10 Things We Learned From CM Punk On UFC Unfiltered
7. Was He Afraid It Would Never Happen?
Jim Norton talks about the many obstacles that have kept pushing this fight to the back-burner and asks if there was ever a time when Punk was worried that the fight wasn't going to take place.
He responds that there was definitely a time when worry started to creep into his head, but he tried to stay positive. He doesn't like dwelling on the negative, but the back surgery thing "f**king sucked" and he couldn't do anything for weeks other than ride a stationary bike three times a day to try and rehab it.
Punk says he never truly thought it was over and that he wouldn't make it to a fight; he just tried to stay positive and keep working his way toward it.