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CM Punk does ESPN “car wash”

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Phil “CM Punk” Brooks participated in the ESPN “car wash” yesterday at the network’s campus in Connecticut.  The whirlwind of interviews on the various ESPN shows detailing his signing with the UFC should hype up an anticipated debut sometime in 2015. For his part, Punk (who has the rights to the name CM Punk) has […]

ESPN signs Sonnen to analyst job

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MMA Junkie reports that ESPN has hired former UFC star and Fox Sports 1 TV analyst Chael Sonnen.  Sonnen was let go from FOX after he failed a pre-UFC 175 drug test. Per an ESPN press release, Sonnen will join ESPN as a UFC Analyst.  Per the release, he has signed on to “a multi-fight […]