Professional wrestlers have been always looked down upon by UFC fighters as several trained mixed martial artists openly disrespected some of the legends of the pro-wrestling industry. Even many of them are critical about retired professional wrestler CM Punk, who now is busy training for his UFC debut. Some derogatory comments directed to Punk indicate that many UFC fighters feel that the former World Champion will not be able to survive inside the octagon.
Recently, the SFLC Podcast interviewed UFC welterweight Lorenz Larkin, who also joined the list of fighters in mocking CM Punk. 411Mania.com reports that Larkin is not impressed with the treatment Punk got in UFC, and he feels it has something to do with his popularity and reputation.
“People just don’t understand dude, it’s like, being a fighter and dedicating your life to something, and then for somebody to just…I get it, he’s famous, I get it, you know, cool…They try to compare him to Brock , and the thing is you can’t compare him to Brock. Brock has a collegiate background, Brock didn’t fight his first fight in the UFC. Brock fought in Japan…and when he came to the UFC they didn’t give that motherfu**er no break! His first fight was Frank Mir! His second fight was Heath Herring…his third fight…was [Randy] Couture, right? Then he fought Shane Carwin, got his ass whooped…like this motherfu**er got thrown in a volcano and climbed out! He had no easy pass…on his fighting career, I respect Brock.
He proved himself. But for somebody who has no collegiate nothing, and hasn’t [done] any type of combat sport…I look at the UFC like it’s the NFL, and this is like the biggest promotion there is out there….I take fu**ing pride in that, I think all fighters should take pride in that…So for somebody just to not even get one fight, just to have his first fight in the UFC, it’s like, it just waters down what the f**k I do. Some don’t get shots unless it’s like last minute…there’s fu**ing guys out there who are HUNGRY, and they have talent. When you see shit like that [CM Punk], like come on man. I don’t give a sh*t if you’re famous or not.”
Larkin is also surprised to see numerous comments from the wrestling fans against mixed martial fighters, including himself. He remarked, “Nah man, I didn’t think I’d have all these little wrestling freaks after me, dude. Those people are like cults…they’re like…they’re like, I dunno, Mormons., dude, they’re just on me.”
