Welterviktaren Cathal Pendred och CM Punk har under en tid trashtalkat varandra över Twitter, där Pendred senast hånade CM Punks boxning:
CM Punk on the pads making me look like Muhammad Ali pic.twitter.com/o6HQ1PNkJA
— Cathal Pendred (@Pendred) August 11, 2015
Pendred menar dock att det också var menat som en pik mot honom själv, då hans egna boxning inte varit särskilt imponerande.
Det här berättade Pendred, via ”The Irish Mirror”:
I was half slagging myself off when I Tweeted a pic of him hitting the pads and commented that he makes me look like Ali. Fact is, people haven’t been too impressed with that part of my game either, so it was a little dig at me as well.
Pendred har bland annat kallat CM Punk för UFC:s nya driftkucku, men är ändå imponerad av hans framsteg inom träningen i Roufusport:
In fairness he’s trained at a really good gym for the last year but no one makes their MMA debut in the UFC. You slowly build yourself up, work your way through the ranks. It’s a weird situation but I can understand from a business perspective why the UFC are going with it.
He’s a very famous WWE figure in the States and has already brought a lot of attention to the business. I’ve no major objection to him, even if a stuntman entering this highly-skilled sport is the equivalent of me wanting to become a pro footballer and joining Man United.
Pendreds fans vill gärna se honom gå en match mot CM Punk framöver, något som irländaren gärna skulle göra.
While WWE fans said they wanted the same thing, it’s a bit delusional on their part. They somehow think it would be a competitive fight! A hell of a lot of UFC fighters have been calling him out, trying to organize a fight with him because there’s a lot of bucks in it given he’s such high a profile draw. He’s ignored them all, so the fact he got onto me makes me think he might fancy himself against me, which is quite funny in truth.
I’d love it. It would be a bit of fun. He’ll probably be humiliated on his debut but the UFC will continue to use him to attract more supporters. I have my own fight in October to prepare for but if something comes of this fight down the line, I’ll jump at it.
Pendred mötte senast John Howard under UFC 189, då han förlorade via delat domslut.
