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EXCLUSIVE | Mike Jackson goes in-depth on matchup vs Phil Brooks, won't buy into CM Punk hype

Mike Pendleton - June 8, 2018

Mike Jackson is getting his second UFC fight in enemy territory against a guy who has quite the following, and that’s why this fight has become what it is. When Jackson takes on Phil Brooks, better known as CM Punk, he’ll do so at the United Center in Chicago, Punk’s hometown. However, if you’re willing to take a step back and remove the former WWE superstar’s name from the fight, Jackson says you would see why he’s so fired up and confident headed into this one.

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CM Punk explains why "no MMA fighter has an excuse for missing weight"

Tom Taylor - June 7, 2018

In the opinion of former pro wrestler CM Punk, who will take on Mike Jackson in the first bout of the UFC 225 main card this Saturday, fighters have no excuse for missing weight. Punk believes he and his fellow Chicagoan Belal Muhammad are all the proof of this claim that’s required. Punk, after all, expects to make weight despite spending the last two weeks battling a long and emotionally-taxing lawsuit. Muhammad, meanwhile, made weight for his June 1 bout with Chance Rencountre despite fasting through Ramadan. Punk believes that iff they can make weight through these challenges, anybody can.

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CM Punk missed the UFC 225 open workouts due to "severe anxiety"

Tom Taylor - June 7, 2018

CM Punk did not participate the open workouts for Saturday’s stacked UFC 225 card, as he was dealing with anxiety issues. Speaking to the media shortly thereafter, however, the former pro wrestler assured that his anxiety will not effect him on fight night — just at it didn’t when he wrestled for WWE. He’s just not very comfortable training in front of a crowd. https://twitter.com/aaronbronsteter/status/1004510320377950208

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Mickey Gall

Mickey Gall explains why he's picking CM Punk to beat Mike Jackson at UFC 225

Thomas Taylor - June 6, 2018

This Saturday night, in the first bout of the stacked UFC 225 main card, former pro wrestler CM Punk will compete in his second mixed martial arts bout. His opponent in this sophomore effort will be Mike “The Truth” Jackson. Heading into this fight, Punk and Jackson are both 0-1 as professional mixed martial artists. Both of their losses, interestingly, came courtesy of the same man: one Mickey Gall.

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Under the MMA Microscope | How big of a deal is card fight placement?

Drake Riggs - June 5, 2018

Regardless of what Dana White tells everyone, the numbers don’t lie. And the numbers say that the UFC’s pay-per-view numbers were not their best last year. But why is that? Surely putting on shows without your biggest stars like Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey are bound to do less than any other event(which they did), but they don’t go on every single card and when they were around, the buys for events that excluded them were still good sales wise.

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CM Punk gets lawsuit settled, relieved to not be 'forced to work through concussions anymore'

Drake Riggs - June 5, 2018

It’s definitely not the situation you want to be in just days away from a fight. But that it was for Phil ‘CM Punk’ Brooks. The former WWE star, CM Punk was sided with by jurors today in his defamation lawsuit that was filed by WWE doctor, Christopher Amann for comments that CM Punk made about him on a podcast.

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CM Punk

Belal Muhammad thinks CM Punk's improvements will surprise people

Drake Riggs - May 30, 2018

The return of Phil “CM Punk” Brooks is practically upon us. It’s been two years since we saw the ex-professional wrestler make his ‘intriguing’ debut at UFC 203 in Cleveland, Ohio. Unfortunately for CM Punk, it went about as poorly as it possibly could have. Charging straightforward at his opponent, Mickey Gall, CM Punk would get taken down almost immediately and lose the fight via first-round submission by way of rear naked choke without ever landing a single punch.

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Dana White explains why CM Punk got UFC 225 main card spot instead of Alistair Overeem

Tom Taylor - May 28, 2018

The UFC 225 bout order has been the subject of much controversy among fans. The controversy stems from the fact that former pro wrestler CM Punk and his opponent Mike Jackson, both of whom own 0-1 MMA records, are on the pay-per-view main card, while former Strikeforce, Dream and K-1 heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem and his opponent Curtis Blaydes have been relegated to the undercard. Overeem and Blaydes were originally expected to be on the UFC 225 main card, but were bumped from their spot to make room for a women’s featherweight contender bout between Holly Holm and Megan Anderson. While nobody is complaining that this featherweight bout has been added to the main card, the widespread opinion is that if any bout should have been bumped from the pay-per-view to make room for it, it should have been Punk’s. Not Overeem’s.

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CM Punk doesn't care about the UFC 225 bout placement, "If it was up to me, I'd be first fight on fight pass."

Drake Riggs - May 15, 2018

During UFC 224’s broadcast this past Saturday, we got our first preview for the next big card coming up, UFC 225 on June 9th from Chicago, Illinois. Aside from the preview, we were also treated with the stacked night of fights’ lineup as we had known all the bouts, just not what order that they would be in.

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Ahead of UFC 225, Mike Jackson will be referring to CM Punk as "Phil Brooks" and nothing else

Tom Taylor - April 30, 2018

At UFC 203, which went down in September of 2016, former pro wrestling superstar CM Punk took his first steps into the MMA cage. While he showed off some impressive toughness in this MMA debut, the fight itself went pretty disastrously, as we he was mauled to a first-round submission loss by his opponent Mickey Gall. At UFC 225, which goes on June 9 in his native Chicago, Illinois, CM Punk will look to erase the memory of this disappointing MMA debut, as he takes on the dangerous Mike “The Truth” Jackson. As this fight draws closer, we can expect plenty of mic time from both Punk and Jackson. When Jackson is speaking publicly, however, don’t expect him to call his foe by his pro wrestling monicker. No, he’ll be referring to CM Punk exclusively by the name is mother gave him: Phil Brooks.

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CM Punk's second chance for a win | Redemption Time

Joe David - April 21, 2018

Former WWE champion CM Punk, who held a 434 day reign (sixth longest all-time) and longest in the modern era in pro wrestling, has a shot at redemption at UFC 225. UFC 225 takes place June 9 live from the United Center in CM Punk’s hometown of Chicago. The event is headlined by a middleweight title fight rematch featuring current champion Robert Whittaker taking on top contender Yoel Romero.

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Dana White announces CM Punk's next fight

Russell Sai - April 5, 2018

Phil Brooks better known as CM Punk will be making a return to the UFC Octagon. Dana White told TMZ that the former professional wrestler will be fighting Mike Jackson. “That’s the fight,” White told TMZ.

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Mike Jackson

VIDEO | Mike Jackson Wants to Knock CM Punk Out at UFC 225 Then Get a Deep Dish Recommendation

Justin Golightly - March 13, 2018

In the middle of the afternoon yesterday, CM Punk dropped one of his signature pipe bombs, only he wasn’t sitting crossed-legged on top of a WWE entrance ramp. Instead, Punk dropped news on Twitter that he’d fighting at UFC 225. While there was some rumors about CM Punk fighting Floyd Mayweather, let’s be honest: Fighting Mike ‘The Truth’ Jackson is far more likely and he’s been pushing it like nobody else. “I haven’t been in contact with [the UFC] directly. I have several close personal friends in the organization, including UFC matchmaker Mick Maynard and some other affiliates. We’ve had brief conversations, nothing is set in stone. For me, it’s just a waiting game. […] I’ve been in contact with his coach Duke Roufus. It was very small, but when I talked to him I told him I was going to smack his man in his face for talking a little reckless.”

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CM Punk Reveals When He'll Be Fighting Next

Drake Riggs - March 12, 2018

The CM Punk MMA show isn’t over just yet. As expected, the former professional wrestling superstar for the WWE, Phil “CM Punk” Brooks will be giving MMA another go after his dreadful debut back at UFC 203 in September of 2016.

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CM Punk pegged as big betting favorite in potential MMA bout with Floyd Mayweather

Tom Taylor - February 15, 2018

Yes, you read that headline correctly. And yes, it is a ridiculous headline. But the fact is that we suddenly live in a world where undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and former professional wrestling star CM Punk might just clamber into the cage together for a weird throwback to the halcyon days of legal groin strikes and one-gloved fighters. Sure, this fight is incredibly unlikely to occur. If it does occur, however, expect CM Punk to walk into the cage as the betting favorite. Yes, despite a 0-1 MMA record, and the fact he’s only been training for a few years, the oddsmakers at sportsbook BetDSI.com believe he would beat the greatest boxer of our generation in a mixed martial arts bout.

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VIDEO | Joe Rogan's Hilarious Response to Why He'd Never Fight CM Punk

Justin Golightly - February 14, 2018

Joe Rogan comments on beating CM Punk and losing to USADA pic.twitter.com/orNS00Go8B — Bestrafer7 (@Bestrafer7) February 14, 2018

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Jeff Mayweather: Floyd Mayweather could fight CM Punk before MMA rematch with McGregor

Tom Taylor - February 13, 2018

Over the last few weeks, undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather has been commanding our attention by repeatedly hinting at a move to MMA. While we all know it’s pretty unlikely that this will actually ever happen, we’ve somehow been ensnared by the madness all the same. If Mayweather did move to MMA, of course, it’s hard to imagine he’d fight anybody but UFC superstar Conor McGregor, who he defeated in a blockbuster boxing match back in August. That said, it sounds like there’s another option on the table for the boxer’s potential MMA debut…

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With 2018 off to a rocky start, expect the UFC to go all-in on CM Punk

Tom Taylor - February 4, 2018

The year 2018 is off a rocky start for the UFC. UFC 221, which goes down next weekend in Perth, Australia, has barely looked like a pay-per-view since UFC middleweight champ Robert Whittaker was forced out of his main event title fight with Luke Rockhold and replaced by by Yoel Romero.