CM Punk recently reflected on the 2 fights that he had contained in the Octagon.
It’s a typical occurrence to see recent faces make the walk to the Octagon for the very first time.
This weekend’s event, for instance, features seven UFC debuts, with one in all them coming together on fight week in a late addition to UFC Vegas 112.
CM Punk can have been capable of surprise Joe Rogan within the two fights that he had for the promotion but they still received a whole lot of pushback from fight fans.
While the present WWE World Heavyweight champion doesn’t regret making this decision, he believes that one error significantly hurt his possibilities of success.
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CM Punk admits that he began MMA too late to have success within the UFC
Phil Brooks, more widely often known as WWE’s CM Punk, has openly stated previously that he has no regrets about competing within the UFC twice as a consequence of it being a bucket list opportunity for him.
The WWE champion suffered losses to Mickey Gall (UFC 203 in 2016) and Mike Jackson (UFC 225 in 2018), though his second defeat was overturned to a no contest after his opponent tested positive for marijuana.
Punk, who recently paid tribute to Duke Roufus after the legendary coach who trained him passed away, put within the work but he was at all times going to be at an enormous drawback.
It’s not surprising that he didn’t have a whole lot of success contained in the Octagon considering the time he was capable of spend in training or the experience that he had in mixed martial arts.
During a recent appearance on Chef Donny’s ‘What’s For Lunch’, the 47-year-old reflected on what went incorrect for him within the UFC.
Punk explained that while he’s still grateful to have been given the possibility, he now knows that it was at all times going to be difficult to compete when making his UFC debut at 37 years old.
“I wish I began sooner. That’s the one thing, I began so late, I used to be already old. It was just sort of like a bucket list thing, nevertheless it doesn’t mean I didn’t take it seriously. I trained my a– off, got in shape, did what I could, but yeah, I began way too late, it’s a young man’s game.”
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Dana White was furious with CM Punk’s second UFC opponent after their fight
While Mickey Gall finished CM Punk in only over two minutes, his second UFC opponent, Mike Jackson, went the space with the WWE star.
Jackson’s performance led to brutal criticism from Dana White, who claimed that his profession within the UFC was done after his bout at UFC 225.
Despite this, Jackson did go on to compete two more times contained in the Octagon, though his fight after Punk got here 4 years later.
He did record a UFC win after his opponent, Dean Barry, was disqualified but a knockout loss in his fourth fight for the promotion ended his run.
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