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Fight fans very well could see a CM Punk return in 2017, if former WWE champion Phil Brooks gets his way. After dropping a first round submission to Mickey Gall in 2016<\/a>, Punk was very adamant about stepping into the Octagon for another potential fight.<\/p>\n

While UFC President Dana White wasn’t initially in favor of the idea<\/a>, stating that if Punk wanted to have another MMA fight, he should likely do-so outside of the UFC, Punk recently stated that the UFC President has appeared to change his tune,<\/a> and is now more on-board with the idea:<\/p>\n

\"Dana<\/p>\n

“I had a good conversation with him. I told him, \u2018If you want to cut me, I get it. But, I\u2019m fighting whether it\u2019s for you or somebody else.\u2019 Now, I don\u2019t got an agent or a manager. I\u2019m like Bill Murray, just with a lot less money, less funny or as famous. But, I did tell him I want to fight again and we\u2019re back at it, back to the drawing board. So, it\u2019s up to him. He floated me an idea and we\u2019re kind of going back-and-forth on it right now. I\u2019m at the point where I want to get something on paper, so, you might be able to hear an announcement in the coming weeks. I really don\u2019t know, there is no timetable, though. I don\u2019t want to speak for him, but if he wanted to kill it, he would have killed it right then.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since then, there has been no word as to the status of Punk’s return, however in a recent interview, the Chicago native revealed that he was working feverishly to get himself another fight.<\/p>\n

\"cm<\/p>\n

\u201cI am working on it feverishly. I’m throwing names at Dana (White), opponents, dates. I don’t know if he’s waiting for a Chicago show or what the deal is but if it doesn’t happen in the UFC, it will happen somewhere else. I’m dedicated to fighting and training. We’ll get there.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 2\/3\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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