UFC Founder Campbell McLaren has rubbished Hulk Hogan’s claim that he was approached to fight at the first ever event, UFC 1, back in 1993.
Former WWE superstar Hogan recently suggested that he was offered a place on the historic card, but declined because the sport was too violent.
“We looked at it and it was very violent and the referees weren’t stopping the matches and letting guys get beat up when they should have been stopped,” Hogan said in an interview with WrestlingInc.
“So we just didn’t want to have any part of it but it’s become quite a phenomena.”
But McLaren dismissed the rumours on Twitter, and didn’t seem to happy with Hogan…
.@davidbix @ArtDavie @joerogan Hulk Hogan being asked to fight in #originalUFC is absolutely false. Not in real life anyway.
— Campbell McLaren (@campbellcombate) May 4, 2015
.@joerogan Joe I never wanted Hulk Hogan in UFC. No one asked him. Bullshit if he says different.
— Campbell McLaren (@campbellcombate) May 4, 2015
Hat-tip to BJ Penn
