Phil ”CM Punk” Brooks kommer den 10 september äntligen att göra sin UFC-debut, som försenats flertalet gånger på grund av olika skador. Brooks kommer att ta sig an Mickey Gall under UFC 203 och detta hade Phil att säga om den kommande matchen, via ”FloCombat”:
I’m the kind of guy that’s never going to be happy because I’m always striving to be better than I am. I think that’s why I love MMA so much. For a first fight, I think I’m definitely where I need to be, and I’m satisfied with my skill level and everything.
I think I’ll have nerves because I’m about to fight, but I don’t think it will have anything to do with the capacity of the crowd, cameras, bright lights or people booing or cheering or anything like that. My jitters will be more–I’m fighting, what exactly am I doing with my life right now? I’m sure that will come and go.
That’s the fun thing about what we are going to do, we are going to punch each other in the face and see who the better man is. I’m not doing this to try and be a star, I’m doing this because I want to do it and I was afforded an opportunity–I would’ve been a fool to say no.
I think for me, it’s going to be all about pressure. You don’t really get to see anything from Mickey in his fights because they’ve all ended very quickly. No one has really pressured him or put him in uncomfortable places and that’s what I plan on doing.
WWE-wrestlaren ”CM Punk” har i dagsläget inga MMA-matcher bakom sig, medan Mickey har vunnit sina två profesionella MMA-matcher via submission. Sist vi såg Gall ströp han ut Mike Jackson under ”UFC: Fight Night 82”.
