When Might CM Punk Have His First UFC Fight?
ESPN has posted an article covering the announcement of CM Punk signing with UFC, and the following is a quote from UFC President Dana White:
“He wanted to fight here. He wanted to give it a shot, so we gave him an opportunity. It’s not like Brock Lesnar. We’re not going to throw the kitchen sink at him. Lesnar had a wrestling background. [CM Punk] going to fight a guy who is 1-0, 1-1, 2-1 — something like that. He’s been coming to fights for a long time and after his WWE contract was up, he called me and said he wanted to give it a shot. I said, ‘All right. We’ll give you a shot.'”
JR Offers More Punk/UFC Thoughts
Jim Ross continues to Tweet his thoughts on CM Punk signing with UFC, as he has posted the following:
Lots of @ufc fighters will be calling out Punk because Punk’s going to sell PPV’s and they want some of the $$. Plus, Punk’s a rookie.
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) December 7, 2014
Just as Lesnar brought many wrestling fans to @ufc to see him lose, Punk will being newer & younger fans to @ufc out of curiosity/ to win.
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) December 7, 2014
Latest Video Promo for NXT R Evolution
WWE has released the following video, which is the latest promo video for next week’s NXT R Evolution WWE Network special: