CM Punk talked to Todd Grisham at the UFC 182 weigh ins yesterday afternoon. Grisham brought up how Punk previously talked about part-time WWE stars taking main event spots away and asked if he feels like he’s doing the same in UFC with a 0-0 record. Punk replied:
“The irony of the situation is certainly not lost on me and I accept all the responsibility in the world for that. But there’s also so many differences. UFC employees thousands of fighters. I look at it more as I’m not taking a spot away from somebody, I’m allowing somebody to gain that spot because whoever fights me, they’re going to make a nice chunk of change I like to think. I think that’s a good opportunity for someone else too. There’s a myriad of other differences and if I wasn’t willing to put in the work and actually train and just fight tomorrow, I could see the parallels more.”
