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Bluedeanie posted:When this thread was posted there were still people around here besides me who liked Johny Hendricks, that's a trip. I think Punk would've looked as good against Wonderboy.
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Punk is training to become a UFC fighter
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That DICK! posted:Punk is training to become a UFC fighter ..for two years.
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The Singing Chav posted:..for two years. And he started at the only camp after AKA known for causing its trainees injuries (and sharing women)
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Lid posted:And he started at the only camp after AKA known for causing its trainees injuries Sounds like it's right up his alley
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MassRafTer posted:And yet people expect CM Punk to become a UFC ready fighter in 18 months. Shame on all of you, some people train a lifetime and don't even become that good. Punk's coming along very quickly! ![]()
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The Singing Chav posted:..for two years. I dunno what's taking him so long. It only takes twelve weeks of TV to become The Ultimate Fighter.
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MassRafTer posted:Bring back Kimbo. To fully appreciate the time capsule of tragedy this thread has become, this post was from the first page and I don't think MassRafTer or anyone else could have possibly predicted the dire consequences of ironically demanding Kimbo return to fighting at that time.
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Earlier in the thread I claimed that Bautista was a good comparable for punk. Old, injured, new to mma. The major difference is that Bautista picked up bjj and muay Thai relatively quickly because he was very athletic and very strong, even for an old guy. His coaches said he was quite often less skilled than other people at his level, but he could crush them based on strength and athleticism. Punk is the opposite. He is picking up skills slowly, and also he is weaker and slower than people his size. 1.5 years ago I claimed that punk was considered as a very good white belt by his online sensei, and he was recently revised to be a white belt who was progressing more slowly than normal. After 1.5 years of training full time. That ain't great.
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Bluedeanie posted:To fully appreciate the time capsule of tragedy this thread has become, this post was from the first page and I don't think MassRafTer or anyone else could have possibly predicted the dire consequences of ironically demanding Kimbo return to fighting at that time. For those unaware: ![]() ![]() ![]()
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david carmichael posted:Earlier in the thread I claimed that Bautista was a good comparable for punk. Old, injured, new to mma. The major difference is that Bautista picked up bjj and muay Thai relatively quickly because he was very athletic and very strong, even for an old guy. His coaches said he was quite often less skilled than other people at his level, but he could crush them based on strength and athleticism. The biggest difference between them is that Batista fought
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Kimbo vs. Dada 5000 was not dire consequences, it was a gift from the MMA gods letting us know that they love us very much.
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Dying twice is kind of dire
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I thought he only technically physically died once Unless that embarrassment of a fight was a second, metaphorical death
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david carmichael posted:Earlier in the thread I claimed that Bautista was a good comparable for punk. Old, injured, new to mma. The major difference is that Bautista picked up bjj and muay Thai relatively quickly because he was very athletic and very strong, even for an old guy. His coaches said he was quite often less skilled than other people at his level, but he could crush them based on strength and athleticism. someone posted earlier that punk was a good athlete. I've only seen like 3 of his matches, but I think that is not true, he is not a good athlete and also he is old and not strong and is bad at BJJ and probably worse at kickboxing.
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I've never seen him do anything especially athletic in the matches of his I've seen, though I can't say I've seen his life's work. He's not like Cesaro or whatever.
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Chris James 2 posted:For those unaware: FIGHTSPORTS For all the poo poo Punk gets about not being able to learn a professional sport from scratch simply by having a stick up your rear end, though, every time I watch that fight I remember that Kimbo Slice became a pro MMA fighter in the year 2007 and nine years later hadn't developed the rudimentary skills required to finish a fight from mount against a man literally in the process of dying
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david carmichael posted:Earlier in the thread I claimed that Bautista was a good comparable for punk. Old, injured, new to mma. The major difference is that Bautista picked up bjj and muay Thai relatively quickly because he was very athletic and very strong, even for an old guy. His coaches said he was quite often less skilled than other people at his level, but he could crush them based on strength and athleticism. "strength and athleticism" is coach code for "he's on, like, Bob Sapp levels of gear, now watch him awkwardly beat up this fat dude"
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FullLeatherJacket posted:"strength and athleticism" is coach code for "he's on, like, Bob Sapp levels of gear, now watch him awkwardly beat up this fat dude" Bob Sapp and Batista are cool, while CM Punk is lame, so this checks out.
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Is there anyone beside cams that still likes Punk at this point? Seems him being a massive bitter baby rear end in a top hat has soured him on a lot of people since he left WWE
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I like CM Punk, mostly for telling Vince to gently caress off, but I also like making fun of him, which he gives a lot of material for, so I double like him.
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bradzilla posted:Is there anyone beside cams that still likes Punk at this point? Seems him being a massive bitter baby rear end in a top hat has soured him on a lot of people since he left WWE I'm fine with Punk, these people I'm fans of often may be egotastic dicks to some degree irl who knows, he's entertaining. I definitely sided with him on the WWE stuff, his podcast with Cabana was really good. (by sided I mean he sounds in the right, I still buy WWE network etc) That said, has he been complaining about anything recently? What massive bitter stuff are you talking about? Heavy Metal fucked around with this message at 18:30 on May 24, 2016 |
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Quick question: Does UFC actually pay Punk's medical bills for getting hurt while training? I thought those were just kinda part of training expenses in a sense.
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On top of that, has UFC been paying him a shitload of money for the past two years with nothing to show for it?
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Hace posted:Quick question: Does UFC actually pay Punk's medical bills for getting hurt while training? I thought those were just kinda part of training expenses in a sense. The UFC has a health insurance policy for every fighter on the roster and cover claims while they're in training.
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FullLeatherJacket posted:FIGHTSPORTS I remember watching The Ultimate Fighter where the big deal was that Kimbo was on the show and then someone (was it Nelson?) went after him in like the first episode and kicked his rear end to eliminate him.
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bradzilla posted:Is there anyone beside cams that still likes Punk at this point? Seems him being a massive bitter baby rear end in a top hat has soured him on a lot of people since he left WWE He's the greatest of all time nerd
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bradzilla posted:Is there anyone beside cams that still likes Punk at this point? Seems him being a massive bitter baby rear end in a top hat has soured him on a lot of people since he left WWE kofi kingston
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Heavy Metal posted:I'm fine with Punk, these people I'm fans of often may be egotastic dicks to some degree irl who knows, he's entertaining. I definitely sided with him on the WWE stuff, his podcast with Cabana was really good. (by sided I mean he sounds in the right, I still buy WWE network etc) Yeah, I still like Punk. Just less so this fighting experiment that progressively seems like it's not going to happen
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Big Coffin Hunter posted:He's the greatest of all time nerd He's not even as good as john cena, the guy who made him a star
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1st AD posted:The UFC has a health insurance policy for every fighter on the roster and cover claims while they're in training. I always figured most of his medical bills came out of any signing bonus he got when he signed.
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I can't remember, why is Punk a bitter baby rear end in a top hat?
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Halloween Jack posted:I can't remember, why is Punk a bitter baby rear end in a top hat? Here's a prime example: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2614100-cm-punk-hits-out-in-interview-over-switch-from-wwe-to-ufc He had a temper tantrum because a reporter dared to mention the possible difficulties transitioning from scripted fighting to "real" fighting ![]() bradzilla fucked around with this message at 18:56 on May 24, 2016 |
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schweens posted:He's not even as good as john cena, the guy who made him a star false on both accounts but cena is cool as gently caress too
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dear professional wrestling people, you've been missing out https://streamable.com/l9wk
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1st AD posted:The UFC has a health insurance policy for every fighter on the roster and cover claims while they're in training. I don't remember, don't they have to have a fight scheduled for that to kick in?
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can we trade Jack Swagger for Punk at least he's a collegiate champion wrestler and like 7 feet tall and you can't teach that
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bradzilla posted:Is there anyone beside cams that still likes Punk at this point? Seems him being a massive bitter baby rear end in a top hat has soured him on a lot of people since he left WWE
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Luigi Thirty posted:can we trade Jack Swagger for Punk at least he's a collegiate champion wrestler and like 7 feet tall and you can't teach that i guess he'd make a good friend for nick diaz to serve his multi-year marijuana ban with turns out vince mcmahon is actually smarter than the NSAC when it comes to designing drug tests
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FullLeatherJacket posted:i guess he'd make a good friend for nick diaz to serve his multi-year marijuana ban with Eric Bischoff was smartest of all They'd "randomly" drug test ex-wrestlers who were still technically on the roster but worked in the offices in Atlanta
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