CM Punk signs with UFC

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fatherdog: Feb 16, 2005

I would be surprised if Punk spent more than $50k on his training camp, let along $500k

# ? Sep 13, 2016 00:41

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# ? May 14, 2024 11:41

Grem: Mar 29, 2004; It's how her species communicates

https://twitter.com/Simply_wrestlin/status/775143808526798849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:04

twitter and bisted: Aug 26, 2012; I'm a crow and nothing human is avian to me

Even with Punk's low skill level it would be a bit harsh for the UFC to knowingly bring in a beginner for his star power and cut him after the first fight but starting from 2014 all parties made the correct decisions imo. Punk didn't have the time to build an amateur career so it was worth taking the chance on being a prodigy and hey it's a tough world, the UFC need to make their money too and so gave him a chance they don't give most people.

The real interesting question is whether Punk regrets resigning with the WWE in 2011 when he could've still moved to Thailand and spent two years eating, sleeping, breathing kickboxing or whatever. In a way that pipebomb promo came at just the wrong time for him but then again he made bank got a long championship run and met his ladyfriend so who knows.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:05

vainman: Nov 2, 2012; I find your lack of faith... disturbing

Why would it be harsh? They gave him half a million dollars

# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:12

Marching Powder: Mar 8, 2008; stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

Grem posted:

https://twitter.com/Simply_wrestlin/status/775143808526798849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

i read down a bit and there were an awful lot of people calling it out. good work, wrestling fans.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:18

remusclaw: Dec 8, 2009

Yeah, saw that and said "Hey nice spinebuster!" and knew exactly what was going on when the commentary instead called it something like a wrestling or ametuer style takedown.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:27

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:47

cams: Mar 28, 2003

Grem posted:

https://twitter.com/Simply_wrestlin/status/775143808526798849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

...this is actually subtle and clever. vince mcmahon had nothing to do with it

# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:48

Cyron: Mar 10, 2014; by zen death robot

cams posted:

...this is actually subtle and clever. vince mcmahon had nothing to do with it

if Vince did there will be a little person dressed like CM punk getting dump in poop.

and i know miz have beef with punk since punk hated him for main eventing wrestlemaina 27, and miz have improved a ton this year since he been given his wife was a valet.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:59

Uncle Kitchener: Nov 18, 2009; BALLSBALLSBALLSBALLS
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Ziggler would've been a better candidate for this sort of thing, considering his amateur background. Still, this showed that people with hard bodies and previous experience or good background are better suited for this sort of transition.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 02:03

Andy Dufresne: Aug 4, 2010; The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die

Grem posted:

https://twitter.com/Simply_wrestlin/status/775143808526798849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

My main takeaway from this is that Miz and Bryan actually get along backstage, because Bryan was the last guy to mimic a major UFC fight in ring. Or at least if they didn't before they probably do now.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 02:36

remusclaw: Dec 8, 2009

Andy Dufresne posted:

My main takeaway from this is that Miz and Bryan actually get along backstage, because Bryan was the last guy to mimic a major UFC fight in ring. Or at least if they didn't before they probably do now.

That shows one of the few things that always kind of pulled me out of matches a bit. Where guys who know that they are missing a strike or a clothesline throw really high, often over the head of a fully erect standing opponent, even though the other guy is ducking the move.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 02:48

cams: Mar 28, 2003

remusclaw posted:

That shows one of the few things that always kind of pulled me out of matches a bit. Where guys who know that they are missing a strike or a clothesline throw really high, often over the head of a fully erect standing opponent, even though the other guy is ducking the move.

yeah he wants to avoid hitting his buddy in the face. it's the wrestler's job to minimize that sort of thing, but sometimes you fail.

also punk was much more acclaimed for his storytelling in the ring as opposed to his spectacular athleticism :v

# ? Sep 13, 2016 02:59

Jetfire: Apr 29, 2008

It took me something like 100 loops for me to realize that's ... Eve? in the corner.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 03:03

remusclaw: Dec 8, 2009

cams posted:

yeah he wants to avoid hitting his buddy in the face. it's the wrestler's job to minimize that sort of thing, but sometimes you fail.

also punk was much more acclaimed for his storytelling in the ring as opposed to his spectacular athleticism :v

Well yeah, but they are constantly throwing close strikes that are meant to look like they hit, the really high clotheslines and such make it look like they are trying to miss.

To be clear, I know they are trying to miss. In general, they don't want it to look that way.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 03:10

Andy Dufresne: Aug 4, 2010; The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die

remusclaw posted:

That shows one of the few things that always kind of pulled me out of matches a bit. Where guys who know that they are missing a strike or a clothesline throw really high, often over the head of a fully erect standing opponent, even though the other guy is ducking the move.

I agree, Chael should have aimed lower. Anderson's gimmick is a spider and they're like 2 inches tall, tops

# ? Sep 13, 2016 03:15

Cabbit: Jul 19, 2001; _{Is that everything you have?}

Jetfire posted:

It took me something like 100 loops for me to realize that's ... Eve? in the corner.

That's Maryse, Miz's wife.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 06:28

TheRationalRedditor: Jul 17, 2000; WHO ABUSED HIM. WHO ABUSED THE BOY.

The Singing Chav posted:

Considerably more than $500,000.

in a bit over your head here m8, lmao

# ? Sep 13, 2016 06:36

DannoMack: Aug 1, 2003; i love it when you call me big poppa

fatherdog posted:

I would be surprised if Punk spent more than $50k on his training camp, let along $500k

So 50k on training, whatever rent he spent to live in Milwaukee, plus the $60 co-pay to have his ear fixed. He did well financially.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 06:53

Josuke Higashikata: Mar 7, 2013

500k is only his disclosed pay too

# ? Sep 13, 2016 07:07

El Estrago Bonito: Dec 17, 2010; Scout Finch Bitch

uncleKitchener posted:

Ziggler would've been a better candidate for this sort of thing, considering his amateur background. Still, this showed that people with hard bodies and previous experience or good background are better suited for this sort of transition.

If I wanted to watch a former wrestler in his late 30's fight in UFC I feel like Del Rio would be the answer.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 07:07

HerraS: Apr 15, 2012; Looking professional when committing genocide is essential. This is mostly achieved by using a beret.

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Cabbit posted:

That's Maryse, Miz's wife.

He's talking about the Bryan/Punk clip ya goof

# ? Sep 13, 2016 12:59

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

Jetfire posted:

It took me something like 100 loops for me to realize that's ... Eve? in the corner.

AJ, CM Punk's now wife. They were doing a love triangle thing between her, Bryan, and Punk.

Also that "tribute" was almost 100% Punk's idea I'd bet.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 13:23

The MUMPSorceress: Jan 6, 2012; ^SHTPSTS; Gary’s Answer

freud mayweather posted:

He said he bought a small house or something near Duke's so him and AJ didn't have to commute as much, but still, how much could a small house in Milwaukee cost? 200? 300 racoon pelts?

The neighborhood where duke's place is in guarantee you punk would not want to live in. If you go out a scoche into Tosa the whiter neighborhoods are in the 500+ thousand asking range for houses with final sales usually going down around 300k. Unless he's really as egalitarian as he says and doesn't mind living in an old post-ww2 rental in a mostly black and hispanic neighborhood.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 13:57

Bundt Cake: Aug 17, 2003; ;(

i assume hes scared of people too

# ? Sep 13, 2016 14:07

HerraS: Apr 15, 2012; Looking professional when committing genocide is essential. This is mostly achieved by using a beret.

Olive drab colour ensures the genocider will remain hidden from his prey until it's too late for them to do anything.

IcePhoenix posted:

AJ, CM Punk's now wife. They were doing a love triangle thing between her, Bryan, and Punk.

Also that "tribute" was almost 100% Punk's idea I'd bet.

That actually is Eve at the end, you can only see AJ for like 1/10 of a second in the beginning. They had a AJ/Punk vs. Bryan/Eve match.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 14:16

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

HerraS posted:

That actually is Eve at the end, you can only see AJ for like 1/10 of a second in the beginning. They had a AJ/Punk vs. Bryan/Eve match.

Well I'll be dammed, I completely forgot about her.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 14:22

Tezcatlipoca: Sep 18, 2009

He said he rented a 1 bedroom apartment. Stop talking about housing markets and pay attention to your precious wrestleman.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 14:26

The MUMPSorceress: Jan 6, 2012; ^SHTPSTS; Gary’s Answer

Bundt Cake posted:

i assume hes scared of people too

lol then he's in waukesha/new berlin

# ? Sep 13, 2016 19:00

WrasslorMonkey: Mar 5, 2012

IcePhoenix posted:

Well I'll be dammed, I completely forgot about her.

Ah, the good ol days

# ? Sep 13, 2016 19:04

Andy Dufresne: Aug 4, 2010; The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die

On MMA Hour Gall said he didn't get a backroom bonus on top of the 15/15. Pretty surprised.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 19:10

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; c-spam cannot afford

Andy Dufresne posted:

On MMA Hour Gall said he didn't get a backroom bonus on top of the 15/15. Pretty surprised.

I'm not. With the new ownership we don't know if the backroom bonus system will continue. Also he beat the poo poo out of Brooks basically flushing the chance of an future returns on the Punk experiment.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 19:50

RagingHematoma: Apr 19, 2004; Goiters can be beautiful too!

After the flood of articles about how inspirational Punk was, it seems like the tide is turning. People are starting to come back to reality and acknowledge how stupid this was.

Do you guys think he tries to continue this just because he is too proud to admit he failed at something?

# ? Sep 13, 2016 19:54

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; c-spam cannot afford

RagingHematoma posted:

After the flood of articles about how inspirational Punk was, it seems like the tide is turning. People are starting to come back to reality and acknowledge how stupid this was.

Do you guys think he tries to continue this just because he is too proud to admit he failed at something?

I absolutely think that he'll have at least 1 or 2 fights at whatever fight events Duke Roufas is running these days. He won't ever have another UFC fight, though, and he'll either be fighting other 30+ year olds making their pro debuts, or people that are 0-2 or 0-3 professionally.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 19:59

FullLeatherJacket: Dec 30, 2004; Chiunque pu� essere Luther Blissett, semplicemente adottando il nome Luther Blissett

IcePhoenix posted:

Well I'll be dammed, I completely forgot about her.

fun fact: she's now married to Punk's buddy Rener Gracie

their child is named Raeven Gracie, which is the best and stupidest Gracie name

# ? Sep 13, 2016 20:35

Bluedeanie: Jul 20, 2008; It's no longer a blue world, Max. Where could we go?

FullLeatherJacket posted:

fun fact: she's now married to Punk's buddy Rener Gracie

their child is named Raeven Gracie, which is the best and stupidest Gracie name

Is that the first one where it's pronounced like an R, or is their child Haeven

# ? Sep 13, 2016 20:37

coconono: Aug 11, 2004; KISS ME KRIS

RagingHematoma posted:

After the flood of articles about how inspirational Punk was, it seems like the tide is turning. People are starting to come back to reality and acknowledge how stupid this was.

Do you guys think he tries to continue this just because he is too proud to admit he failed at something?

No more stupid than jumping in a tub full of hot sauce or whatever not harmful to anyone else poo poo rich people do these days.

I suspect the new management will either release Punk from his contract or re-negotiate it so they can loan him to one of the fightpass feds. I'm sure they can find dudes a little closer to his skillset.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 20:44

FullLeatherJacket: Dec 30, 2004; Chiunque pu� essere Luther Blissett, semplicemente adottando il nome Luther Blissett

Bluedeanie posted:

Is that the first one where it's pronounced like an R, or is their child Haeven

to be honest I have no goddamn idea but in my heart it's the second one and it's deliberate

# ? Sep 13, 2016 20:47

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; c-spam cannot afford

coconono posted:

No more stupid than jumping in a tub full of hot sauce or whatever not harmful to anyone else poo poo rich people do these days.

I suspect the new management will either release Punk from his contract or re-negotiate it so they can loan him to one of the fightpass feds. I'm sure they can find dudes a little closer to his skillset.

He's going to be straight up cut. He provides zero value to the UFC now, especially at such a high pay rate.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 20:49

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Bluedeanie: Jul 20, 2008; It's no longer a blue world, Max. Where could we go?

coconono posted:

or re-negotiate it so they can loan him to one of the fightpass feds. I'm sure they can find dudes a little closer to his skillset.

Hey Alaska Fighting Championship, would you like our friend CM Punk? He is very bad, probably won't boost your viewership and costs half a million dollars

# ? Sep 13, 2016 20:53

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