The Cutting Edge Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 I'm hoping that alot of the Punk news is just people shitting on him for no reason and they made there decision back in 2014 that he was gonna be shit and are'nt gonna change it. Â The camp news is hard to gauge cos who's leaking the news? is it his team mates? Â I'm a big Punk fan so I hope he wins and any fight can go either way, I arrived in Orlando the day before the fight so looking forward to watching it live in a sports bar. Cant wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanz25 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Controversial but anyone else looking forward to this card just as much if not more than 202? So many intriguing fights on this one, some with big implications and others for varying reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted August 1, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 1, 2016 The rest of the PPVs this year should all be great from here on in, barring any unforeseen disaster. Â UFC 202 has the big Diaz vs McGregor rematch. Plus a strong undercard with Glover vs Rumble, Cowboy vs Story etc. UFC 203 has Miocic vs Overeem and the whole CM Punk thing. UFC 204 with the Bisping vs Hendo rematch and Belfort vs Mousasi. Then UFC 205 is supposed to be the MSG show so you know they'll load that up. The rumours were Ronda Rousey would return at that show but we'll see. Then UFC 206 should be the December PPV and they always stack the fuck out of that. Â As it stands the rest of 2016 should be incredible. Potential for Ronda Rousey, Nick Diaz and maybe even GSP returns could give the PPVs a boost. Then you've got a bunch of names trying to rebound like Lawler, Anderson, Holm, Tate, Rockhold, RDA etc. Lots of interesting stuff ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 I've found that I'm looking forward to at least two or three fights on most cards these days. Joe Silva and the UFC have really upped their game this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted August 3, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 3, 2016 Oh dear, Punk's 0-11 in the poll at the moment. Someone throw him a vote, for fuck's sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 I reckon there are some Eastern European lads down my gym who fuck about with the pads who could go through CM Punk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted August 3, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 3, 2016 Yeah, but what about in a fight? There's enough smut on here, Bifkin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted August 4, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted August 4, 2016 There you go. Punk by Anaconda Vice. Would've put by GTS KO, but I think he'll do that against Rockhold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 I know MMA can be barmy, but surely there's money to be made on Gall winning in the opening round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 4, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted August 4, 2016 im gonna say that's the safe bet. Gall in under 2 minutes is what im going for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 I think Gall might go for the Belfort, running flurry victory. Â I feel like Punk is going to be easily overwhelmable early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted August 4, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted August 4, 2016 The only advantage Punk might have is the experience of performing on a big stage, this obviously might be negated by the simple fact that this isn't pretend but I'm clutching at straws here. Â Still seems a bit mad that someone without any actual competitive fights in any discipline anywhere is fighting in the UFC, regardless of how many less experienced guys they're signing these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanz25 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Just wait for Punk to catch him in 13 seconds with a hook, ala Connor McGregor Jose Aldo. The world will be going mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Jim Bob Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 CB Dollaway is on a must win here, he has lost his last three now. Its crazy he has been with the UFC since 2008. Always just about doing enough to keep his job.  I remember when he got an invite to the huge Time Is Now press conference and he sat there in his ill fitting suit and no one asked him a question. Poor bloke. He is now a second fight on the fight pass prelims type guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted August 4, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 4, 2016 Still seems a bit mad that someone without any actual competitive fights in any discipline anywhere is fighting in the UFC, regardless of how many less experienced guys they're signing these days. It is, isn't it? However I try to rationalise it, when you take the blinkers off and forget the business and hype side of everything, it's crackers. At the time they signed him, Punk had about as much martial arts experience as me. I might actually have had more, to be honest. I'd done boxing and Muay Thai for a few years on and off. Just training, never had the balls to actually fight. And I've dabbled in judo and done BJJ for a couple of years. And I'm not saying this to big myself up. I'm not very good at any of it, I just did it as more of a hobby type thing. I'm under no illusions, I'd get fucking murderised in the UFC or really, by any MMA fighter, male or female. Â Obviously, Punk has a couple of years at Roufusport under his belt now so he's way surpassed whatever minuscule bit of experience I've got. But trying to put myself in his position, I really can't see how I'd be ready for the UFC after just under 2 years at a top gym now. And I'm younger and have no history of injuries. I think you'd have to be a really special, freakish type of athlete with a strong background in...something to handle that. Â I don't think his experience in front of big crowds in WWE is going to make a blind bit of difference either. Because he's not going out there to wrestle with a guy who's working with him. He's going in there to fight. To me that's a bit like saying a fighter would be OK doing standup comedy or any form of public performance because they're used to being in front of a crowd. There's way more to it. Wrestling and MMA are both in front of a crowd but they're completely different challenges. Both are physically demanding and take a lot of skill, but one is a performance and the other is a fight. Â I do wonder though if Roufusport haven't been a bit crafty here. Like the test fights thing that came out that Bisping talked about. I suppose it's possible that the Roufus gym leaked that themselves to get people writing him off and knowing it would trickle back to Gall's camp. Also, all these delays to the fight happening could've been by design, I guess, to buy him more time and get more training in. Who knows? It's probably nothing of the sort and Punk really is struggling but this stuff has gone on in the fight business forever and Duke Roufus has been around the block and knows all the tricks. I wouldn't put it past him. Â The back surgery thing was legit though, wasn't it? Was it? I mean, he had surgery in what, February or March? And he's back for September. That seems quick for back surgery. But I'm no doctor, maybe it's enough time for the procedure he had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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