UFC President Dana White is still on the fence about what to do next with former WWE Superstar turned UFC welterweight CM Punk

When former WWE superstar CM Punk, real name Phil Brooks, made the walk to the Octagon to challenge welterweight prospect Mickey Gall at UFC 203, the fighting community was essentially broken into two groups. One openly rooting for the Chicago native to succeed in his pro mixed martial arts debut and one rooting for him to fail miserably.

But little over two minutes into the fight, fans are witnessing the referee pull Gall off the former WWE superstar after sinking in a tight rear-naked choke against the fence.

Almost immediately fans and pundits – and Brooks for that matter- began to question whether he would be granted another fight after his less than stellar performance.

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“My initial venture into this was gonna be at the lowest level,” said Brooks during his post-fight press conference. “This opportunity just got presented to myself and I would have been a fool to say no. I don’t know what happens from here on out. What if I get cut? I don’t know. I think that’s a possibility. Do I want that to happen? No. But who’s to say where I go from here? I don’t know. I definitely want to keep going.”

But in an interview with TMZ, UFC President Dana White revealed he was still on the fence about what to do next with the now 0-1 welterweight.

“I gotta talk to [CM Punk],” revealed White. “He called me the night of the fight, we talked, he was on his way home from the fight. I told him to go spend some time with his wife and live like a normal for a little while and then we’ll get on the phone and talk about what’s next.”

This doubles back on White’s previous statement revealing he was unsure if Brooks “probably shouldn’t have his next fight in the UFC.”

Whether UFC fans ever see the former WWE champion back in the Octagon is still up in the air. But regardless if the UFC moves on from the CM Punk, he most certainly left his mark on the fight world, even if it only lasted two minutes.