{"id":278939,"date":"2018-06-20T06:29:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T13:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=278939"},"modified":"2018-06-20T06:29:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T13:29:14","slug":"sage-northcutt-gives-his-take-on-cm-punks-ufc-225-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/sage-northcutt\/sage-northcutt-gives-his-take-on-cm-punks-ufc-225-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Sage Northcutt gives his take on CM Punk’s UFC 225 fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

CM Punk’s second MMA fight, which pitted him against Mike Jackson<\/a> at UFC 225<\/a>, didn’t go a whole lot better than his first. Though the former pro wrestler managed to survived until the final bell, he was soundly beaten for the bout’s duration \u2014 on the feet and on the mat \u2014 erasing any lingering hope that he might have what it takes to cut it in the perilous world of cage fighting.<\/p>\n

Yet just as he did in his first fight, a first-round submission loss to Mickey Gall, Punk showed that he’s got a toaster-sized heart thumping away inside his tattoo-covered chest. Though he is clearly short on the ability required to thrive as a mixed martial artist, he is long on guts, and that fact impressed many of the UFC’s top fighters.<\/p>\n

That includes “Super” Sage Northcutt, who once crossed paths with Punk at Roufusport in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s a very nice guy, and I know that he\u2019s got to be putting in the training and effort,\u201d Northcutt said of Punk on a recent episode of\u00a0I Could Never Be<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(transcribed by Simon Samano for\u00a0MMAjunkie<\/a>).\u00a0\u201cIt takes a while to be able to get to get all the skill set that these guys that train 20 or 30 years for, have been in the UFC for so long, have trained their whole lives for. So, he came from WWE and now fighting for the UFC, I think it took him so much courage. It takes anybody courage to be able to step out there in the Octagon and fight, and I think he did a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Northcutt doesn’t seem opposed to seeing Punk fight for a third time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess it\u2019s up to him to see what he\u2019s going to do, but I know that if he does have another fight, he\u2019ll be training super hard for it, and he\u2019s got to,\u201d Northcutt said. \u201cAnd if he does it, he definitely has the courage and bravery to get out there because not everybody can do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think of Sage Northcutt’s comments on CM Punk?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 6\/20\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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