Chael Sonnen: "I Want To Buy The WWE"

[The Mac]

HUGE retirement plans for mega-rich UFC fighter Chael Sonnen -- he tells TMZ, he wants to buy the WWE when he quits fighting ... a company valued at half a BILLION dollars.

And Chael's rep insists he's not joking, telling us, "It is 100% Chael's intent to buy the WWE." In fact, the rep says Chael is already meeting with bigwig friends in the investment world to enact his takeover.

Bad news though -- a rep for the WWE tells us the company ain't for sale ... at least not yet ... so Chael better be prepared to put a sweet offer on the table.

The rep adds, "We are a publicly traded company, so [Chael is] more than welcome to purchase shares of WWE stock and become one of our valued shareholders.”

And that's the bottom line!

TMZ

[LG]

TMZ.com has a story on its main page where it states that UFC fighter Chael Sonnen wants to buy WWE when he retires from fighting. His rep says that he has already met with investors about doing a takeover of the company.

WWE told TMZ: "We are a publicly traded company, so [Chael is] more than welcome to purchase shares of WWE stock and become one of our valued shareholders."

Yes, buy all the shares you want Sonnen but as long as the McMahon family controls the vast majority of stock, as they do now, you will never own the company.

PWInsider