I Just Realized Allowing CM Punk Into The UFC Is Disgraceful And Embarrassing For MMA

[So UnThotful]

Its disrespectful...when they say a guys like Ben Askren or Fedor da gawd were "not good enough" to get signed (Dana literally said this shyt) but CM punk wakes up one day, is bored with his life and is like "hmm, lemme give this mma shyt a try "...its just bullshyt..smh

The Askren/Fedor was more about them not being able to negotiate terms and figures

 

[BlackAchilles]

I honestly don't see a problem with this. I'm not saying I would sign him if I was Dana White, but if the guy wants to fight and accepts the risks, why not? No one removed credibility from boxing when Mickey Rourke was fighting, why would CM fighting MMA remove credibility from the UFC?

You do realize Mickey was an amateur boxer before he was an actor right?

 

[blackestofpanthers]

Thought the Pride days were over...

pride》》》》》》》》》

 

[R=G]

Likely gets KO'd in the first round.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

I agree

 

[Bawon Samedi]

A gatekeeper (although not a contender or elite fighter) is still a very skilled fighter. CM Punk has no fight experience and from what I've read, occasionally trains BJJ as a hobby. At best, he's a bum. Calling him a potential gate keeper is a slap to the face of actual gatekeepers in MMA.

 

[The Infamous]

Likely gets KO'd in the first round.

The UFC will sign a bum tailor made for Punk to beat.

 

[R=G]

The UFC will sign a bum tailor made for Punk to beat.

That doesn't do UFC any favors either. Makes them seem phony and bush league. Fans can smell a flopper a mile away.

 

[Pool_Shark]

hes not fighting this is all him trying to get a wrestlemania main event. ufc probably knows. Duke did say he was training him personally cause he wants to build Punk from the ground up. Wonder if he's going psycho on Phil, kicking him in the stomach .

 

[The Infamous]

That doesn't do UFC any favors either. Makes them seem phony and bush league. Fans can smell a flopper a mile away.

Signing CM Punk in the first place is making them look like a bush league.

A CM Punk win is in the UFC's best interest (in terms of making money).

The athletic commission will only sanction a fight for him if it's against a fighter of equal experience.

 

[dh86]

If punk wins, the casual fan will believe the other guy took a dive no matter how it looks

 

[BlackAchilles]

Signing CM Punk in the first place is making them look a bush league.

A CM Punk win is in the UFC's best interest (in terms of making money).

The athletic commission will only sanction a fight for him if it's against a fighter of equal experience.

IE a total can ... any former TUF losers struggling with bills/gambling debts?

 

[Tilesp4p]

IE a total can ... any former TUF losers struggling with bills/gambling debts?

To be real, i doubt with 6-9 months of training he will even be able to beat a Tuf loser lol

 

[Roman Brady]

I doubt he even makes it into the octagon tbh.

i always assumed he was in the very least well versed in jits but the more i hear from the people that have seen him the more i think if hes that green is he even going to get licensed?

He'd literally be walking off the street at age 36 learning how to fight in 6-9 months. That's sad. UFC thinks they will get the WWE fan again and it'll be a boon on ppv, but we've seen the WWE wrestled fighting legit already with Brock many times. The novelty is gone. Very short sighted thinking, best case scenario is Punk not surviving camp.

do you honestly think UFC assume they have another brock on their hands? i dont watch wwe as such but i know after the summer of punk he never really got the fans excited like that.I am not even sure he drew buyrates or was a needle mover at the height of his popularity let alone before he left. Zuffa basically got him to play keepaway from viacom if they can make even 1 red cent off him and get more non-ufc eyes on their product its a win

 

[Another Man]

Thought the Pride days were over...

To be fair, at least with Pride, people knew what it was about. Pride was run by a pro wrestling company, so "worked", freak show and obvious squash matches were to be expected. With this, it's not only disrespectful and pretty much a slap in the face to all fighters past and present who had or are working their ass off blood sweat and tears to get into the so-called big leagues, it's also putting a hole in the integrity and legitimacy of the company itself. ....and as mentioned earlier, it makes Dana White look extra foolish after talking all that shyt about Fedor and Askren claiming they weren't good enough to get in. Yeah, WE know it was all because of issues with contract negotiations, but to the average MMA fan, it seemed good enough to them, because if you look on certain forums or comment sections, it's apparent that a good lot of them took Dana's word as gospel. I think it's complete bullshyt, and honestly, I think if Dana is serious at all about the sport and not trying to whore it out, and if CM is serious about being a fighter and not just trying to cash into MMA, he should require that CM put in at least a few fights in some smaller shows to not only test the waters as far as his skill and at least SOMEWHAT know what he's getting into before he steps into the UFC cage, but to also at least earn his way in somehow. THAT is taking it slow. Going from a training camp directly into a pro fight in the biggest MMA league in the world is NOT taking it slow. Hell, I think the best option would be to put his ass on a season of TUF after he gets comfortable enough with his training, and after a few low-key amateur fights, but that's just my opinion...