Remember that $1 million offer to CM Punk from British independent wrestling promotion 5 Star Wrestling? Well, the offer was not taken, and not only that, now the tournament that was supposed to happen to lure Punk back to the squared circle has been canceled as well. The tournament, consisting of 128 wrestlers that was supposed to start in...
British independent promotion 5 Star Wrestling is offering $1 million to CM Punk to return to the ring and be part of the 128-man tournament that will begin on June 10 in Liverpool. Daniel Hinkles, the owner of the promotion, told The Sun tabloid newspaper in the UK that this is a genuine offer and they want to do this tournament with him in it...
Former WWE champion and UFC’s CM Punk will be part of a new MTV show titled The Challenge: Champs vs Pros, which takes ten of America’s top athletes to go up against ten of MTV’s top competitors from The Challenge. This will be a six-week event premiering Tuesday, May 16 at 9:00PM ET. “In what promises to be the most competitive clash of...
After Raw went off the air last night, The Rock decided to have a little bit of fun with the crowd after they started chanting for CM Punk. Johnson was there because after Raw they filmed the scene when Paige won the Divas title from AJ Lee the night after WrestleMania for the upcoming movie Fighting With My Family. With AJ Lee came the natural CM...
With Raw in Chicago, it was inevitable that the fans inside the Allstate Arena would chant for CM Punk. And that didn’t take long to happen as in the opening segment as soon as Stephanie McMahon welcomed everyone to Monday Night Raw, the fans started the usual CM Punk chant. This time, however, Stephanie was ready to respond and...
Appearing on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, former WWE Heavyweight champion and MMA fighter CM Punk said that he’s confident that his next MMA fight will be under the UFC banner. Following his quick loss to Mickey Gall, UFC President Dana White suggested that if Punk fights again, it will probably not be in the UFC’s Octagon but Punk said...
UFC President Dana White does not think that former WWE champion CM Punk will remain in the UFC after his first-round loss to Mickey Gall at UFC 203 last month. Speaking on UFC Tonight on FOX Sports 1, White told hosts Kenny Florian and Daniel Cormier that its more than likely it was the first and only fight for Punk in the organization. “Is CM...
CM Punk got one of the biggest purses at UFC 203 despite losing his first MMA fight against another relative newcomer Mickey Gall. Punk received $500,000 for his fight according to figures released by the Ohio Athletic Commission and published by MMAFighting.com. He had a flat fee of half a million which means that had he won there would be have...
Nikki Bella, Natalya Neidhart, Darren Young, and Alberto Del Rio were some of his former wrestling colleagues that had words of encouragement for CM Punk after last night’s disastrous outing at UFC 203. “Don’t worry amigo @CMPunk it’s all good, you’ll be back stronger…” said the recently released Alberto Del Rio. Del Rio...
Fighting back tears most of the time, CM Punk faced the press after UFC 203 with a banged up face and a cauliflower ear and responded questions regarding the fight and his future. “The process was magical, I’m just disappointed. I’m beating myself up more than I was beat up, I am supremely disappointed. Just being out there was the most fun...
Two UFC champions, Michael Bisping and Conor McGregor, jumped to CM Punk’s defense after he got beat last night at UFC 203 by Mickey Gall. “You know what? Fair play to him because he got in there and fought, not a lot of people have the balls to do that,” said the Featherweight champion McGregor. “He got ass whooped God bless him! He’s...
CM Punk might have lost big time last night at UFC 203 but his post-fight interview and courage got him a lot of points from fellow fighters who commented on social media. Mickey Gall appeared arrogant and cocky, using a lot of profanity in his interview while Punk was humble and and gracious in defeat, telling everyone he will be back. Daniel...
21 months after signing his UFC deal, CM Punk finally stepped inside the Octagon for his first ever professional MMA fight tonight at UFC 203 in Cleveland, Ohio and it was short and not with a happy ending. The former WWE champion walked out to the popular theme song Cult of Personality with a big pop from the crowd. Punk smiled as he walked...
Almost two years after officially singing with the UFC, former WWE champion CM Punk will finally make his debut for the UFC tonight in Cleveland at UFC 203. Punk, who has zero amateur or professional MMA fights under his belt, will be facing Mickey Gall, another newcomer to the MMA world who has a 2-0 record. Gall had to win his first fight in the...
CM Punk showed his first “heel” tactic during the public weigh-in yesterday evening when he refused to shake his opponent’s hand after coming off the scale. Punk, who weighed in at 170lbs, gave Mickey Gall a blank stare when they came face to face and Gall had to pull back his hand shake after three seconds when it became apparent that Punk...
CM Punk weighed in this morning along with the rest of the fighters who will be taking part at UFC 203 and the former champ made weight. This was CM Punk’s first official weigh-in for the UFC and he came in at 170lbs. The weigh-ins this morning was only for the media and the public event will be held later on at 6PM EST. He was accompanied by...
In a 37-minute sit-down interview with Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com, former WWE champion CM Punk said that he never prepared so hard in his life for something that potentially can only go as far as 15 minutes. One thing that was missing from his WWE days is the lack of promos, or pipe bombs, as Helwani explained, leading up to this fight. Punk...
With just a couple of days to go for UFC 203, the Countdown episode featuring CM Punk and his opponent Mickey Gall has been uploaded on the UFC YouTube account. The 13-minute UFC production follows Punk and Gall as they face their final few weeks of training before their highly anticipated fight. Gall goes in with a 2-0 MMA record while Punk is...
All four episodes of FOX Sports’ documentary The Evolution of Punk are now online and available to stream on YouTube. The Evolution of Punk is a documentary almost two years in the making as cameras followed CM Punk through his tough journey to make it to his UFC debut which will happen this Saturday at UFC 203. From announcing his deal with the...
It seems that pro wrestling stars always get some sort of waiver when they get to the UFC. First, Brock Lesnar got a waiver for his four-month notice to be enrolled in the USADA drug testing before his fight and now it emerged that the Ohio Athletic Commission issued CM Punk a license despite no fighting background. MMAFighting.com, per a Combat...
