We've been down this road before but maybe this time former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Champion Kurt Angle is serious. He recently spoke to SunSport saying, "I'm talking to several fight companies about doing MMA by the end of next year."

Even though he's in talks with several "fight companies", it's almost clear that he only wants to compete in the UFC.

"I've always wanted to do it. I'm the only Olympic gold medalist that will enter the Octagon and it feels right for me," Angle continued.

He did say that he's received offers from several promotions like Affliction and EliteXC, but those aren't the promotions that he has his eye on. "I can almost guarantee you're going to see me in the Octagon," he proclaimed.

So, if that's gonna be true, we will see Kurt Angle compete in the UFC in 2009.

Eric Hibler, one of the trainers at the Pittsburgh Fight Club in Kurt Angle's hometown in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania tells that Angle has been training and would like to have at least one mixed martial arts fight before he is unable to.

"Kurt is an international superstar with a very busy schedule. When Kurt is in town he does train here," Hibler revealed.

"He's very low profile and easy to talk to. Everyone likes him and he's the man when it comes to fired-up hard workouts."

"Kurt is an amazing open-minded individual and his ability to focus on a task is world class, no matter what we are working on. However, MMA even though it relates, is very different from wrestling."

"Kurt must relearn strategy and tactics for better game play with real fighting. On the other hand, Kurt is a trainer's dream. He was born to train and compete."

"For now, his wrestling gives him excellent penetration ability for takedown transitions and a strong ground sense to help his positioning for ground and pound and submission set-ups," added him.

"Kurt's planning to participate in at least one MMA fight when he gets the right offer."

"To date he has not signed with any fight promotion."

Some sources reported that Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling superstar Kurt Angle is now training twice a week in mixed martial arts (MMA) at Eric Hibler’s Pittsburgh Fight Club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

As reported before, International Fight League (IFL) founder, Kurt Otto recently blasted TNA wrestler Kurt Angle in an interview saying that the TNA World Heavyweight Champion who has been hinting at a switch to MMA, got cold feet after watching fights at ringside of an IFL show. The 1996 Atlanta Olympic wrestling gold medalist had been in talks with Otto about joining the promotion and was likely to be matched up with another ex-WWE wrestler, Ken Shamrock before deciding against it after the watching the sport live.

“He got scared and wanted to go back into pro wrestling. That’s okay, Kurt, I still respect you for what you did in the Olympics, but this is MMA. You don’t come in here, say you’re gonna do something, and then you don’t." said Shamrock.

Angle responded that "They tried to force a fight with me and Ken in two and a half months. (It’s) not enough time to take off from TNA and train for a fight."

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International Fight League (IFL) founder, Kurt Otto recently blasted TNA wrestler Kurt Angle in an interview saying that the TNA World Heavyweight Champion who has been hinting at a switch to MMA, got cold feet after watching fights at ringside of an IFL show. The 1996 Atlanta Olympic wrestling gold medalist had been in talks with Otto about joining the promotion and was likely to be matched up with another ex-WWE wrestler, Ken Shamrock before deciding against it after the watching the sport live.

“He got scared and wanted to go back into pro wrestling. That’s okay, Kurt, I still respect you for what you did in the Olympics, but this is MMA. You don’t come in here, say you’re gonna do something, and then you don’t." said Shamrock.