{"id":201285,"date":"2016-08-16T08:17:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T15:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=201285"},"modified":"2016-08-16T08:17:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T15:17:45","slug":"cm-punk-confident-can-ahead-mma-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cm-punk\/cm-punk-confident-can-ahead-mma-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Punk as confident as can be ahead of MMA debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-evolution-cm-punk-trailer\/\">CM Punk has never competed in an amateur or professional MMA fight,<\/a> the former WWE champion is as confident as can be ahead of his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cm-punk\/ufc-officially-announces-cm-punks-debut-ufc-203-cleveland\/\">UFC debut against Mickey Gall at UFC 203<\/a> on September 10th in Cleveland, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>With the release of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-evolution-cm-punk-trailer\/\">&#8220;The Evolution of Punk&#8221;<\/a> ahead of his fight, Punk spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/8\/16\/12497426\/morning-report-cm-punk-im-gonna-win-ive-never-been-more-confident\" target=\"_blank\">MMAFighting<\/a> to discuss his confidence ahead of the fight:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Honestly, there&#8217;s no assuming [I win]. 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