The President of the UFC remains one of the most influential personalities in the world of sports entertainment and recently he appeared in The Ric Flair Show in order to share his thoughts on the WWE stars who have crossed over to the UFC. Brock Lesnar, who has has been an on and off performer at the UFC and took part in a fight last month, came in for special praise from White, who said that Lesnar has a relentless drive when it comes to fights. In addition to that, he also spoke about former WWE champion CM Punk, who migrated to the UFC a while back but has been dogged by injuries before taking part in his first fight.
On Lesnar, he said, "He came to find me and meet me and I wasn't a believer and he made me a believer. Brock was coming in with one professional fight and he's like, 'I want a fight here. I want a fight in the best place there is to fight.' I said, 'man, you're f--king crazy. This isn't the place to come in 1 and 0.' Do you know what I mean? Boy, did I change my mind about that. What Brock accomplished here at the UFC was awesome." White also said that the fact the Lesnar's recent suspenson should not take anything away from his achievements. "He came in the first time with only one fight. Then, after the layoff, his age, and everything else, I didn't know what to expect and the guy is an absolute freak of nature regardless of the stuff that went down and everything else. Still, to come in here and compete at that level is pretty impressive."
When it came to CM Punk, white revealed that he used to be a UFC fan and is highly regarded by his peers in the UFC. "CM Punk was a huge UFC fan. He and I became friends and it was his dream to come try and compete in the UFC. And I said, 'you know what? I'll let you give it a shot.' The guy [has] been working hard. There were a lot of jokes made when he came into the sport and people are still making jokes about the guy, but I'll tell you what, the team that he trains with, Duke Roufus's team, everybody there respects CM Punk. The guy [has] worked hard, he's in there every day, he doesn't go in there with 'I'm a superstar' attitude, he started from the bottom and worked his way up, and everybody respects him. So we'll see. Win, lose, or draw, I have a lot of respect for the guy and how hard he [has] gone after it."
