The McMahons have been rumored to be interested in starting a mixed martial arts promotion. Shane McMahon in particular is said to be a big fan of the sport and the McMahon name has come up a number of times when various promotions have been up for sale (including PRIDE) or starting up.
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban has spoken before about working with the McMahon's in the MMA world. Cuban owns "HDNet", a high-definition TV channel that features a lot of MMA shows. HE is trying to put together the heavyweight fight that everyone wants to see later this year - Randy Couture vs. Fedor Emelianenko.

In a recent interview with The Edmonton Sun, Cuban was asked:

Are you trying to form an MMA company to rival the UFC? Are you thinking of involving the McMahon family from the WWE?

His answer was: "Absolutely. We are looking to partner where we can, do our own promotions where it makes sense. We think the future is built around the fighters and their personalities. No one else has this focus and partnership approach. We think it's a winner."
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huh i heard about the mcmahons wanting 2 get involved with mma sometime last year with Cuban....i guess they are finally gonna go through with it.
i wonder if the 2 Billionaires can compete with the UFC?

with Cuban anything is possible.....man if the couture-fedor fight becomes a reality it will be fought here in DALLAS baby!!!...def ill be there.......

So will it be like the WWE format, but instead the fights will be real and not staged!?

Vince tried to buy UFC a number of times...

If the WWE made a mma promotion it will hardly get any fans how can you believe the fights would be real considering everything is staged and all fights fixed in the WWE

lol stfu. ^ why would he fix mma fights your stupid.

McMahon knows how to promote fighters, but if they get caught fixing fights, well, that will be it for them. They wont get licensed anywhere in the states again....

Does anyone remember about 10-12 years ago when Sugar Ray Leonard came out with his version of the UFC? He had fighters from all walks of styles compete, but you could totally tell the **** was staged.

they will not stage/fix fights- its almost impossible now a days- just think how unfair its going to be for the fighters training camp- theirs no way someone is going to train for x amount of weeks knowing their going to lose!

i think cuban/mcmacon are going to make mma amazing- i bet their going to put on a entire show about the personalities of these fighters and how they train and what not- leading up to the big fight (s)