{"id":2616,"date":"2015-11-06T22:20:52","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T04:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/?p=2616"},"modified":"2015-11-07T01:23:15","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T07:23:15","slug":"angle-teases-first-mma-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/11\/06\/angle-teases-first-mma-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Angle teases first MMA fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-436129201\" 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>Kurt Angle will not let go of\u00a0his dream to have a professional MMA fight. Whether or not a fight actually happens at the age of 46 remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Angle said during the Bellator 145 broadcast on Spike TV that he wants to\u00a0enter the cage for his first MMA fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to tease everybody, but there is a possibility,&#8221; Angle said. &#8220;We&#8217;ll see. I&#8217;m getting my feet wet here at Bellator, I&#8217;m going to have a good time, I&#8217;m going to sit back for once in my life and watch, and\u00a0eventually I&#8217;ll make that decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the semi-announcement, Angle talked about wishing the money was right to enter MMA in the late 1990s, instead of going to pro wrestling. Angle said he doesn&#8217;t regret going to wrestling, but he regrets not fighting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here I am standing at 46-years-old and I don&#8217;t have one fight,&#8221; Angle said.<\/p>\n<p>Angle made the comments at the announce table\u00a0prior to Bobby Lashley&#8217;s squash victory\u00a0against James Thompson.<\/p>\n<p>Angle was not done for the night, though. Later in the show, Angle appeared on-stage with Ken Shamrock to tease a potential future fight. 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