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CM Punk sees some parallels to his UFC foray and Tim Tebow’s baseball attempt
- Updated: September 8, 2016
CLEVELAND – Maybe they aren’t exact, but with Tim Tebow signing a minor league deal with the New York Mets and CM Punk making his UFC debut on Saturday, it feels like a “why not” time in sports.
And at the UFC 203 press conference on Thursday at the Quicken Loans Arena, Punk (real name Phil Brooks) was asked if he saw some parallels between him and the Heisman Trophy winner/former NFL quarterback Tebow.
“Oh he signed with the Mets? I think that’s great,” Punk said. “That’s awesome. Symmetry? Maybe. The people who don’t like me are going to point out that, ‘Punk wasn’t a professional athlete,’ so it’s a …
