Booker T on CM Punk 2nd Loss at UFC 225 

It's not that someone should have stopped him. Someone should have forced him to do it the RIGHT way - apply for an amateur license, fight 5 amateur fights, then turn pro and fight someone at the same level. Pay dues just like everybody else.

Quick Poll. Do you agree with Booker T that CM Punk made a bad career move?

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CM Punk was only signed by the UFC due to his brand name. Both sides made money from this but at the same time he had no business in that octagon and was exposed. If CM Punk was some no name dude he would never gotten this chance. He has no amateur mma fights prior. Yet here he is in the biggest mma promotion. All these mma fighters have a base skill whether its wrestling, kick boxing, boxing, jiu jitsu, etc. Both Brock Lesner and Bobby Lashley had legitimate collegiate wrestling backgrounds and found success in mma. Hell both these dudes didn't even start in the UFC.

CM Punk buried himself 💀

The bottom line is, CM Punk HATED the McMahon family towards the end. His health was suffering from WWE's non-stop schedule big time, and he NEEDED a break from the business. He didn't care about wanting to become a Pro Wrestling great anymore, he didn't want to put up with Triple H & the McMahons and he wanted time to heal from all the injuries he was carrying. And after he left, he enjoyed being free and not having to show up to WWE every damn week. It just wasn't meant to be in the end. Let's just appreciate him for everything he did in the WWE and leave it at that. One of the best all-round mic-workers & wrestlers WWE has ever had, on par with Austin/Rock/Cena with the mic & HBK/AJ Styles in the ring.

Respect to king Booker!!

How much was he paid for that performance? 500k? There are people in any town just sitting around who could fight better than some of these UFC fighters. Half of them can't even take one clean punch without being flat out.

up an ID with Bugatti because he is given so correct reason CM Punk is the best him he know that and why he just left the car in a middle you can cross the line was the Bugatti suggest that that he one of the best of all of wrestling world Sohini to realise that you also said that CM Punk can be greatest wrestler of all time and yeah but he didn't value did any two values that and still there is time to for the CM Punk come back again in wrestling world where was maybe in Ring Of Honour baby and Impact wrestling Arabian WWE Hindi independent circuit so need to become in the wrestling world than CM Punk and be successful more than that today is right now because the UFC scenes didn't work out for him and that's won the Booker T suggesting in this video and like he said the wrestling world in his Palm so wake up again CM Punk Punk wake up this is your time and what's gone is gone is never come back that time you have to value your time and come back again in the wrestling world because that's where you get pain that's why you got all the same all the LimeLight all the money from get back here in wrestling world come back in wrestling world where were you want but come back WrestleMania thank so many fans wanted to come back in wrestling world that's mean that people want you to read in right direction don't print your ego in the middle of such kind of thing you have to listen The Pupil listen to your friends they want your good and they want you to be success full you wanted to be successful then today so you need to listen them and people always you know want to cancel always want you know blessing by anyone you are blessed by the your friends so you are very fortunate person in the one of the persons in the world so we need to respect that you have so many fans in your pocket so I need to understand that value of that Say Goodbye and Bugatti is a very nice person I know that he is the biggest supporter of yours

If Booker was being lit up by an MMA fighter in a cage he would quit on the stool

Booker T would have been an easier transition to mma, unlike that deluded cm punk, he has a solid boxing background

Booker back in 2006-07 would have done better in the UFC than Punk.

In cm punks mind “the wwf is holding me back I’m such a talented specimen I’m a take on the mma and dominate this shit” Lmao.

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going to the ufc and not having any real fighting skills is stupid and also he is not an athlete he is skinny dude with mic skills

CM Punk was a great pro-wrestler Phil Brooks is a delusional rich person.

CM Punk seems to have bought his own hype and thought he was going to waltz in the UFC & become a champion. That's really not bravery, it is delusions of grandeur

Booker a well-spoken dude - got mad respect for the guy.... ✊🏽

CM Punk in the WWE was a visionary. CM Pump in the UFC, pathetic joke. Booker T. right on the money.

These clips from Booker have been great to listen to and I would enjoy some more but I have to ask, where the hell is Stand up for Greatness with Stevie Ray? Did mr. producer drop the ball?

I really think Booker is right.....maybe CM Punk didnt want anything else to do with Vince....but damn boy.....GO TO NJPW, go to LUCHA UNDERGROUND....go back to RING OF HONOR, or just wait and let Vince step down, but UFC with no real experience....hell even Brock start training and fighting in amateur matches in MMA before go to fight real fighters....and even Brock got defeat in his first real UFC fight, but you watch that one and Brock looked a 100% legit, Punk is not near that level, UFC is not for him, I love to dude I miss him in Raw and I understand why he left, but seeing guys like Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes the Young Bucks making WAVES outside WWE, why Punk not go there and make a HUGE NAME without WWE? every fan will support him, wrestling is what he knows best so, why not now go to NJPW, UFC is just a career suicide for him......or just retired he already have done so much for the business, if he dont want it, we will be happy for him, but see him get destroyed by 2 random guys in UFC was hard to watch.

Everybody dont got heart .. I still give it to CM Punk .. It takes heart to fight.... Not everybody willing to fight ...

Broker t looks like busta rhymes

Booker t knows fighting his productions I have followed and I'm with him on cm punk thing c.m kinda hurt himself bad bad

Thats why Vince keeps Brock Lesnar in wwe. Most legit guy there. Give the BEAST credit. No one compares.

I honestly can't believe that this bum CM Punk, once referred to himself as God. In a shoot CM Punk told the Rock, that his arms were to short to box with God. CM Punk would have trouble boxing a wet paper bag.

Love Booker T... he is so right on CM Punk

Simple Truth. 😯

Cm punk want to main event WrestleMania

Everyone should probably stop making fun of CM Punk. I actually don't like the guy, and was happy to see him get destroyed. But damn the guy is going to commit suicide with all these comments.

You know everyone Is entitled to their opinions Fact of the matter is he got in there win are lose Lived one of his Dreams and had fun doing it I don’t get embarrassed easily Are do I give a fuck what a hater got say I’m do me Regardless an fucking sun While doing it But yet his payday looking lovely Man

how do you argue that it was a good decision? even retirement would have been better than going into two real fights and being humiliated in front of millions of viewers. even if he goes back to wrestling he's lost soooooo much cred he'd practically be starting all over again at the bottom of the mountain.

Man Booker T aint gotta explain nothing to them

Cm punk is a victim of bad timing, cm punk vs Chris Benoit didn't happen because murder/suicide main event wrestlmania didn't happen because the rock came back then there was the staph infection debacle so he just wanted something different got tired of the constant bullshit but didn't want to put in the time to perfect his skills and for some reason Dana white kept booking

C.m punk the problem is in mma he got beat sooo bad is what hurt him .. and he got toyed with in the fight.

Give me the same amount of time to train and prepare for a fight like CM Punk did and I guarantee 100 % that I would be a much much better fighter. His strinking skills are so so bad. I can't belive after all that time with good coaching he's still so bad.

Walked like a GAAAD

He was an A list in WWE and would have been the greatest of all time but his Ego and pride wouldn't let him.

Booker " ya know " T

I'm just bummed out by the out come, can you imagine, how he felt,knowing he's gettin his ass beat down?????

5:16 This Cracks me up 😂😂😂 Shades of Booker T

I gave it a thumbs up cuz i love seeing cm punk get his ass whooped! Lol

Conor actually had the fight won against Floyd in the 9th round.He hit him with a body shot Floyd knees buckled went into the corner and the ref stepped in and saved him.Said Conor hit him with a low blow which in the replay he clearly didn't even the announcers was shocked the ref stopped it.Fact it the ref was paid by Floyd to save him anytime he got into trouble and he did just that

Punk still has a large following which is kinda sad. He has done a lot for the wrestling world tho. As he put independent wrestling on the map as the new standard for new wrestlers in the come-up. He (along with DB) set a new image on pro wrestling, whereas large juiced up dudes weren’t the only good wrestlers. His fan base resides in wrestling. so switching to a professional sport that is meant for people with years of experience sounds stupid. Punk could’ve done so much more and decides to give up on his on fans and his career. UFC fans don’t appreciate him lol. I’m a bigger ufc fan than a Wwe fan and his fights will never be remembered in the octagon. But his Wwe matches are still talked about. I don’t like punk and his stupid egotistical fans but I feel bad for both of them because they all fled to a new home that was never goin to welcome them. UFC learned from this situation and fired him. WWE moved on. Punk only won a lawsuit and made tons of money. And none of his fans ever received anything back. The boy doesn’t give a fuck about his supporters and because of that I’m kinda glad he failed.

Lmao there should be a you know counter for booker T lol ever sentence ends in you know

it's not booker t it's king booker lol

I honestly think CM Punk wanted to have his own brand of hype. Hype that did not have to be shared with his real peers like he had in WWE. CM Punk knew for himself that he did not have the skills to conquer the octagon, but he knew he had the name brand to get him the attention that he really wanted in the WWE. He wanted to feel like a spectacle. The UFC gave that to him.

Yup in 2007 when Punk beat King Booker by pinfall at Smackdown

CM Junk.

Cm punks a joke lmaoo

Say whatever you say but CM PUNK Is one of all time great in pro wrestling.. didn't matter what happened in ufc .. certain people will do it what cm punk did .. if I have achieved a fame or something.. I would try a different things or a crossover to test myself if I had a chance .. CM punk had guts to be in a octagon ..

Booker is legit nice guy

BOOKER T IS A FUCKING LEGEND!!!

He needs to wrestle. Hopefully he gets knocked into some sense

Punk is one of the all times greats SIMPLE 🙌

If Punk returns at All In, then yes I think he'll be back for good, and then he'll be an "all-time great"

Could have been great star in NJPW but he though UFC was a bigger deal. Bad decision from him, he wasn't a gifted guy like Brock, or Batista, he was a dude like any of us who happens to be a great entertainer and one of the best on the mic. NJPW is now one of the best places to be been a wrestler, if he would make a good decision it woul be going there-

He’s saying his fight history should’ve been a mystery because his presence and his character in WWE would make you believe he can whoop Brock’s ass in a shoot fight. His character is kinda like Kenta with the theatrical MMA moves he does. His outspoken voice made him intimidate by a lot of people even triple h who’s wanna the toughest SOBs ever with The Rock. Now we know his background was made up in that promo in 2006 ECW. Undertaker look like a real fighter and he’s tall but he never went out his lane to look more scary not to say that was punks reason but he did it because he genuinely loved it imo and in grief of his push

Booker t is being nice... cm punk also fought a guy 0 and 2 the guy was a bum and the bum samshed punk.

CM Punk was determined to have an MMA match. A lot of people said he should have started in the amateur ranks first. Maybe. But he was also 38 years old, with 15 years worth of wrestling injuries. A younger, healthier, hungrier, better trained fighter would have had a good chance at beating CM Punk in the amateur ranks. Then where would CM Punk go? He would have had a publicized loss, and the appeal of paying to see him fight for the first time on a UFC PPV wouldn't have been there. CM Punk got to have two big paydays in the UFC, instead of getting some crappy paydays in the amateur scene and probably losing anyway.

So in 2014 he was burnt out and tired. Well wrestlers like Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Randy Orton and John Cena all took long break to heal for their body and mind. Honestly, that's all CM Punk should have done. Maybe today he would be main eventing Wrestle Mania. I know that because he never got to Main event Wrestle Mania, lost to the Undertaker and on another paperview was forced to put HHH over, which made no sense from a business aspect is what caused a bad taste in his mouth. I can't claim he for that. Let's not forget one thing, now that he has lost his only two UFC fights, he really can't come back.

Dana White knew full well what was going to happen to Punk as most of us did. The first fight was to humiliate him but he was that bad that low level Mike Jackson toyed with him. He has the shoulder to hip ratio of a grandmother.

Everyone who comments on CM Punk should watch the interview with Colt Cabana. (No Hate)

why cant book talk like this on commentary ?

“C”omplete “M”oron Punk

He went from WWE superstar to average joe in the octagon. And sorry Booker T it's a FACT that that was a bad choice and his record doesn't even show how far out of his element he was. Watch the tapes.

My god look at Batista the guy was huge and in great shape for his debut fight that he took almost to years to prep, who did he take that long for? A fat obese person with shit loads of losses but good amount of wins so he wasn't a bad opponent but still the guy was out of shape fat as hell and Batista struggled to fight him and barely won, so if that guy can barely beat a fat outta shape man how in the fuck! is cm punk gonna win anyone??? Cm punk never lifted a weight if his life depended on it and so he has no strength. He should of hit the gym and worked out but guess not his arms were embarrassing tooth pick legs as well.

Bro there's 3 comments right now and i can only see one whats that about? Loving Booker's opinion these days

I didn't know busta rhymes can wrestle. LOL

who's the Sam Roberts knockoff?

Daniel Cormier would smash this dude like Mickey smashed Punk. These wrestlers got some big ass heads

As much as i want cm punk to return to the wwe It would be so embarrassing for him To come back cuz he couldnt make it in the ufc Getting his ass kicked twice Losing IN CHICAGO Like😳yikes bro

Inly thing stupid about this fight. Having sooooo fucking long hear

yup

Its a very brave decision going into the UFC with only 3-4 years experience all the fighters have a background in MMA even Brock had college wrestling trophies and medals, he is fighting the best fighters in the world and I think it was a step too far for him.

"Maybe he didn't want to be one of the all time greats in WWE??" What are you talkin' about, Book-man?? He WANTED to be one of the all time greats in WWE, but Vince and Triple H wouldn't let him. He wanted to be like John Cena, The Rock or even Stone Cold Steve Austin, but they wouldn't let him!! He deserved to have a better push than the PG era ass clown shit we're getting now on WWE. I can't believe I'm defending him, as I usually can't stand CM Punk, but I know pure talent when I see it and CM Punk has that talent. The WWE universe still loves him and chants his name because they can see it too. He deserved better handling than what Vince and Triple H gave him credit for. If Vince and Triple H want the WWE to survive, they should start listening to the fans and stop making such stupid decisions with ridiculous story lines and terrible gimmicks!! CM Punk is not a gimmick, he's the real deal. Get him back (with an engraved apology and a pay raise) or go under. It's your choice, WWE.

Much respect to CM punk but ufc is not your forte don't push yourself too much

When i see cm punk in ufc that silly punches of he used during match with mickey i realised even randomley guy walk in street can beat cm punk. He turn himself a joke after his ufc journey for love of god thats freaking ufc and punk around 40 and have no talent for UFC 😂

I'm sorry booker t made fun about cm punk when he had his first fight lol just talk smack know his going back saying all of this? this should have been said from the start not know because he's getting attacked on twitter lol

Stick to your moneymaker! Total Bellas LOL!

If you look at Punk's matches IN the UFC, you see EVERYTHING you need to. The man doesn't understand the sport, his trainers spoonfed him, and he was given a shot at the biggest stage when he wasn't ready. Punk should have been told to fight in some smaller promotions first rather than be thrown into the deep end to see if he'd float. Now that he's severed all ties with the WWE, he's going to have to deal with a damaged reputation in a sport that doesn't respect him when he's not even in his prime. Any way you look at it, Booker is right. Punk is in a terrible situation and he has only himself to blame.

so what did booker t say about punk tho? That audio clip that he didn't want them to play??

stone cold sure loves cm punk

come on he walk away from the monster freak vince mc mahon

Cm punk is the best mma fighter in the world just watch. He will take 2-5 yrs off , train his ass of and come for the title.

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This is why.....here comes the hate....Bobby Lashley is the most dangerous human being on the planet! 16-2 in Belator....only reason he didnt go UFC was because he was trying to save TNA as champion! Real fight Lashley kills Lesnar... just like Overeem and Mir did!

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CM Punk should of started in lower cards in UFC...he wasn't ready. Check out Joe Rogan talk about this. It was more about selling tickets....Booker was right...now CM Punk is done there

I said this before if your going too fight Do your best to WIN ALWAYS if your going too be in UFC u have to train hard and win why do u get into fighting professionally u can't be doing it TO LOSE ??? Do u in CM Punks case something is going on in my view I think he's trying too prove he's a TOUGH GUY but if u fight u have to get in there to win .....We all have a method to our MADNESS and maybe in cm punks case he may be just trying too prove something .....TO HIMSELF

CM punk

Dont even get how hes a draw for ufc fans..

The people who told CM Punk that he was insane & wasn't going to make it against legitimate fighters were actually looking out for him ...the Yes Men fanboys who encouraged him were in the wrong & could've gotten him seriously fucked up.

atleast he managed to last till Round 3 i mean props for trying but he's 40 years old that,s old for UFC , but not old for WWE he needs to get back

The guy who beat him isn't good enough to fight in the UFC. CM Punk only chance for a return at WWE is if he packs on 200LBs.

CM punk cannot fight at all. Holly holms probably could knock out cm punk with a couple round kicks.

CM Punk walked into the UFC wanting to live out a dream. You can't bash on a man with no real training in wanting to pursue a dream. He lost twice. If he loses again he can go back to the drawing board. Anyone that bashes on a regular guy going in against a skilled fighter with little to no training delusional is someone that has no fight for their dreams themselves. Dreams will always be an uphill battle.

Who doesnt agree

Yeah he even in wwe thought he was a bad ass..

I miss booker t doing wwe commentary. He was the only commentator i enjoyed, dumb humor for sure, but he was way better than cole trying to be heel