{"id":275511,"date":"2018-04-30T13:10:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T20:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=275511"},"modified":"2018-04-30T13:10:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T20:10:55","slug":"ahead-of-ufc-225-mike-jackson-will-be-referring-to-cm-punk-as-phil-brooks-and-nothing-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mike-jackson\/ahead-of-ufc-225-mike-jackson-will-be-referring-to-cm-punk-as-phil-brooks-and-nothing-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahead of UFC 225, Mike Jackson will be referring to CM Punk as “Phil Brooks” and nothing else"},"content":{"rendered":"

At UFC 203, which went down in September of 2016, former pro wrestling superstar CM Punk took his first steps into the MMA cage. While he showed off some impressive toughness in this MMA debut, the fight itself went pretty disastrously, as we he was mauled to a first-round submission loss by his opponent Mickey Gall.\u00a0At UFC 225<\/a>, which goes on June 9 in his native Chicago, Illinois, CM Punk will look to erase the memory of this disappointing MMA debut, as he takes on the dangerous\u00a0Mike “The Truth” Jackson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As this fight draws closer, we can expect plenty of mic time from both Punk and Jackson. When Jackson is speaking publicly, however, don’t expect him to call his foe by his pro wrestling monicker. No, he’ll be referring to CM Punk exclusively by the name is mother gave him: Phil Brooks.<\/p>\n

Jackson explained why on a recent episode of The MMA Hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis mama call him Phil, I\u2019m gonna call him Phil,\u201d Jackson told host Ariel Helwani (transcribed by Marc Raimondi for MMA Fighting<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s his name \u2014 Phil Brooks,\u201d Jackson added. \u201cThe whole CM Punk thing, I guess he\u2019s trying to bring that gimmick over from the professional wrestling. Look, the CM Punk guy, he\u2019s dying June 9 at UFC 225 in his hometown of Chicago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given that Punk hails from Chicago, Jackson knows he’ll probably be dealing with a hostile crowd at UFC 225. Apparently, however, this is not too much of a concern for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m expecting a sort of hostile crowd,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cBut again, those people aren\u2019t gonna be in the cage with Phil. They can boo me all they want to. Actually, I enjoy the boos.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe main objective here is to build the Mike \u2018The Truth\u2019 entertainment brand,\u201d he added. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re here about. So, although I know I\u2019m gonna be walking out to a lot of boos, eventually I want to turn those fans over and bring them to \u2018The Truth\u2019 side.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who do you think will come out on top when the cage door closes on Mike Jackson and CM Punk \u2014 sorry,\u00a0Phil Brooks \u2014\u00a0<\/em>at UFC 225?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 4\/30\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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