{"id":204002,"date":"2016-09-12T18:21:18","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T01:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=204002"},"modified":"2016-09-12T18:21:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T01:21:18","slug":"video-paige-vanzant-says-loves-cm-punk-thinks-hes-just-little-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-paige-vanzant-says-loves-cm-punk-thinks-hes-just-little-old\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Paige VanZant says she loves CM Punk, but thinks &#8216;he&#8217;s just a little too old&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/cdnapisec.kaltura.com\/p\/591531\/sp\/59153100\/embedIframeJs\/uiconf_id\/6740162\/partner_id\/591531?iframeembed=true&#038;playerId=kaltura_player_1413478522&#038;entry_id=0_eazjwtba\" width=\"664\" height=\"421\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozAllowFullScreen frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 700; height: 394px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of speculation on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cm-punk\/cm-punk-wants-continue-fighting-unsure-will-cut-ufc\/\">what will come next<\/a> as far as fighting goes for Phil Brooks, who is better known by his WWE name, CM Punk.<\/p>\n<p>UFC strawweight and former <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-winner-announced-dancing-stars-paige-vanzant-finals\/\">&#8220;Dancing with the Stars&#8221; finalist<\/a> Paige VanZant spoke with TMZ after CM Punk&#8217;s unsuccessful <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-watch-cm-punk-tapout-mickey-gall-ufc-203\/\">professional mixed martial arts debut<\/a> at UFC 203.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love CM Punk, I wanted him to do well,&#8221; VanZant said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know, I think he&#8217;s just a little too old for it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He came out there a little too aggressive and confident. You just can&#8217;t teach jiu-jitsu in two years. <\/p>\n<p>When asked if there are any fights in the UFC that CM Punk has a better chance at winning, VanZant feels that there are still good matchups for the former professional wrestler.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He definitely has a chance. He definitely does. There&#8217;s a lot of other people out there that I think he would do a lot better against. Maybe someone that doesn&#8217;t have such a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mickey-gall\/video-flashback-friday-watch-mickey-gall-no-gi-grappling-match\/\">high-level jiu-jitsu background<\/a>. So, I would love to see him fight again. 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