MELBOURNE, Australia – If you’re still waiting for Phil “CM Punk” Brooks to make that long-promoted UFC debut, company president Dana White is urging a little patience.

White said the former WWE star and MMA newcomer is still a go for his first UFC fight, though it’ll likely take place in mid-2016 instead of the original plan of late 2015.

“He’ll fight – I’m going to say before summer, probably before summer,” White said a Q&A session with fans on Friday (watch the whole Q&A above).

An Australian fan, who experiences the “Down Under” summer during North America’s winter months, then asked, “Which summer, yours or ours?”

That elicited a laugh from White. The UFC boss ultimately urged patience with the 37-year-old, who’s now training with Roufusport in Milwaukee alongside the likes of Ben Askren and Anthony Pettis.

“Listen, he doesn’t have any fights yet, man,” White said. “Let him take his time and work his way in.”

The CM Punk schedule took a hit back in October when the longtime pro wrestler suffered a training injury. Like White, trainer Duke Roufus recently said the debut was pushed to 2016, likely in the spring, due to the shoulder injury.

For more on the UFC’s upcoming schedule, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.