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CM Punk says Brock Lesnar's offered him help into UFC debut, thinks first fight could come near end of 2015
Feb 15, 2015 - 1:30:44 PM CM Punk says Brock Lesnar's offered him help into UFC debut, thinks first fight could come near end of 2015

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"I've talked to [Brock Lesnar] and he's offered all his help, even if it's just bug him with a stupid question. It's cool to know he supports me. He's a good guy to know, I think... I think MMA is pro wrestling. If you go back to the early 1900's and the whole genesis of professional wrestling, and then you go back to the early beginnings of MMA, it was all pro wrestlers... The characters, the action, the media, the mouths. There's a reason people are interested in this, whether it's good or it's bad, whether they love me or they hate me.

...I'm not sure [when I'll make my UFC debut]. My attitude is I'd fight tomorrow, but I'd pretty much know the outcome. I'm on an accelerated path. This is college and I'm cramming four years of college into one year... I've been [at Roufusport] a little over one month now. Five more months we're going to sit down and we're going to talk, and we're going to see where my weight's at, we're going to see how I feel. It's no longer just up to me. It's up to my coaches. This is just a guess, October, November, December. But we'll see. I'm fully aware it could be later than that, could be earlier than that."

-CM Punk talks to Wisconsin's TMJ4 about MMA's pro wrestling connections, working towards his UFC debut, and when he thinks he might take his first official fight (via JRN.com).

Penick's Analysis: By all accounts from the guys he's worked with in Milwaukee, Punk is doing everything in an admirable way right now. He's putting the work in, he's not having an ego about himself in the gym, and he's trying to take advantage of an opportunity. He understands it's not one he'd have gotten without his pro-wrestling stardom, but he's trying to do right by fans and the UFC by being as prepared as he could possibly be expected to be by the time he steps in the cage, whether that's later this year or into 2016. Regardless, if and when he finally makes it to the cage, he'll have done so after preparing to the best of his abilities, and win or lose it will be something he can take pride in.