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The Bottom Line: Cut CM Punk Now
- Updated: September 13, 2016
Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed below are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Sherdog.com, its affiliates and sponsors or its parent company, Evolve Media.* * * With Phil Brooks’ Octagon debut now complete, the question turns to what comes next for the former pro wrestling star. The biggest factor influencing the future of “CM Punk” is whether Ultimate Fighting Championship elects to give him another fight. UFC President Dana White has already suggested in an interview with The Fight Network’s John Pollock that Punk might be better off fighting elsewhere. However, the decision will surely be debated among the UFC’s new ownership group, particularly as pay-per-view revenues start to come in for a UFC 203 card that was largely promoted around Punk. The decision ought to be an easy one: The UFC should cut Punk after his one and only bout in the promotion.There are many delighting over Punk’s fate in his UFC debut. Punk has made enemies in wrestling circles for his outspoken personality and in MMA circles for his hubris in taking a UFC fight with no experience. There is no such delight here. Punk gets respect for being a transcendent talent in his original field and for having the courage to put it all on the line in a new field at age 37 with little likelihood of success. Punk’s UFC future should be decided not by sentimentality nor by spite; it’s simply the sensible course of action. Some have criticized Punk’s place in the Ultimate Fighting Championship on the grounds that it watered down what it means to fight in the UFC. This argument would have made more sense a decade ago when UFC events were sporadic and filled from top to bottom …
