Brock Lesnar swap deal
It was later revealed that the UFC and WWE agreed to cross promote their product, with WWE allowing Lesnar to fight at UFC 200, while the UFC would send one of their top stars to get involved in some capacity. It was then reported that UFC Strawweight, Paige VanZant was approached to appear during SummerSlam; however, Paige turned down the offer and said she wanted to concentrate on her MMA career.
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This led to people speculating about WWE going after the biggest draw in the world of MMA today – Conor McGregor. However, with Conor focusing on his training for his fight with Nate, there wasn’t much attention given to the reports – that was until Conor McGregor took part in the UFC 202 media conference call earlier this month.
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