Former WWE chairman Vince McMahon once blocked the UFC from striking a broadcast deal with NBC. UFC president Dana White was a guest on McMahon’s daughter’s podcast, ” What’s Your Story? “, with Stephanie McMahon. During the show, White discussed his past dealings with the professional wrestling kingpin, including one time when McMahon blew up his potential TV deal with NBC, which would have seen ” The Ultimate Fighter ” been broadcast on the USA Network. White explained that, when the deal was nearly finalized, NBC realized that McMahon had a clause in his own deal with the network that he had the right to veto any other combat sports program being broadcast on USA. “I think that your father had this thing where, he had to create that. It was like, his thing.
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Dana White reveals how Vince McMahon destroyed the UFC’s first TV deal – MMA Weekly