{"id":124810,"date":"2015-01-05T09:04:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T17:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=124810"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:58:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:58:06","slug":"roufus-askren-stoked-work-cm-punk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/roufus-askren-stoked-work-cm-punk\/","title":{"rendered":"Roufus: Askren &#8220;Stoked&#8221; To Work With CM Punk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CM-Punk1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CM-Punk1.jpg\" alt=\"CM Punk\" width=\"730\" height=\"512\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CM-Punk1.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CM-Punk1-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CM-Punk1-570x400.jpg 570w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CM-Punk1-356x250.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When news of CM Punk being signed to the UFC broke, ONE FC champion Ben Askren was one of the first fighters to offer a reaction to the signing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\">@ufc<\/a> sign a fake wrestler, but not an Olympian who is the best WW in the world. Amateur move.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Askren (@Benaskren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/541435768778915840\">December 7, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It was announced that this week, CM Punk, real name Phil Brooks, will be training under Duke Roufus at Roufusport alongside Anthony Pettis, Ben Askren, and more.  This brought many to wonder how Brooks and Askren would manage under the same roof, but according to Duke Roufus, Askren is &#8220;stoked&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ben\u2019s stoked to work with Phil.  Something that\u2019s really underrated with Ben &#8212; not unlike Daniel Cormier at AKA &#8212; he\u2019s our fighter coach. Not only is Ben coaching well, one thing that I see him doing that I\u2019m so happy with, he has a different perspective on helping the guys with their attitude. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s all for Phil coming. He wants to work with him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know what? Ben\u2019s taking pages out of Phil\u2019s book, what Phil did in WWE.  Ben is entertaining just with the black hat he puts on. Phil thinks Ben should be in the UFC, too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But, the other thing is, Twitter isn\u2019t real. The Internet &#8212; none of this stuff is real. It\u2019s entertainment. They\u2019re both entertaining us. That\u2019s the unique thing. I said it long before Brock Lesnar, and I learned this in Japan with K-1 and then the beginning of Pride Fighting &#8212; our sport is real wrestling. A lot of the guys are characters. Anthony [Pettis] is a character. I don\u2019t know Anthony as \u2018Showtime.\u2019 I\u2019m blessed to know Anthony as Anthony\u2026but the week of the fight he slides into his character and becomes Showtime. That is prizefighting. I know some people who know Floyd really well. \u2018Money\u2019 and Floyd are two different people.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; via <a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/stay\/\" title=\"\u2018Stay Down\u2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When news of CM Punk being signed to the UFC broke, ONE FC champion Ben Askren was one of the first fighters to offer a reaction to the signing. @ufc sign a fake wrestler, but not an Olympian who is the best WW in the world. 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