A confident CM Punk on his first UFC fight week: ‘I belong here’

CLEVELAND – CM Punk didn’t dazzle on the mats at the open workouts on Wednesday, just three days before he makes his UFC debut. He grappled a tiny bit, choked out his coach and put him in an armbar, then did a lap around the perimeter to sign autographs and pose for pictures. It wasn’t that he was trying to conceal his game plan for his fight with Mickey Gall at UFC 203. Punk, whose real name is Phil Brooks, just sees the whole pageantry of the open workouts a little weird. “What am I going to do, knockout my coach?” Punk said in during a media scrum after the workout. “I think I’m more paranoid about doing something stupid and getting hurt, you know what I mean? I don’t want to do that. We’re knocking on the door here. So I am just trying to do everything I can to remain healthy.”It feels good. Even just grappling in front of people, and I don’t know why anybody wants to watch that…I find the open workouts kind of funny sometimes. But I feel amazing. This is a lot of fun. I’ve seen the process. I’ve heard stories. I’ve seen nightmare weight cuts, and I’m just trying to enjoy …

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