CM Punk Earned £375,000 For Getting Beaten Up At UFC 203

CM Punk brought in $500,000 (£375,000) during his short UFC debut.

The former wrestler tapped out after only two minutes against Mickey Gall, who was making his second appearance. Gall only received $30,000 from the fight at UFC 203.

Punk, whose real name is Phil Brooks, said: "My initial venture into this was going to be at the lowest level. This opportunity just got presented to myself and I would have been a fool to say no.

"I don't know what happens from here on out. What if I get cut? I don't know. I think that's a possibility. Do I want that to happen? No. But who's to say where I go from here? I don't know. I definitely want to keep going.

"Get out of this, Punk!" Credit: PA

"There's probably an alternate reality somewhere where I win and I'm still disappointed in myself. That's just who I am. I'm just really, really hard on myself. I lost and it sucks and it was lopsided and it's upsetting. But I know I'm better than that.

"People can say I didn't belong here. They said I wasn't gonna make it to the Octagon and they said I wasn't gonna make it after the back surgery. Then it was I wasn't gonna make weight. I was happy I did it."

Onwards and upwards, I suppose.

Topics: UFC

Josh Teal

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