CM Punk Says He'll Fight For The UFC At Least 8 Times

Former WWE Champion CM Punk spoke with The Sun recently about his MMA career. You can check out the highlights below:

The number of times he'll fight in UFC:

"I can't honestly answer how many (fights) I'm gonna have. We'll wait and see how the first one goes. But there's gonna be eight, at least."

How much he's improved:

"Can I say a thousand percent. Because I get better every day. And that's what really kinda excites me about this whole thing, I know how much I've grown since the last time I talked to you. I know how much I've improved since the first time I stepped foot in Duke's gym. And looking at June or July as a fight date I get kinda (excited) thinking how much better I'm gonna be from now until then. I get better every day."

Possibly debuting on UFC 199 instead of UFC 200:

"It's really kinda weird. I'd rather be on 200 because monetarily I'd be making more money, and that's the big show. But I'm not doing this whole thing for money, so it almost kinda doesn't matter to me. But since it's only a month later it's like 'oh yeah, why don't we push it?.'"

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People who have doubted him:

"I expect people to be disappointed. I expect all those people that think I'm gonna get knocked out in 10 seconds to be disappointed. I expect people to bet against me and lose their money. I expect people to get divorced because they're upset that their wife wanted me to win and they wanted me to lose, you know? But the people who have stood by me and supported me know it's business as usual. They know what kind of person I am and they know how I am at the gym. And once that cage door shuts it's between one minute and 15 minutes before the fight ends and my hand gets raised."

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