MIKE JACKSON REVEALS WHY HE DIDN’T FINISH CM PUNK OFF AT UFC 225.

MIKE JACKSON REVEALS WHY HE DIDN’T FINISH CM PUNK OFF AT UFC 225.

Mike Jackson took on former WWE Champion CM Punk at UFC 225 in Chicago, Illinois last month. While Jackson was successful, he may have ended his own career with UFC after he didn’t finish Punk off in their last round.

Jackson defeated Punk and both men were congratulated for their efforts. However, UFC president Dana White wasn’t happy with the way Jackson conducted himself in the octagon. Rather than ending Punk, White believes Jackson played with his opponent- something that was frowned upon.

Joining Booker T on Heated Conversations, Jackson looked to explain himself as the only platform he has seemingly had since his victory against Punk was Twitter.

Jackson believes there was no way he would lose to Punk after he stood face-to-face with the fighter. He thinks Punk was in over his head and wasn’t ready for their bout. He also adds that people don’t understand what it is like to be in the Octagon unless they’ve actually competed.

“I knew before the fight that it was going to be an easy fight. I said all of this. Everything that happened I said it was going to happen. 

When I looked in his eyes I saw a nice guy. I saw someone–and I don’t think he was trying to prove anything to his fans, he was doing it for himself and that is what you are supposed to do it for. When I went out there and performed I wasn’t performing for the fans, I was performing for myself. 

When guys like [UFC President] Dana White have this criticism I can’t let that bother me and get to me because at the end of the day I am the one getting in there and fighting and criticizing me. 

They aren’t in there with me so when I looked into his eyes I saw a man that felt like he was content to where he was and as a fighter in the moment. 

Right before we walked out we were in the back, and as I walked out first I am waiting by the curtain and he’s probably a good 30 yards away from me. I had raised my hands and said, ‘Hey Phil. 

We touching gloves?’ He looked at me and raised his fists like, yeah, we’re touching gloves, so that was cool. For him, it was one of those things where he looked like he was content with everything, but even until this day, I don’t think he knew what he was getting into. 

I don’t think he was prepared for that kind of fight. I told people before the Mickey Gall fight that they were two different fighters. Mickey Gall is going to want to take him down, which he did, and I am going to want to beat him on his feet, which I did, but there are those things like you can’t really prepare for getting hit in the face and that was the difference. 

When I hit him with that jab the first time his eyes lit up and he realized that this fight was different. People who criticize this man have never competed or made that walk.”

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