{"id":31273,"date":"2016-09-10T22:30:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T03:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=31273"},"modified":"2016-09-12T17:22:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T22:22:06","slug":"ufc-203-result-c-m-punk-fare-ufc-debut-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/09\/10\/ufc-203-result-c-m-punk-fare-ufc-debut-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 203 Result &#8211; C.M. Punk debut ends with First Round loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1746378996\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>To apply wrestling terminology to C.M. Punk&#8217;s UFC debut fight, Punk got squashed in two minutes.<\/p>\n<p>In a special attraction fight Saturday night at UFC 203, Punk lost to Mickey Gall at the 2:14 mark of the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Gall took down Punk early in the fight, then applied pressure before forcing Punk to tap out to a rear-naked choke.<\/p>\n<p>Punk landed virtually no offense in the fight and tried to keep the fight going before ultimately being forced to tap out.<\/p>\n<p>Punk&#8217;s two-year odyssey from walking out on WWE in January 2014 in Cleveland to walking into UFC nearly two years later in Cleveland will probably be remembered more for the pre-fight activity.<\/p>\n<p>Punk walked out to his WWE theme &#8220;Cult of Personality&#8221; to a big reaction. 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