5 Mistakes that CM Punk made in the UFC

#1 Amateur mistake in rushing in

Rushing at your opponent blindly has wrecked even the best of fighters

Although many experts and analysts predicted that CM Punk couldn’t hang in there with Mickey Gall, the way the fight went down still left the fans disappointed. After hyping his UFC 203 bow through the Evolution of Punk series, the MMA world was – if not openly, then at least secretively – expecting a semblance of a solid performance from CM Punk.

However what they got was a 2 minutes of Mickey Gall imposing his will on CM Punk, which ironically would equate to a squash match in pro-wrestling terminology.

The primary mistake that CM Punk made in the fight was rushing in when the bell sounded, a huge no-no in fighting. While the electric atmosphere that the crowd was creating may have played a part in that, it was in Punk’s best interests to steady the ship and not get carried away.

He failed to rein in his emotions and rushed at Gall with a wild haymaker, and if the Cat Zingano – Ronda Rousey, Jose Aldo – Conor McGregor and Fabicio Werdum – Stipe Miocic fights were of any reference, it was an highly ill-advised move.

He was duly taken down, and on the ground, all we witnessed was a White belt in Jiu-Jitsu made short work of by a Brown belt, with much more ability and experience.