Punk’s inexperience showed early as Gall, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu brown belt, took him down just seconds into the fight and never lost control from that point.
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The human experiment that was CM Punk’s MMA debut went just as many predicted.
Following the fight, Punk spoke rather poignantly in the octagon about how this would not be his last fight and how people should believe in themselves. And so he, in character, responded to the impromptu interviewer with some praise for Punk by also passive-aggressively calling WWErs “pussies” again, saying “Fair play to [CM Punk] because he got in there and fought”.
“I tell you what, fair play to him, cause he got in there to fall”, Conor, 28, told TMZ Sports while out in Hollywood after the fight. I think that’s a possibility. But who’s to say where I go from here?
When it came to UFC 203 and CM Punk, there was no beating around the bush. This was the most fun I’ve ever had in my life – second best night of my life, besides marrying my wife, obviously. He had started training with respected MMA coach Duke Roufus in January 2015, but had suffered some injuries that had forced his UFC debut to be pushed back multiple times. “Doesn’t matter how many times you get knocked down, get up”.
“I definitely want to keep on going”. “I just love challenges”. I’m not going to shelve it and leave it in the middle of the street.
“There’s probably an alternate reality somewhere where I win and I’m still disappointed in myself”, Punk said, fighting back the tears.
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“It [the Punk fight] was a real opportunity for me. I want to punch the spikes out of his hair”, said Gall. “It didn’t happen”, the fighter added. Gall walked towards the octagon to the 1982 Toni Basil song “Hey, Mickey” – a song which was vetoed by UFC head Dana White, but was brought back after overwhelming social media request.
