{"id":176188,"date":"2015-11-17T21:03:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T05:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=176188"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:31:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:31:55","slug":"ny-times-ranks-cm-punk-on-list-of-fighters-to-fill-gap-left-by-ronda-rousey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ny-times-ranks-cm-punk-on-list-of-fighters-to-fill-gap-left-by-ronda-rousey\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Times ranks CM Punk on list of fighters to “fill gap left by Ronda Rousey”"},"content":{"rendered":"

CM Punk may not have made his UFC debut yet, and may not even have a date or opponent for his first professional fight…but that didn’t stop the New York Times<\/a> from ranking him on a list of fighters who could ‘fill the gap’ left after Ronda Rousey was knocked out by Holly Holm this past weekend at UFC 193.<\/a><\/p>\n

Let’s take a look at this list of “10 U.F.C. Fighters Vying to Fill Gap Left by Ronda Rousey.”<\/em><\/p>\n

10. Donald Cerrone
\n9. Demetrious Johnson – UFC flyweight champion
\n8. CM Punk
\n7. Anderson Silva – Former middleweight champion and P4P king
\n6. Chris Weidman – UFC middleweight champion
\n5. Holly Holm – UFC women’s bantamweight champion
\n4. Jose Aldo – UFC featherweight champion
\n3. Conor McGregor – UFC interim featherweight champion
\n2. Jon Jones – Former UFC light heavyweight champion and P4P king
\n1. Ronda Rousey<\/p>\n

Among a list of UFC champions and top ranked fighters we have former WWE champion CM Punk, who has never had an MMA fight, ranked above Demetrious Johnson. No pressure right?<\/p>\n

And yes, Ronda Rousey was ranked as the #1 fighter vying for a chance to fill the gap left by herself.<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts on the list?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CM Punk may not have made his UFC debut yet, and may not even have a date or opponent for his first professional fight…but that didn’t stop the New York Times from ranking him on a list of fighters who could ‘fill the gap’ left after Ronda Rousey was knocked out by Holly Holm this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":156368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nNY Times ranks CM Punk on list of fighters to "fill gap left by Ronda Rousey" | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ny-times-ranks-cm-punk-on-list-of-fighters-to-fill-gap-left-by-ronda-rousey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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