Mickey Gall def. CM Punk via RNC @ 2:14 at UFC 203

[Natey]

I can't wait to see him get his face punched in. Guy deserves to get his ass kicked.

Then I hope Dana White fires him, via written letter, the next day.

 

[Paris in Flames]

I'm fully hoping and anticipating his debut to go something like...well...any of these.

 

[GKJ]

I want him to do well and win. Randy Orton I think said it once, if he does well, it validates what wrestlers do.

 

[ILoveStephanieBrown]

I want him to do well and win. Randy Orton I think said it once, if he does well, it validates what wrestlers do.

Lesnar, Lashley and Ken Shamrock already did that.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Lesnar, Lashley and Ken Shamrock already did that.

Except not really:

Lesnar was a national champion college wrestler and was considered to be one of the most dominant ever in his weight class. Lashley, while not on the level of Lesnar was a pretty accomplished college wrestler himself, to the point he looked to have a chance to represent the US at the olympics before he got hurt.

Those prerequisites (and in Lesnar's case, being an all-around freak of nature) allowed them to make the transition to MMA smooth-ish. Obviously Shamrock doesn't fit either since he began his days in the ring as a mixed martial artist .

CM Punk is just a guy who trained in MMA styles for fun. Him beating somebody doing it a lot longer would go a lot farther to validate that.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Doesn't CM Punk have a muay thai background, or was that just part of his character?

 

[Kimi]

He trained in it I think, but nothing on the level of being a champion or competitive like the other guys.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

CM Punk on if he'll ever wrestle again

"No, I don't think so. But it is one of those "never say never" things. I like to cover all my bases, just so some internet dweeb is going to be like, 'you said you'd never wrestle again!' But WWE? No. Absolutely not. But you never know, I could pop up here and there. Let me explain that to you even better... it's not going to even be televised, it's going to be me in a ninja f--king outfit wrestling one of my buddies and nobody's ever going to know. It's going to be very 'Monty Python' so to speak."

Punk also revealed that re-signing in 2011 pushed his MMA pursuits back.

He talked about how WWE treats their wrestlers like "indentured servants" and how they were initially giving him low-ball offers during the 2011 negotiations.

“Back in 2011, my contract was up and they were trying to re-sign me, and they were trying to re-sign me for low-ball figures. That’s what they do to the guys. They’re indentured servants. They try to pay them the smallest amount of money you can possibly pay them, there’s no health insurance, you’re responsible for your own travel, hotel, and food on the road, and home once a day, maybe. And, I did that ten years to get to WWE, and then I did it ten years there. My gas tank was empty in that regard.

“In 2011, it was kind of hanging in the balance there. I made the decision to re-sign. It’s not that I regret that decision. It’s just that if I did not re-sign, I would have dedicated myself 100 percent to this. That chapter of my book is over with. And now I 100 percent dedicate to this now. It’s just later than I anticipated. And it’s a bitter challenge now because I’m older.”

And this on leaving

“I was surrounded by a lot of old-timers on the independent scene before I went to WWE,” Punk said. “They were always like, ‘Kid, you gotta get out. You gotta get in to get out. You can make a stupid amount of money, but you stick around, you wear out your welcome, something bad is going to happen.’ Curt Hennig told me that. Harley Race told me that. Guys that were legends in the sport and made their money until they didn’t get out. So, I said I’m going to listen to the old, wise wages, and get in to get out.”

 

[Sarcastic]

Jesus the hate is so weird for a guy wanting to do something he has interest in.

Whatever you guys are doing IRL, I hate you and you all deserve to fail because you're doing something you want to do.

 

[Paris in Flames]

Jesus the hate is so weird for a guy wanting to do something he has interest in.

Whatever you guys are doing IRL, I hate you and you all deserve to fail because you're doing something you want to do.

People don't hate CM Punk because he's doing something he wants to do. People hate CM Punk because he's a dick.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

My respect for CM Punk and what he's doing is through the roof. He's not even 40-years-old and he was pretty much set for life to the point where he could walk out of his crappy job and not have to worry about his finances for the rest of his life and now anything he does is just scratching things off a bucket list (UFC, writing comic books).

But CM Punk also makes it really easy to root against him. Maybe it's by design, though.

 

[Megahab]

I want him to do well and win. Randy Orton I think said it once, if he does well, it validates what wrestlers do.

How would a CM Punk UFC win validate what wrestlers do? What from his pro wrestling training and experience will help CM Punk in MMA?

 

[Virtanen18]

How would a CM Punk UFC win validate what wrestlers do? What from his pro wrestling training and experience will help CM Punk in MMA?

Maybe nothing at all. But I'm sure there's people snickering at the idea of a 'fake wrestler' trying to take on UFC fighters in real fights. CM Punk winning sends a good message for 'fake wrestlers'.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

If anyone's interested, the Evolution of Punk, which is a 4-part series, debut last night on FS1 in the United States and will debut tonight on the Fight Network in Canada at 9:30pm. It's about his journey and transition from wrestling to the UFC, and has been following him around since December 2014 or around that period.

 

[SeidoN]

If anyone's interested, the Evolution of Punk, which is a 4-part series, debut last night on FS1 in the United States and will debut tonight on the Fight Network in Canada at 9:30pm. It's about his journey and transition from wrestling to the UFC, and has been following him around since December 2014 or around that period.

I am very much but cant find it online anywhere yet lol

 

[Fro]

i DVR'd it last night, hope to watch it tonight

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

I can't wait to see him get his face punched in. Guy deserves to get his ass kicked.

Then I hope Dana White fires him, via written letter, the next day.

I assume you hate Punk because he's a dick. Therefore, it's kind of ironic that you are saying something so mean spirited. How very Punkish of you.

 

[KesselBuiltMyHotrod]

https://vine.co/v/5htJj0L27he

 

[Scandale du Jour]

For Canadians: Part One of the CM Punk thing to air on TSN on Thursday at 9:30PM.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

For Canadians: Part One of the CM Punk thing to air on TSN on Thursday at 9:30PM.

And tonight on The Fight Network at 9:30.

 

[The Lunatic Fridge]

Is the documentary anywhere online? or is this one of those "watch it when it airs or you have to pay for it" things?

 

[Shoalzie]

 

[SeidoN]

youtube vid

real MVP

 

[The Lunatic Fridge]

Not bad, not bad at all.

I'm going in to his fight with the mentality to that there's a very real possibility of him getting knocked out. However, if there was ever a guy who knew how to learn and adapt with ridiculous circumstances, it's probably punk.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

I don't know what kind of Mercedes he has but I want one.