The following are highlights of a new “MMA Hour” interview with Paul Heyman:

On Punk possibly fighting in MMA: “Punk has always had the opinion that at its core, when the cage door gets locked it’s two really capable people punching each other in the face until one drops. Sometimes the skill level is overrated, and the ability to just fight comes into play. He’s educated in MMA. He’ a very serious student of the disciplines and he’s become far more entrenched.”

On transitioning from wrestling to MMA and vice-versa: “He’s a fighter at heart. One of the things that makes it so interesting is he came into the wrestling world as a fighter who ended up performing, not a performer making a transition into the fighting world.”

Read more from the Heyman interview, where he talks more about Punk in MMA, a possible UFC return for Brock Lesnar and more at MMANews.com.

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