{"id":277940,"date":"2018-06-06T09:54:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T16:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=277940"},"modified":"2018-06-06T09:56:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T16:56:35","slug":"coach-duke-roufus-says-cm-punk-has-a-quality-that-even-some-ufc-fighters-lack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cm-punk\/coach-duke-roufus-says-cm-punk-has-a-quality-that-even-some-ufc-fighters-lack\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Duke Roufus says CM Punk has a quality that some UFC fighters lack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to renowned MMA coach Duke Roufus, CM Punk has vastly improved since his failed UFC debut, in which he was thumped to a first-round submission loss by Mickey Gall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWay better,\u201d Roufus told <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/06\/ufc-225-cm-punk-something-special-duke-roufus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a> this week, when asked ho much Punk has improved since his bout with Gall. \u201cThe first [fight] is a roll of the dice. You\u2019ve got to take a gamble and see how your guy\u2019s going to react in there and deal with a real fist fight. That being said, Mickey Gall was a very tough opponent. It was a tough first out. But I\u2019m glad he got someone like Mickey Gall because when someone will take the licks that he did and the setbacks and want to come back for more, I know he\u2019s made of something special.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has the intestinal fortitude to be a fighter,&#8221; Roufus continued. &#8220;It wasn\u2019t an easy way to lose, and his enthusiasm to continue on and get better has been special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roufus added that Punk is developing a so-called &#8220;sixth sense&#8221; for fighting \u2014 something he says not every fighter has.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven guys that I\u2019ve coached in the past in the UFC don\u2019t even have that,\u201d Roufus said. \u201cHe\u2019s starting to anticipate and get a feel for blending it all together. He\u2019s had a fantastic peak-out here before the fight, and I\u2019m really optimistic for Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Against his far more experienced UFC 225 opponent, Mike Jackson, Punk will need all the advantages, intangible and otherwise, that he can get. When you consider the fact that Punk has spent much of the lead-up to this fight \u2014 including a portion of Fight Week itself \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cm-punk\/cm-punk-gets-lawsuit-settled-relieved-to-not-be-forced-to-work-through-concussions-anymore\/\">battling a lawsuit<\/a>, this reality becomes even more evident.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think CM Punk can defy the odds and topple Mike Jackson at UFC 225 this Saturday night in his hometown of Chicago?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/6\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to renowned MMA coach Duke Roufus, CM Punk has vastly improved since his failed UFC debut, in which he was thumped to a first-round submission loss by Mickey Gall. \u201cWay better,\u201d Roufus told MMAjunkie this week, when asked ho much 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