CM Punk became a laughing stock in mixed martial arts circles after being soundly defeated in his two high-profile Ultimate Fighting Championship fights. Since then, he has appeared as a guest on Renée Paquette podcast and would acknowledge he was too old to start MMA training.
Punk moved to Milwaukee at the age of 35 to began training under Duke Roufus at Roufusport MMA Academy. After twenty months of training, which was interrupted by an injury, he stepped into the Octagon for the first time. He’d first lose to Mickey Gall, who was competing in his third professional fight via submission. Then a year and a half later, Punk would face 0-1 fighter Mike Jackson and lose via unanimous decision.
However, three years since he last fought, MMAJunkie.com has now revealed, thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request, that Punk’s record is not 0-2 as believed. It is actually 0-1 as his fight against Jackson was overturned and was officially a no contest. The reason for this is that on the night Jackson tested positive for marijuana.
At the time of the fight, some experts said Jackson dragged the fight out rather than finishing Punk, and Dana White, President of the UFC, declared both men were done fighting for the promotion. It’s now known that following the fight, Jackson was suspended for three months.
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