Following his victory at the recent UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis Event, Former UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis was interviewed by TMZ Sports on a number of topics. Pettis, who currently trains with Duke Roufus, also trains Former WWE Superstar CM Punk. During the interview, Pettis was asked if Punk was still training with Roufus, as seen below:
“He is, man, CM Punk is still there,” Pettis said. “He’s doing more of the Jiu Jitsu and the rolling. The time he should have spent getting to fight is what he’s doing now because they put a lot of pressure on him, made him come over, with no experience, and fight on the biggest stage. I don’t know anybody that could do that. Not even some young kids.”
Pettis was then asked if CM Punk has another impending fight hanging in the balance, as seen below:
“He is still training, I don’t know what his plan is, he’s doing some movies and a couple other things,” Pettis replied. “I’m not sure if he plans on fighting again, but I know he’s still training, he’s in the gym, he’s a hard worker.”
Pettis would then give CM Punk props for doing what he is doing with so little experience and continuing to train, despite getting beat up each day by his sparring partners, as seen below:
“Not many people in the world could do what he did,” Pettis said. “It’s on the biggest stage, he fought some good guys, it’s not like he was fighting scrubs. He’s training with killers, me, [Tyron] Woodley, he comes in day in and day out, he’s getting his butt kicked, and coming back. I give him props, man, he did it.”
You can check out Anthony Pettis’ full comments in the video below:
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