CM Punk Officially Fighting Mike Jackson at UFC 225

Apr 12, 2018

UFC officially announced that CM Punk will be fighting Mike “The Truth” Jackson at UFC 225 in CM Punk’s hometown of Chicago on June 9.

He's back!@CMPunk makes his Octagon return against @TheTruthJackson at #UFC225 in Chicago! pic.twitter.com/X23KgAGQOg

— UFC (@ufc) April 12, 2018

Contracts are signed, now it’s #Official #Official, @CMPunk! #TruthvsPunk at #UFC225… don’t come for me, @usantidoping! https://t.co/E2EBFsELMs pic.twitter.com/DxcMBQuDwW

— Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) April 12, 2018

Mike Jackson and CM Punk are both 0-1, both losing to Mickey Gall. Gall choked Mike Jackson out in 45 seconds in February 2016 in a fight to determine CM Punk’s first opponent. Gall then went on to defeat CM Punk in just over 2 minutes at UFC 203 in September 2016.

Here’s UFC.com’s “tale of the tape”:

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