Punk’s coach Duke Roufus posted a photo on Instagram today and said
“MMA fight scrimmage yesterday at Roufusport Punk has some things to work on but heshowed a lot of potential. Proud of CM Punk, did his (first) live MMA Sparring today. You can teach skill but you can’t teach will. Getting better every day! He’s very dedicated thanks to all our team for the support.”
Punk took on 4-0 professional fighter Craig Eckelberg, who had an impressive 6-1 amateur record.
Punk continues to train in Milwaukee and no date has been set for his first fight as of this writing.
A photo of Punk’s sparring session can be seen below:
