In return from crushing defeat, CM Punk earns his MMA stripes

Critics of mixed martial arts often miss the nobility in the individual quest. During action, there are no teammates to rely on, no called timeouts to stall an opponent’s surging momentum. It is you, a foe and a continuous spotlight, the last two both conspiring against you. In that arena, everything is heightened. Failures are sometimes magnified past the glory of victories. It takes real courage to ever try the sport in the first place.
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