Former WWE champion CM Punk was last week signed by the UFC. The news shocked a lot of MMA fans as he has no MMA record, no prior martial arts background although at 35 years old, he’s been training at the Gracie Academy for the past few years. He’s still a white belt in BJJ, but apparently only because he refuses belt promotions.
Bloody Elbow talked to Metamoris founder Ralek Gracie who was asked how CM Punk would do if he fought in Metamoris in grappling superfight:
“CM has a huge fan base but I’m not aware of any top level grappling creds that he has. I’d be open to talking about it but he would have to show us that he would be able to hang with our guys. To be honest I don’t see him lasting more than a couple minutes against any of them.”
Were CM Punk to compete in Metamoris, Ralek mentioned Caio Terra as an intriguing opponent.
Ralek also mentioned that he would like to book a Metamoris match between Brock Lesnar and Ryron Gracie in the future.
That could be possible. They have been able to secure top MMA stars such as Josh Barnett, Rory MacDonald, Kazushi Sakuraba or Chael Sonnen so why not Lesnar. A Lesnar vs Barnett would be interesting too.
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