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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