Matt Brown: CM Punk Is P*ssing Out Again Because He’s Not A Fighter
When CM Punk signed with the UFC in December of 2014, fighters and fans were either happy that a former pro wrestler with name value is coming to the sport or they were not. UFC welterweight fighter Matt Brown is one fighter who does not want to see Punk in MMA.
Punk, who was set to make his UFC debut against Mickey Gall in either June or July, revealed on Wednesday that he will have to undergo back surgery to repair a herniated disc in his neck.
Brown blasted Punk while on FOX Sports’ Great MMA Debate podcast recently.
“What’s his name? That f**king wrestler guy. That f**king punk guy. He’s injured now. He’s puss-ing out again.”
“It’s a f**king horrible thing when it happens,” Brown said. “I’m going to guess that he already got the epidural steroid injection. They put it down your spine to relieve the inflammation. If not, I don’t think he would have been walking. If it’s bad enough he’s having surgery I don’t know that he would have been walking into the cage like that [on Feb. 6]. It’s possible he just gutted it out and walked up there.”
Brown explained that once a fighter has a surgery, they’re never the same.
“Regardless, that’s bad. I didn’t have to get surgery, and that s**t is never the same. When you get surgery, it’s never the same again.”
Brown continued to blast Punk by saying that he is not a fighter.
“This guy, he ain’t no fighter,” said Brown. “People don’t understand what it’s like sitting in that locker room for two to three hours knowing a guy down the hall is going to try to f**king murder you. That feeling is indescribable. The nerves, people call it fear. That feeling is not to be envied. Personally, I do envy it, but that’s what separates a fighter from everyone else.
“Now he’s got to face this kid in the ring right after,” said Brown. “You could see there wasn’t any showmanship on CM Punk all of a sudden. There wasn’t any s**t talking, no flashiness. All of sudden it’s this humble guy, and reality is setting in when you’re facing your opponent for the first time. It’s looking at you in the face. That’s only going to grow as the fight gets closer.
“In the locker room, that’s when it all comes to fruition. All that s**t creeps into your mind. Mark Coleman calls it ‘the worm of doubt.’ That kind of s**t? I don’t know if CM Punk is made for that. I don’t think pro wrestling gets you ready for that.”
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Punk’s post-surgery recovery is expected to be four-to-six weeks and he still plans to fight in 2016.
