On September 14 and October 1, PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviewed former WCW President Eric Bischoff an exclusive multi-hour "Torch Talk" interview covering a variety of controversial subjects from the Monday Night War period, his days on WWE TV, his 2006 autobiography, and the "Rise & Fall of WCW" DVD.

The following is the first installment of Part Nine (9) of the exclusive five-hour "Torch Talk" with former WCW President Eric Bischoff from October 1 - before Bischoff joined TNA and was just starting negotiations with TNA at the time. Part 9 of our daily Q&As will be published here at PWTorch.com, which is unprecedented with our VIP-exclusive "Torch Talk" series.

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We present today's first question and answer from Part 9. Tune in tomorrow for the next series of Q&A's in Part 9 from the Eric Bischoff Torch Talk.

Wade Keller: Did you mention in your book that there was once an MMA project that crossed your desk or was proposed that you might have gotten involved with but passed on?

Eric Bischoff: Yeah, UFC! (laughs)

Keller: Tell me the story on that.

Bischoff: Well, there's not much to tell. I think it was back in 1998 or maybe '99. Don't pin me down on the date, but it was back in the period of time when we were rocking and rolling. Was it Art Davies who originally had UFC. He had been doing it for a while and was miserable, it wasn't working clearly.

Keller: It was off of pay-per-view, banned in several states, John McCain rallying against it.

Bischoff: Somebody brought it up to me and said, "Hey, we'll sell it to you guys for a million and a half bucks of whatever the number was." I looked at it at the time.

Keller: You personally or Turner?

Bischoff: Me personally, as part of Turner; as president of the company it was brought to me. ...

MORE TO COME TOMORROW WITH MORE OF THE BISCHOFF TORCH TALK...

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