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CM Punk Remains Optimistic Regarding Future With UFC

Former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star CM Punk made his long awaited mixed martial arts (MMA) debut earlier this year, when he suffered a first round submission loss to Mickey Gall at UFC 203 in Cleveland this past October. After suffering the quick defeat many called for Punk to be cut from the major promotion,

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After suffering the quick defeat many called for Punk to be cut from the major promotion, proposing that he instead come up through the circuit of smaller promotions and return when his skills have sharpened. UFC President Dana White stated that perhaps Punk’s next fight shouldn’t be in the UFC, however, ‘The Cult Of Personality’ himself is willing to throw down anywhere, UFC or not.

During a recent appearance on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani earlier today (Monday November 21, 2016), Punk detailed a conversation he had with White after his loss to Gall, to which he remained adamant on wanting to get back in the Octagon again:

“I don’t want to speak for him, but I think if he wants to kill it, he would have killed it right then,” Punk said.“Until anything is official, I don’t want to say either way what he’s thinking or what he’s thinking. But yeah, I’m pretty confident that it’ll be in the UFC.”

“I told him I want to fight again,” Punk said. “We’re back at it. We’re back to the drawing board. So, it’s up to him. He floated me an idea and we’re kind of going back and forth on it right now.”

After the contest Punk was visibly emotional, but it wasn’t due to the fact that he feared his lifelong dream was coming to an abrupt end after the lopsided defeat, but because he simply couldn’t get the job done for himself and his team:

“The UFC just made me a business offer,” said Punk. “I wasn’t emotional, because I saw that something was over. I was just bummed that I lost.”

Mickey Gall wrestles CM Punk during a welterweight bout at UFC 203 on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer) ORG XMIT: OHDD118

The former professional wrestling star will not retreat to his former occupation, but will instead continue to embark on the grueling road of being a professional mixed martial artists. Even if he has to do it for a promotion that isn’t the UFC:

“This is what I do now,” Punk said he told the UFC boss. “This is what I’m going to do now. If i can do it for you, awesome. If not, I’ll still bug you for tickets to your show.”

Punk has yet to get his next bout as of this writing, and is it still up in the air if the Roufusport team member will even remain with the promotion for the foreseeable future. If the UFC does allow Punk to continue his UFC tenure, who would you like to see the welterweight fight next?

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CM Punk Promises To Fight Mickey Gall In 2016

CM Punk, who was set to make his UFC debut against Mickey Gall in either June or July, had his MMA plans put on hold after he recently underwent surgery to repair a herniated disc in his neck. His post-surgery recovery is expected to be four-to-six weeks. Punk said Monday on The MMA Hour his

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Punk said Monday on The MMA Hour his doctors told him before the UFC Fight Night 82 event that featured Mickey Gall vs. Michael Jackson that he would have to undergo surgery and that he felt bad for pulling out of the fight.

“I felt like sh*t about it. I wanted to tell everybody, but it was also a case of let’s just see where this goes and see what happens. I got the MRI Friday night, and I was literally diagnosed Saturday, right before I walked out to watch Mickey and Michael Jackson fight.”

“(They handled it) wonderfully, in my opinion,” Punk said. “I was in with Dana and Lorenzo, and we were talking, and Dr. Sanders just came up, and he goes, ‘alright, here it is.’ He laid it all on the table for us. Of course, Dana lets out this big sigh, and he’s like, ‘ugh, we can’t get a break.’ So immediately I go into, ‘well, maybe there’s a shot I can get? Maybe I can do cortisone? Whatever.’ And Lorenzo and Dana stop me, and they went, ‘no, no, no, it is what it is. We just want you to get fixed and get healthy. We have shows every month, don’t worry about it.’

“It’s just, the timing sucked. I’m literally about to walk out and do this thing (at UFC Fight Night 82). And they were great. It’s hard not to compare and contrast to where I used to work before. It was just a relief to finally have a boss who was like, ‘no, no, just get fixed, we want you 100-percent, we want you to be healthy,’ not interested in throwing a band-aid on a bullet wound just to parade me out in front of people. So it was a relief, and it felt nice.”

When asked when he’ll fight next? Punk isn’t sure on an exact date but knows that it will be in 2016.

“I don’t know,” Punk said. “Part of me, I’ve learned from my past mistakes, and I’m not going to say a date that everyone’s going to get married to, and then I’m going to have to hear about how I’m never going to fight. I’m going to fight. It’s going to be this year. And like I said, I see the [doctor] tomorrow, and I’m going to talk with him about all kinds of other extracurricular things I can do to probably speed this along. See if I can start doing acupuncture again, things like that. In my mind, that card at [Madison Square] Garden (in November) would be a nice second fight, but I don’t know how realistic that is, because again, I don’t want to say things that people are going to be taking to heart.”

He signed with the UFC in December of 2014.

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