Frank Mir bashes UFC putting Punk on PPV: You wouldn’t have celebrity boxing on a Mayweather card

Lately reactions from UFC fighters to CM Punk’s long awaited debut have been muted. As the UFC 203 PPV draws near a lot of the early criticism that followed the former WWE star when he announced his UFC jump has faded away. Maybe that’s just a measure of the amount of time it took from signing to fight. Spend close to two years prepping and training for your MMA debut and people get a little more curious, and perhaps a little less critical.

UFC shoulder programming hasn’t hurt either, painting Punk as something of an “every-man” (albeit a rich one) working hard to pursue his dream. However you slice it, it seems that former UFC heavyweight champ Frank Mir isn’t buying it (transcript via MMA Fighting).

“I’m gonna be honest, it pisses me off.” Mir told listeners on his Phone Booth Fighting podcast. “I don’t like it. I’m trying to be impartial and not be a dick but the more we talk about this the more I’m getting angry at the situation because it’s bullsh*t. This is not a legitimate fight. This is not a legitimate UFC fight. We have these kind …

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