{"id":20064,"date":"2016-05-27T16:07:24","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T21:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=20064"},"modified":"2016-05-27T16:20:17","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T21:20:17","slug":"wwes-george-barrios-asked-interest-buying-ufc-technology-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/27\/wwes-george-barrios-asked-interest-buying-ufc-technology-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE&#8217;s George Barrios asked about interest in buying UFC at technology conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1652082211\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE financial executive George Barrios gave a detailed presentation on WWE&#8217;s current and future business at the <a href=\"http:\/\/corporate.wwe.com\/investors\/news\/press-releases\/2016\/05-17-2016-133336307\" target=\"_blank\">Needham Emerging Technology Conference last Thursday, May 19 in New York City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the Q&amp;A portion of the presentation, Barrios was asked if WWE is interested in buying UFC, which is rumored to be for sale.<\/p>\n<p>Barrios quickly said WWE &#8220;does not talk about acquisitions,&#8221; trying to move on from the question.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by Needham host Laura Martin if WWE has heard what UFC is valued at, Barrios said they&#8217;re not paying much attention. 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