Punk: I would love to see Lesnar back in the UFC
CM Punk: “I’d love to see Brock back…I think it would be good for Brock, and it would just be fun to have [Brock Lesnar] around.”
CM Punk (real name Phil Brooks) is following in the footsteps of Brock Lesnar and transitioning from the WWE to the UFC. It is unsure right now when Brooks will make his UFC debut, but he would love to see his former WWE champion friend step back in the Octagon too:
“I asked him what the hardest thing for him to do was; he’s a super freak athlete, but something had to be difficult for him. I find it’s the exact same thing I’m having difficulty with, and that’s learning to let go,” Punk explained. “Striking, sparring is completely different. Someone’s trying to punch me in the face, I’m trying to punch them in the face.
“But often I’ll find I’m too light on guys if I’m rolling, my hips aren’t heavy enough, it’s like I’m trying to work with them like the old pro wrestling kicking in, and he had the same problem, so it’s interesting to know that.”
When asked whether he ever misses wrestling, Punk quickly answers back saying, “No, not at all” — although he would enjoy it if one of his friends from the WWE would join him on the UFC circuit in, say, three weeks or so.
“I’d love to see Brock back,” Punk said about Lesnar returning to the UFC. “I think it would be good for Brock, and it would just be fun to have him around.”
