CM Punk will begin training with Duke Roufus of Roufusport in preparation for his MMA debut. Roufus spoke to MMA Fighting about why Punk will succeed:
“What made Phil successful in the WWE is going to make him do well in this as well,” Roufus said. “Wrestling is not an easy gig. They do 300 dates a year. Especially when you’re not a star. It’s not the stuff that people do when they’re a star that makes them special; it’s what they do when they’re not a star, the stuff you find out about them. Phil became a star and had to do those things, but he worked really hard on the indie circuit on his way up through the WWE ranks,” said Roufus.
