Kurt Angle on MMA, 2012 Olympics & UFC talks
Kurt Angle is an American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and 1996 Olympic gold medallist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is the current TNA World Heavyweight Champion.
Now maybe the time he moves into MMA, something he is very interested in. Early this year, Angle revealed he was planning a comeback to amateur wrestling for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England.
He recently spoke with MMA weekly about MMA and the Olympics, This is what he had to say:
”I’ve been training for five months. I contacted USA Wrestling. By the end of the year, I will probably be out at the Olympic training center for periods of time.
Their concern was ‘Kurt, are you really doing this? We need you out here because if you make the team,
God willing, we want you to medal”.
There has been many suggestions in the past that Angle would leave professional wrestling and would embark on a MMA career,
possible with the UFC.
UFC president Dana White as said in the past he would be interested in offering Angle with a UFC contract. Angle also played the role of an undefeated Russian wrecking machine Koba in the movie Warrior.
Angle said that he contacted UFC President Dana White about potentially signing with the UFC.
”I actually contacted Dana White again after the movie. I flew out to meet him once and got a great offer. I contacted him again, I was thinking about dropping out of Impact wrestling, and there were some personal problems with my marriage and I just wanted to get away.”
“I contacted Dana White, I flew out, and he had me take the UFC physical. I passed it, thank God, and he gave me the offer. The terms weren’t good, I mean not for me, and the terms I gave him weren’t good for him. He wanted me ready in four-and-a-half weeks; I wanted three to six months. So I respect Dana White and I love him to death, very good friend. I knew I was capable of winning in four-and-a-half weeks, but I wanted to be at my best.”
Could we finally see the Olympic gold medallist in MMA? Maybe in the UFC?
Only time will tell….
By Robert Riley
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