Shane McMahon Meeting with UFC; TUF Expanding Globally

MMAjunkie.com is reporting that Dana White is looking to expand "The Ultimate Fighter" Series internationally:

"My job is over the next 10 years, the same game of soccer that we play in the U.S. is the same game they play in Canada, Mexico, Spain Italy, France, etc., and that's what we're doing with mixed martial arts right now," White said. "Everywhere you go all over the world, it's the same sport, and everybody plays by the same rules. We're trying to get these television deals in all these countries, major TV deals exposing the fans to it, then you bring a live event to those places. Then the virus spreads and people start training at it, trying to make a living at it, eventually becoming professional athletes. That's what we're going to do over the next 10 years.

"How do we plug this whole thing in with television and how to watch it everywhere? We're trying to figure that whole thing out and build that now. But the groundwork for this thing is 'The Ultimate Fighter,' and we've been working it very hard, and we're making it happen. 'The Ultimate Fighter' is going to be all over the world. That's the goal."

Dave Metzler is reporting that Shane McMahon recently met with White at the UFC offices. White isn't commenting on the meeting.

With McMahon leaving his position as EVP of Global Media, where he oversaw the WWE's international offices and television distribution, could there be a connection here?