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Jun 25, 2016 11:18 AM EDT

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Reveals He Considered Joining UFC After WWE, And Why He Didn't

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson revealed that he considered to join the UFC after a successful career at WWE.

The WWE legend recalled the time that he considered joining UFC about a decade ago after a flourished career at WWE. Johnson stated that joining the mixed martial arts promotion was far from being easy, Mirror reported.

It may be contradictory for the well-known hard man but Johnson cites one thing that stopped him from joining was simply that he hates getting punched in the face. Johnson later added that he has so much respect for the fighters in the cage.

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