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CM Punk made his WWE return last weekend at WWE Survivor Series, returning to the promotion nearly a decade after leaving it.
UFC CEO Dana White has revealed that he texted Punk a short time after his WWE return at WWE Survivor Series.
"I texted him that night after he walked out in Chicago ... It was amazing. I texted and congratulated him, it was incredible," he said to Sports Illustrated. "I've had nothing but a great relationship with him since the day we met. He's a super nice guy. He's one of the easiest people I've ever dealt with. Everybody that he trained with [in MMA] and everybody around him in his camp respected him ... that spoke volumes."
Punk fought twice under the UFC banner, which were losses to both Mickey Gall and Mike Jackson.
White says that even though Punk went winless during his brief UFC tenure, the wrestler tuned fighter turned wrestler earned a lot of people’s respect.
“Look, those were tough fights,” said White. “You know what else is important? Everybody that he trained with and everybody around him in his camp respected him. That spoke volumes.”
