In this week’s Trading Shots, MMAjunkie columnist Ben Fowlkes and retired UFC/WEC fighter Danny Downes look at the UFC’s decision to sign Phil “ CM Punk ” Brooks, a former WWE wrestler with zero professional fights. Buckle up. Fowlkes: To start off this week, Danny, let me set a scene for you. I’m sitting in the media room at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas late Saturday night. The UFC 181 post-fight presser has just wrapped up, at which Anthony Pettis had a weird non-confrontation (non-frontation?) with Khabib Nurmagomedov, got asked a couple questions by a representative from Wheaties, then passed the mic off to a victorious and almost visibly happy Robbie Lawler, who had just become the UFC welterweight champion. And what was the reporter sitting next to me doing after this momentous night in MMA?

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Fight Tracks: The fighter walkout songs of UFC 181 in Las Vegas

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Stephan Bonnar just dodged a DUI arrest, according to Twitter timeline

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Robbie Lawler as UFC champion? It feels so weird, and yet so right

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UFC champ Anthony Pettis: ‘The best revenge is massive success’

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Ex-champ Johny Hendricks on UFC 181 title loss: ‘I didn’t fight’

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Dana White: Lawler-Hendricks 3 not a bad idea; MacDonald title shot not guaranteed

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Khabib Nurmagomedov Calls Out Anthony Pettis at UFC 181 Post-Fight Press Conference

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Fighters React to the UFC Signing CM Punk Via Twitter

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Robbie Lawler Leaving It All in the Cage (UFC 181 Video)

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Urijah Faber on CM Punk in the UFC: ‘Maybe he’s going to be the champ’

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Khabib Nurmagomedov crashes UFC 181, press conference, champ Pettis open to fight

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