During his recent podcast with Georges St. Pierre and former WWE writer John Piermarini, former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen claimed that he was offered a $5 million contract from the WWE which he immediately rejected.

“I was offered $5 million by Vince McMahon…Now, I was still under contract with the UFC and I never took this to Dana, I handled it on my own, I told them no and that was the end of that. I never told Dana White this story, but here’s why I didn’t tell him. I knew that if I called Dana and said I’ve got a $5 million offer from Vince McMahon, Dana would have matched it.

Sonnen said that he didn’t want to be seen as disloyal to the UFC and have Dana match WWE’s offer stating, “I don’t think anyone would have had hard feelings, but I didn’t see myself that way”.