CM Punk First Opponent in UFC Update!

In an interview with ESPN on C.M. Punk’s first opponent, Lorenzo Fertitta said: “I think it has to be somebody with some level of credentials. It’s not just going to be some guy off the street. It’s going to be somebody who is a professional mixed martial artist–certainly somebody who the MMA media will recognize and know.” That’s weird because Punk’s first opponent should be someone with three or less fights and unless it’s an NCAA champ starting out type of guy, or a celebrity, who would be readily known. The guys like the Green Power Ranger or Jose Canseco are far too big to make 185 (or 170, as I’m not sure 170 wouldn’t be Punk’s optimum weight class).

Fertitta did say the first opponent would most likely be someone not currently on the UFC roster. He said that they’ll leave it to Joe Silva to bring two or three names to the table and they’ll decide from there. Punk said that he expected his first fight to be a young kid with a similar level of experience as himself. “We knew there was going to be backlash,” said Fertitta. “At the end of the day, we did our research and we talked to the people he’s trained with. We’re going to find out what he can bring to the table. We’re confident he has the skills to fight. We don’t know exactly what
level yet. Sometimes, you’ve got to invest in what we call fighter development. We’ve dong it before and guys have developed into very competitive fighters, and we’ve done it where guys have not.”