Punk was questioned about what he would like to work on in his game, to which he replied, "Just timing. I got no excuses for what happened. Mickey was the better man."
Fans had a smile on their faces when Punk walked out to Cult of Personality, and the man himself revealed he chose the song because it is simply awesome.
When asked about his feelings about entering the Octagon, he said, "Well, I don't know if it's ever going to happen again. I didn't know at that time. I fully believed in myself, I know my coaches believed in me, my team believed in me. I thought I was going to win, but even then I wanted to... The scoreboard could have fallen on me. I've referenced that like three separate times this week. I don't know what's going to happen to me, I could get hit by a bus, I could die eating pizza tonight. I don't know. So I just try to enjoy life, even the bad stuff. This is the bad stuff. It sounds crazy but I'm still happy. I still love it."
While many people said that this match was lopsided, is he proud of what he has done out there?
(You can see him getting emotional and with a catch in the throat.) "I don't think... there's probably an alternate reality where I win and I'm still disappointed in myself. That's just who I am. I'm just really, really hard on myself. I lost and it sucks. And it was lopsided, and it's upsetting but I know I'm better than that," Punk said.
Punk spoke about his wife AJ Lee being very supportive of him in his endeavours and got teary eyed when he said, "You guys are all going to make me cry. You bastards. She just said she was proud of me, you know?"
Punk rued the fact that he didn't get what he wanted by saying, "No, I didn't win. That's what I wanted. I wanted to win, I wanted to perform. It didn't happen."
Punk opened up on his dwindling emotions he’s been through thourghout his 2 yeear jounry by saying, "Yeah, I think it's all coming out. I had back surgery for this, you know? I'm super happy that that's something that didn't bother me at all. Once I got it fixed I was like a different person. I'm fortunate for that and I'm thankful for that. I just think even to come back from that, even to... you know, it's like people can say I didn't belong here, they said I wasn't going to make it to the Octagon, and they said I wasn't going to make it after the back surgery, and then it was I wasn't going to make weight; I'm happy I did it. But yeah, there's a lot of emotion involved, sure."
The press conference, thus, came to an end as the interviewers thanked Punk, who picked up his bottle and walked away.
Phil is an inspiration as he’s done what many people refrain from doing at the age of 37. We can only hope he comes back stronger and works towards his first MMA win.
Thank you, Phil.
