CM Punk made his UFC bow last weekend in a welterweight bout which didn’t exactly go according to plan. Not one bit.
The question is if any other WWE stars are going to follow the trail blazed originally by Brock Lesnar and quenched somewhat by the limp debut of CM Punk?
Punk earned a cool $500,000 for his first round loss to young Mickey Gall, which didn’t go down well with much of the UFC roster. Especially as it was over 16 times more than what Gall earned for his win over him.
On Twitter yesterday, WWE veteran Randy Orton was asked it he would ever try his hand at MMA (and more specifically the UFC), to which he responded.
The idea of only getting paid on a fight-by-fight basis doesn’t appeal to Orton, who earns about $2.7 million a year in the WWE. Although, Brock Lesnar did manage to get paid a similar figure for his return to the Octagon at UFC 200.
But there’s one scenario that appeals to Orton should he wish to make the code hop.
Unless it was the Irish guy little person Connor Mcdonald
— Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) September 13, 2016
Perhaps Conor McDonald, if that is his real name (it’s not) would be open to a fight with the WWE star if the appropriate amount of capital is on the table for the match up.
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