Former ECW Champion, current Global Force Wrestling (GFW) star, and Bellator MMA heavyweight Bobby Lashley recently did an interview with Hannibal TV to offer his thoughts on former WWE Champion CM Punk’s professional mixed martial arts (MMA) debut loss. Punk suffered a first round submission loss to Mickey Gall at UFC 203 back in September of 2016 via rear-naked choke. Here’s what Lashley had to say about Punk’s fighting career:
“Yeah, Punk got beat up in his last fight,” Lashley said. “Who cares? He made a lot of money, he trained his ass off, and he stepped into that cage. Punk lost his first fight. He tried and they say that he’s going to take another fight. I’m like, more power to you man. Go out there and fight. s–t, if you lose, it doesn’t even matter.
“We have to start encouraging people to step out of their comfort zones and start doing new things. Anything anybody does new, there are a bunch of naysayers. Everybody wants to be a critic. A critic without the actual accolades to be a critic. When I go to Japan, they don’t care if you win or lose; they just want to see a good fight. If you go out there, train your ass off, and fight, then people should applaud you no matter what.”
H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions
