WWE News: Dana White opens up about Brock Lesnar's suspenion and CM Punk's debut
The latest edition of Ric Flair’s podcast, The Ric Flair Show, had UFC President Dana White as it’s guest. Here are some highlights from the podcast:
While discussing Brock Lesnar, Dana White praised his accomplishments in the field of mixed martial arts:
"He came to find me and meet me and I wasn't a believer and he made me a believer. Brock was coming in with one professional fight and he's like, 'I want a fight here. I want a fight in the best place there is to fight.' I said, 'man, you're f--king crazy. This isn't the place to come in 1 and 0.' Do you know what I mean? Boy, did I change my mind about that. What Brock accomplished here at the UFC was awesome."
Recently, Lesnar was penalized with a temporary suspension for violating an anti-doping policy. In this podcast, White stated that this suspension won’t be able to diminish the achievements of the Beast Incarnate:
"He came in the first time with only one fight. Then, after the layoff, his age, and everything else, I didn't know what to expect and the guy is an absolute freak of nature regardless of the stuff that went down and everything else. Still, to come in here and compete at that level is pretty impressive."
The UFC President is impressed with the intensive training being put in by the ‘longest reigning WWE Champion of the modern era’, CM Punk, prior his UFC debut. White also mentioned that Punk has earned the respect of his fellow fighters at Roufusport Martial Arts Academy:
"CM Punk was a huge UFC fan. He and I became friends and it was his dream to come try and compete in the UFC. And I said, 'you know what? I'll let you give it a shot.' The guy [has] been working hard. There were a lot of jokes made when he came into the sport and people are still making jokes about the guy, but I'll tell you what, the team that he trains with, Duke Roufus's team, everybody there respects CM Punk. The guy [has] worked hard, he's in there every day, he doesn't go in there with 'I'm a superstar' attitude, he started from the bottom and worked his way up, and everybody respects him. So we'll see. Win, lose, or draw, I have a lot of respect for the guy and how hard he [has] gone after it."