"IT SHOULD BE WRAP" - DANA WHITE ON CM PUNK'S PERFORMANCE AT UFC 225, SAYS PUNK'S OPPONENT IS DONE IN UFC

During the post-UFC 225 press conference in Chicago, UFC’s Dana White was asked about CM Punk’s performance at the PPV.

“It should be a wrap, you know.” White said. White said that at 39, Punk showed all the heart in the world and that he loves him, but it “should be a wrap.”

White noted he wasn’t personally aware that Punk was taken to the hospital tonight when asked and didn’t have an update on him yet. White said they had a lot of fighters medically transported tonight. Prior to being informed, he asked whether Punk had done any media after his fight.

White praised Punk for his heart, saying it appeared he was "clipped badly" several times and showed heart in finishing the fight and going all the way to the end.

White also made it clear he was not happy with Punk’s opponent Mike Jackson for not trying to finish the fight and acting out. “He’s 0-2 as far as I was concerned,” said White, who said that whatever Jackson was doing before he fought for UFC, he needed to go back and do it. White said he would not bring back Jackson, commenting, "That's it for his UFC career" and that he wouldn't even book Jackson in the Contenders series.

White said that he was embarrassed by what transpired in the fight on Jackson’s side and that he regrets not placing Punk vs. Jackson on the UFC Fightpass prelims portion of the card, placing that blame squarely on Jackson not taking the fight seriously enough, questioning his "Bolo Punches."

White noted the live gate at the United Center in Chicago was $2.55 million and that they were sold out to the point they began selling standing room spaces.

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