glfpunk Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Serious question. If Punk has all ready sort of trained with The Gracies (and supposedly he'd be at least a blue belt or something if he had the time before hand for full on training), wouldn't it make sense to just go to their gym? He's not going to win with striking and kicking. His only hope is getting someone on the ground and submitting them I would view it the opposite. He's not going to submit any of these guys at 185 or 170. His best chance would be to catch someone with a punch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaldo Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 He will need a strong striking background because if he just shoots for takedowns he will walk into a foot or knee at some point. If his strength is his ground game he needs some striking to setup for the takedown because people will be looking for the takedown out of the gate. Enough striking to get their respect and then shoot the takedown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Punk's training with Roufosport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Roufusport. Roufosport is probably some Pankration academy in the middle of Greece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyclicksecret Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 I looked at their website and the head wrestling coach is Ben Askrin, of OMG UFC hired a fake wrestler before me fame, is having someone train you that thinks you need to be taught a lesson going to actually make him better or not really teach him anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Well going by your wording there, if he doesn't teach him any legit wrestling, he'll still try and teach him a lesson. But let's face it, every gym that trains MMA is going to have some people in it that have been fighting for years and are pissed off that Punk went straight to UFC and want to prove they deserve it more than he does. And in terms of actual MMA ability, almost all of those guys will deserve the spot more than him. But nobody's really heard of most of those guys in MMA (let alone outside of it), and Punk is famous beyond MMA, so he gets the gig anyway. Memo to young MMA fighters: Try to become famous for something else first. Become a champion in another sport or discipline, or learn to sing and dance or act or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 I looked at their website and the head wrestling coach is Ben Askrin, of OMG UFC hired a fake wrestler before me fame, is having someone train you that thinks you need to be taught a lesson going to actually make him better or not really teach him anything? Askren is mostly talk though. Scott Cushman is probably the one he needs to look out for if he does decide to train there. If he doesn't build a good rapport with Cushman or Duke, it's going to be significantly tougher for him to make it through an actual camp. You can already see that with TUF 20 and the whole Red Schafer debacle. He will be alright if he can buy into them like the rest of the guys currently training there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Ken Erico Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Memo to young MMA fighters: Try to become famous for something else first. Become a champion in another sport or discipline, or learn to sing and dance or act or something*. *Dont: Domestic violence,rape,racial,homophobic & sexist slurs on twitter,befriending Iggy Azzalea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Well going by your wording there, if he doesn't teach him any legit wrestling, he'll still try and teach him a lesson. But let's face it, every gym that trains MMA is going to have some people in it that have been fighting for years and are pissed off that Punk went straight to UFC and want to prove they deserve it more than he does. And in terms of actual MMA ability, almost all of those guys will deserve the spot more than him. But nobody's really heard of most of those guys in MMA (let alone outside of it), and Punk is famous beyond MMA, so he gets the gig anyway. Memo to young MMA fighters: Try to become famous for something else first. Become a champion in another sport or discipline, or learn to sing and dance or act or something. Weirdly enough, and Punk is a sign of this, that's how you get a job working for Marvel Comics too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 #TheTimeIsNow @ufc 5m ALERT: @UFCFightClub fighter Q&A w/ @CMPunk starts in 30 min! Live stream: http://on.ufc.com/1zF8FGI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Anik says Punk will give many people problems with his cadio, guess he watched the 90 minute match with Hero. edit. Oh wait, now a fan has been following Punk since his "ROW days" ROW. I must have missed that run. edit. Now fan, invited Punk to party, and says he'll buy him a beer. Love this. edit. NOW SOMEBODY IS AsKING ABOUT HIS BROTHER, and THE LUNATIC WRESTLING FEDERATION. I fucking love this. edit. Now multiple people have asked Punk if he's gonna do his GTS in the fight, one was super drunk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Two morons asked Punk if he's going to use the G2S in the UFC. Drunk dude in a Longhorns shirt asked him and he knew the guy before him already asked that. Doing shame to my school. And then he said go Oklahoma State. I want to find that guy and rip that shirt from his body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 "College!" "....yeah." MMA fans are the dirt worst. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Now Cerrone is making him sign a cowboy hat. Even the fighters are drunk. edit. Now Comic book fans are asking about Thor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Holy fucking shit. I'll say one thing, the one dude who somehow found his way back to the microphone and asked a second question had me laughing way too hard. He asked something about Faber or whatever. I don't know. He was kind of drunk too but not a total idiot. This one dude comes up to the mic and host says "Go ahead darling" and it was actually a fat kid with long blonde hair. LOL. This was amazing. I'd watch 90 minutes of this over 90 minutes of Hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I will give Punk credit on this Q&A because history has shown he doesn't deal well with assholes. Especially drunk assholes. I thought he handled that mess about as well as possible. The 2004 Punk would have been a complete jerk about 5 minutes into it I have only watched about 4 or 5 of these UFC Q&A before and the idea that MMA fans are smarter than pro wrestling fans is not proven watching these. Holy fuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I will do some generalizing here but in my live experiences, a lot of wrestling fans I've met can be idiots/dicks and pretty awkward but they are also pretty nice guys most of the time. Completely harmless. A lot of the MMA "types" I've met are college age frat douches who THINK they can fight and are very rude, loud and obnoxious. This is only based on what I've seen, I'm sure there are plenty of cool fans for both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehabilitated Rick Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 When Punk finally loses his shit it's going to be great. I get he's in a brand new workplace and doesn't wanna step on any toes yet, but the moment he allows the self destruction he possesses to come out is the moment I'll be all in on him in the MMA world, tame Punker is a boring prospect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 ...What the hell are you talking about? Please clue me in on your inane rambling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 I take it Askren doesn't have a problem with Punk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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