Former WWE Superstar CM Punk appeared on ESPN’s SportsCenter & talked about his move to UFC, Vince McMahon comparison to Dana White, the haters and his goals in the UFC.
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TUF20 Finale fight card
If you’re not a fan of WMMA or MMA in general Friday December 12th 2014 is the perfect day to become one because that is the night HISTORY will be made. The 1st ever UFC Women’s strawweight champion will be crowned as Carla Esparza and Rose Namajunas go head to head after what was an amazing seasons of fights. These two ladies have earned the spot and I couldn’t be any happier for the both of them. In fact all the ladies deserve a tip of the hat.
If you didn’t see the semi final fights last night I would advise you check them out! They were epic and they made me proud to be a fan of WMMA.
The TUF20 final will take place at the Palms Resort in Las Vegas. (Below is the full card with start times)
MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1) 6pmPST/9pmEST
Carla Esparza vs. Rose Namajunas – for inaugural strawweight title
Charles Oliveira vs. Jeremy Stephens
Daron Cruickshank vs. K.J. Noons
Yancy Medeiros vs. Joe Proctor
Randa Markos vs. Jessica Penne
PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1) 4pmPST/7pmEST
Felice Herrig vs. Lisa Ellis
Heather Jo Clark vs. Bec Rawlings
Joanne Calderwood vs. Seo Hee Ham
Angela Magana vs. Tecia Torres
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass)3pmPST/6pmEST
Alex Chambers vs. Aisling Daly
Angela Hill vs. Emily Kagan
These are some pretty amazing fights on what sure promises to be an historic night, so tune in you won’t want to miss it
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
Former Power Ranger Wants CM Punk For His First Fight
It didn’t take long after the announcement that Former WWE Superstar CM Punk had signed with UFC to fight in the Octagon for fighters to start calling him out.
Everyone from top 10 middleweight Michael Bisping to former Ultimate Fighter winner Elias Theodorou asked for a fight with Punk. However neither of them will get anywhere near Punk for his first fight considering Punk has zero fighting experience in MMA, not a single bout on his record either professionally or as a amateur.
UFC President Dana White stated that Punks’s first fight will come against someone with equal footing in the fight game.
Former Mighty Morphin Power Ranger Jason David Frank has asked for a fight with Punk. Frank has dabbled in MMA as recently as 2010 when he turned from acting to fighting with 4 amateur bouts, winning all 4 in the first round, but he had to forgo a future in MMA due to film project commitments. Frank is now chomping at the bit to get a fight with Punk in the Octagon. Frank took to his Facebook page on Sunday to request a fight with Punk.
Source: FoxSports.com
Ronda Rousey memoir set to drop in May
It was announced today by a Regan Arts publisher that a Ronda Rousey memoir titled “My fight/your fight” will drop in may of next year. The book will be co written by Ronda Rousey’s sister Maria Burns Ortiz who is a sports journalist for “fox sports Latino” and “ESPN”
My fight/Your fight will be the first official book written about women’s batemweight champion (preciously there was an unofficial biography called “Ronda Rousey” but that piece of work had tons of errors so it will be great to get an official piece of Literature.
This is huge news for Rousey because she just keeps adding to her bag of tricks. Not only is she a professional ass kicker and an up and coming actress but now shes a writer too! This is also very exciting news for Ronda Rousey fans. Are you one of those excited people today? I know forsure I am! Will you be picking up the book when it drops? Let us know in the comments
Source: (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/ronda-rousey-memoir-coming-2015-27480397)
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
CM Punk interview with Ariel Hawani
Last night after UFC 181 came to a close at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Las Vegas NV MMA journalist Ariel Hawani interviewed the UFC’s newest signee Phil “CM Punk” Brooks. (You can watch the interview here) http://www.mmamania.com/2014/12/7/7347637/video-watch-cm-punk-reason-join-ufc-leave-wwe-interview-mma
One thing that I found interesting is that punk said after he was done with WWE he knew what he wanted to do next in fact he said the first time he brought it up to UFC owner Lorenzo Fereta was back at UFC 170 on February 22nd when Rousey fought Mcmann.
Punk says although he appreciates getting paid this isn’t about the money and its more about achieving a goal he’s always had and at the end of the day not living his life with regret. He also says he understands the doubt since he has an 0-0 record in the sport but he says he’s made a career of proving people wrong and at the end of it all he will have people’s respect.
Punk was asked about his age playing a factor (punk is currently 36) he says that he’s felt better then he’s ever felt and fighting into his 40’s isn’t out of the question because you can’t tell an athlete when to hang it up and he plans on making the UFC his home for the foreseeable feature.
So when will we see CM Punk in the octagon? Well according to the man himself he wants to at least train for 6 months before stepping into the cage so if my math is correct I wouldn’t be surprised if he made his debut durring international fight week in July.
Like punk said in the interview “wether you’ll tune in to see me get my ass kicked that’s ok, or because your curios that’s fine too or if you want to watch to root me on that’s even better but you will tune in”
Well said punk well said
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
CM Punk talks UFC deal (video)
At UFC’s 181 post fight press conference Phill “CM Punk” Brooks discussed his decision to fight for the UFC, being compared to Brock Lesnar, fight camps, weight class and more. (Check out the video here) http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/12/7/7347281/cm-punk-ufc-181-media-scrum-video
Reactions to CM Punk signing with UFC
Just in case you missed this ground breaking announcement here is CM Punk talking about his new career choice
Weather you are happy or not about the UFC’s newest signee there is no doubt that this is a HUGE business move. A lot of people will either tune in to see Punk dominate in the UFC or fail miserably. One thing is forsure though lots of eyes will be on his debut in 2015 and it’ll definitely bring lots of crossover fans. Hell I would be lying if I said I wasn’t excited to see how this is going to play out. Meanwhile people of both the wrestling and MMA world have been reacting on twitter. Here are a few notable tweets.
Are you on bored with punk coming to the UFC? Do you absolutely hate it? Let us know in the comments below
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
CM PUNK SIGNS WITH UFC
NOPE you’re not dreaming you read the headline correctly. The self proclaimed “Best in the world” is trading in his wrestling boots for some UFC gloves. It was announced on air from the UFC181 ppv in Las Vegas with the help of UFC commentator Joe Rogan that none other then CM Punk has signed with the UFC.
It is being said that Punk will be making his octagon debut in 2015 as a fighter in the middleweight division. It should be noted the Punk does have extended training in BJJ and has friends in the organization. You can read more about this major announcement here http://m.ign.com/articles/2014/12/07/cm-punk-signs-with-ufc
How do you feel about this announcement. This wouldn’t be the first time a former WWE superstar has transition into the fight world. Do you think Punk will fit in? Do you think it’s a bad move?
Personally I think the move will gain a lot of crossover fans and if this is something punk wants I’m all for it. One question remains though. Will he be fighting under CM Punk or Phill Brooks?? Only time will tell
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
UFC 181: Hendricks VS Lawler II
UFC 181 is this Saturday, December 6, 2015 on pay-per-view. You can see the Prelims on Fox Sports 1 & the Early Prelims with UFC Fight Pass.
Main Card – PPV 10pm E
UFC Welterweight Title: (C) Johny Hendricks (16-2) VS Robbie Lawler (24-10)
UFC Lightweight Title: (C) Anthony Pettis (17-2) VS Gilbert Melendez (22-3)
Travie Browne (16-2-1) VS Brendan Schaub (11-4)
Todd Duffee (8-2) VS Anthony Hamilton (13-3)
Tony Ferguson (17-3) VS Abel Trujillo (12-5)
Fox Sports 1 Prelims 8pm E
Urijah Faber (31-7) VS Francisco Rivera (10-3)
Eddie Gordon (8-1) VS Josh Samman (10-3)
Corey Anderson (5-0) VS Justin Jones (3-0)
Raquel Pennington (4-5) VS Ashlee Evans-Smith (3-0)
UFC Fight Pass Early Prelims 7pm E
Sergio Pettis (11-1) VS Matt Hobar (9-2)
Alex White (10-1) VS Clay Collard (13-5)
Leslie Smith Update
Unless your not an MMA fan or you’ve been living under a rock for the last 5 days then you would know about the gruesome injury women’s battemweight fighter Leslie “The peacemaker Smith sustained at UFC180 at the hands of Jessica “Evil” Eye. I mean that’s all social media was talking about… But if your not let’s catch you up to speed shall we? Feel free to (click on the link to see the injury happen)
But there’s good news for Smith fans. With only 5 days removed from injury the “peacemakers” ear looks almost as good as new. So props to the doctors that stitched her back together. Further more props to Smith for wanting to continue the fight and even props to Eye for finding a target and working on it.
It’s always good news when you see fighters heal up just fine. I look forward to what’s next for both Leslie Smith and Jessica Eye
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
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