immortal” said this to Herald Sun telling that he could participate in the company's first event in 1993 and explaining why he decided not to do it:
“We analyzed it and it was very violent, the referees did not stop the fighting and let the fighters receive beatings when they should have stopped. So we just didn't want to have anything to do with that, but it has become a phenomenon. ”
► The truth
What Hogan points out has been denied by Campbell McLaren, co -founder of the UFC.
.@joerogan Joe I never wanted Hulk Hogan in UFC. No one asked him. Bullshit if he says different.
— Campbell McLaren (@campbellcombate) May 4, 2015
«Joe, I never wanted Hulk Hogan in the UFC. No one asked him to be. It is a lie if he says otherwise.
On the other hand, no one will surprise that Hulk Hogan is lying because he has done it too many times. Speaking of MMA, once said that had fought with people from Pride in the 70s When the company was not established until 1997.
If what was said by Hulk Hogan, valuing it, it could have been interesting to see how it would have developed in the octagon could have been interesting. Do you think it would have been successful? Or could I have liked CM Punk?
