CM Punk (Dave Mandel/Sherdog)CM Punk’s UFC Debut Postponed Due to Shoulder Injury José Youngs October 6, 2015 News, Spotlight, UFC It looks like fight fans will have to wait a little longer for CM Punk’s to octagon debut According to a report from Brett Okamoto, the former WWE superstar has suffered a shoulder injury in training, postponing his debut for another six to 10 months. This news comes after months after CM Punk, real name Phil Brooks, revealed he would be competing as a member of the UFC’s welterweight division. Brooks (0-0), who has been training under the tutelage of Duke Roufus and the rest of Roufussport for the last few months, had previously announced he had signed with the UFC during the broadcast of UFC 181. It was initially believed he would be competing as a middleweight but it appears the extensive training over the last few months have allowed Brooks to shed more weight than he anticipated. While the UFC has yet to reveal a date or opponent for Brooks’ debut, this setback most likely means we won’t see Brooks make his debut until the second half of 2016.. It should also be noted Roufus revealed his new student has gone through live scrimmage inside the cage so a date may not be as far away as people imagine. “This is my new career, 100%,” revealed Brooks last December. “I’m going to go full steam ahead, all systems go after today, and it’s going to be fun. I have nothing but respect for everybody here at the UFC, everybody who steps in the Octagon to fight. And when it’s all said and done, when I’m finished, everybody’s going to have to respect me because I have come here to fight.”
