CM Punk spoke to the Toronto Sun over the weekend at a media event to hype UFC 185. Punk was there to support fellow Roufusport team member “Showtime” Anthony Pettis, who came up short in the main event and lost the UFC Lightweight Championship by unanimous decision to Rafael dos Anjos. Here are some highlights of what Punk said about:
Pro Wrestlers Who Are Into MMA:
“I think the Undertaker said it, I think there’s tons of guys (in WWE) who, if the money had been different in the ’90s or whatever, they would have done (MMA). There’s a lot of guys in wrestling who have this MMA fantasy and they never act on it. I don’t want to be one of those people who sits there and says ‘I would have done that’ or “I should have done that.’ I can, so I’m doing it.”
Training at Roufusport:
“Every day when I walk in there I think I’m still the lowest guy on the totem pole. I’m walking into their school and there’s fighters there who maybe should already be in the UFC and guys fighting on lower circuits who could kick my (expletive), and they’re kind to me.”
Talking to Brock Lesnar:
“I’ve talked to him once, he lives in the middle of nowhere where there’s no cell service, he’s in the middle of like, Saskatchewan, I don’t even know. I asked him what the hardest thing for him to do was, because obviously he’s a freak athlete but something had to be difficult, and I find it’s the exact same thing I’m having difficulty with, which is learning to let go. Striking or sparring is completely different, somebody’s trying to punch me in the face and I’m trying to punch someone in the face, but often I’ll find I’m too light on guys if I’m (working on his ground game. My hips aren’t heavy enough. It’s like the old pro-wrestling kicking in, and he had the same problem.”
