One former UFC veteran stays stunned {that a} WWE famous person was allowed to compete contained in the Octagon.
MMA and professional wrestling have been linked all through the years. Lots of the UFC’s prime stars have taken inspiration from WWE with particular walkouts. We’ve even see a former WWE champion in Brock Lesnar develop into a UFC heavyweight titleholder. Whereas Lesnar had the newbie wrestling credentials to earn his spot on the UFC roster, one fellow WWE famous person didn’t.
Matt Brown stays baffled by the UFC’s choice to permit CM Punk to place the gloves on again in 2016, after which another time in 2018.
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Brown Nonetheless Puzzled by CM Punk in UFC
A number of years might have handed since UFC followers noticed CM Punk contained in the Octagon, however Matt Brown stays in disbelief. Throughout an episode of MMAFighting.com‘s “The Fighter vs. The Author,” Brown stated he doesn’t really feel the reception is what UFC officers anticipated.
“The factor with the Punk factor, it wasn’t a lot Punk,” Brown defined on the most recent episode of The Fighter vs. The Author. “Lots of people dream about combating within the UFC. Simply the truth that the UFC let it occur, it’s like what are you guys doing? That is pointless. It’s not the PR transfer they thought it was, a minimum of for my part. Possibly I’m unsuitable. It did extra for Mickey Gall than anyone else. I like Mickey. I’m good buddies with Mickey so good for him. However I don’t assume it did shit for the UFC.
“You’re not alleged to get in there due to your fame or your reputation. You’re alleged to be the baddest f*cking dude. As actual because it will get, proper?”
Since his time away from the Octagon, Punk has reemerged within the wrestling trade. He joined AEW in 2021, however discovered himself again in WWE in late 2023. He just lately scored his first “WrestleMania” fundamental occasion in a dropping effort towards Seth Rollins in a triple risk match that additionally included Roman Reigns.