As everyone knows by now, The UFC announced this past weekend live on air at UFC 181 that they had signed former WWE superstar CM Punk (real name Phil Brooks). This was almost instantly met with both positive and negative feedback from fans and fighters alike.
Although there has been a lot negativity towards CM Punk, it hasn't stopped fighters calling him out from all over the world. Can you blame them? A fight with such a big crossover name would give them more exposure than they would get off of most names in the MMA world.
The latest fighter to throw his name into the hat is SBG Ireland's Cathal Pendred. The Boston born Irish fighter competed on TUF 19 as part of Team Penn and although he didn't win the show he was still signed and made his official debut at UFC Fight Night Dublin in a fight of the night win over Mike King. Pendred then successfully defeated Gasan Umalatov via Split Decision back in October at UFC Fight Night: Stockholm. He is scheduled to take on Sean Spencer in his native city of Boston next month but that didn't stop him from taking to Twitter (see below) to suggest he would be fighting CM Punk in what will be the superstar's first MMA fight.
This punk is going to be 'one & done' in the UFC. It looks like I will be that one. #JustWonTheLottery pic.twitter.com/KVvwe2WXqE— Cathal Pendred (@PendredMMA) December 10, 2014
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