{"id":38558,"date":"2017-02-07T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=38558"},"modified":"2017-02-07T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T22:45:00","slug":"c-m-punk-updates-status-regarding-fighting-mma-someone-stepped-saying-theyre-perfect-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/02\/07\/c-m-punk-updates-status-regarding-fighting-mma-someone-stepped-saying-theyre-perfect-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"C.M. Punk updates his status regarding fighting again in MMA, and someone has stepped up saying they&#8217;re a perfect opponent for him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1825891876\" 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>Last week, C.M. Punk said in an interview with Fox Sports that he is eager and determined to fight in MMA again, whether it&#8217;s under an UFC banner or otherwise. For more on that, check out our MMATorch story:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mmatorch.com\/2017\/02\/02\/thursday-news-digest-22-c-m-punk-says-eager-determined-fight-ufc-otherwise-whiscoes-analysis\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nAo7gshCiL\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmatorch.com\/2017\/02\/02\/thursday-news-digest-22-c-m-punk-says-eager-determined-fight-ufc-otherwise-whiscoes-analysis\/\">THURSDAY NEWS DIGEST 2\/2: C.M. Punk says he is eager and determined fight again in UFC or otherwise (w\/Hiscoe&#8217;s Analysis):<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;THURSDAY NEWS DIGEST 2\/2: C.M. Punk says he is eager and determined fight again in UFC or otherwise (w\/Hiscoe&#8217;s Analysis):&#8221; &#8212; MMATorch\" src=\"https:\/\/mmatorch.com\/2017\/02\/02\/thursday-news-digest-22-c-m-punk-says-eager-determined-fight-ufc-otherwise-whiscoes-analysis\/embed\/#?secret=nUuTVEHDcd#?secret=nAo7gshCiL\" data-secret=\"nAo7gshCiL\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This week, Mike &#8220;The Truth&#8221; Jackson has volunteered to fight Punk in order to find out who the real &#8220;can&#8221; is &#8211; referencing the fact that both were &#8220;tomato cans&#8221; for the rising Mickey Gall. 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