When CM Punk displays on the surreal second of preventing within the UFC, he feels a mixture of satisfaction and bewilderment.
The previous WWE champion and professional wrestling star made his octagon debut with no MMA expertise in 2016. Punk began coaching in early 2015 with Duke Roufus, who coached the likes of former UFC light-weight champion Anthony Pettis and prime welterweight contender Belal Muhammad.
Though Punk’s quick stint within the UFC didn’t go effectively – a fast submission loss to Mickey Gall adopted by a lackluster unanimous choice loss to Mike Jackson that was later overturned when Jackson examined optimistic for marijuana – he’s completely happy to have taken the possibility.
“I requested my spouse the opposite day, as a result of I mentioned one thing, I used to be identical to, ‘Yeah, what was I, like, 35 once I fought?’ And he or she was identical to, ‘Oh no, you have been like 36 or 37,’” Punk mentioned on “The MMA Hour.” “And I simply went, ‘What the f*ck was I considering?’ I’m glad I did it. Zero regrets. I shouldn’t have fought in Chicago, as a result of they have been just like the worst two weeks of my life. Simply the worst two weeks of my life. I couldn’t reduce weight correctly, you understand, however I nonetheless made weight.
“I’m pleased with myself for that. However, yeah, I’m an formidable man. …However I get it, prefer it’s straightforward to ‘LOL,’ make enjoyable of me. You realize what I imply? And a few individuals take a look at that and be like, ‘Oh, that’s embarrassing.’ Like I suck. I made the load, I made the stroll, I’m one hundred pc pleased with myself, and I might do it once more as a result of that was me at my absolute worst, and I did it. I’m tenacious. I’m powerful if I’m not. If you wish to name me a loser, that’s cool. However I used to be stoked I obtained that chance, and I used to be stoked I did it.”
Punk was 37 when he fought Gall and 39 when he fought Jackson at UFC 225 in his hometown of Chicago. Heading into his battle with Jackson, Punk was within the midst of a defamation lawsuit filed by a WWE physician in opposition to him and professional wrestler Colt Cabana, wherein he discovered himself within the courtroom. He pleaded not responsible simply days earlier than he made the stroll in opposition to Jackson and gained the case.
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