This Month’s MMA Birthdays: ‘CM Punk’ Turns 40
Stardom brought Phil Brooks to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, but it does appear as though he possesses the requisite skills to stay there.
“CM Punk” -- who will celebrate his 40th birthday on Oct. 26 -- made the transition from World Wrestling Entertainment to professional mixed martial arts in 2016, trading in a wildly successful and lucrative career for uncharted territory. Operating out of the Roufusport camp in Milwaukee, Brooks made his MMA debut at UFC 203 and lasted a little more than two minutes before Mickey Gall submitted him with a rear-naked choke. He headed back to the drawing board under the direction of four-time world kickboxing champion Duke Roufus and returned to the Octagon at UFC 225, where he squared off with Mike Jackson on June 9 in Chicago. There, Brooks lost a lopsided unanimous decision across three rounds, with all three cageside judges striking 30-26 scorecards against him. Where he goes from here remains anyone’s guess.
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OCT. 1
Helio Gracie, 1913-2009Devin Cole, 42
Jerrod Sanders, 38
Ryan LaFlare, 35
Alexander Hernandez, 26
OCT. 2
David Heath, 42Takayo Hashi, 41
Alexandre Pimentel, 40
Ed Herman, 38
Alex Reyes, 32
OCT. 3
Thiago Alves, 35Leo Kuntz, 35
Dave Herman, 34
Seok Mo Kim, 32
Sirwan Kakai, 29
OCT. 4
Milton Vieira, 40Joshua Burkman, 38
Liam McGeary, 36
Alexis Davis, 34
Ralek Gracie, 33
Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger, 33
Andrew Bard, 31
Erik Koch, 30
Michinori Tanaka, 28
OCT. 5
Hiromitsu Kanehara, 48Rich Franklin, 44
Matt Hamill, 42
Kyle Baker, 38
Robert Drysdale, 37
OCT. 6
Olly Bradstreet, 35Brett Martinez, 32
Masio Fullen, 31
Jennifer Maia, 30
Yair Rodriguez, 26
OCT. 7
Akihiro Gono, 44Kyacey Uscola, 37
Chris Mickle, 35
Yuta Sasaki, 29
Jordan Wright, 27
OCT. 8
Siala-Mou Siliga, 48Ryo Chonan, 42
Roger Hollett, 40
Francisco Rivera, 37
Will Brooks, 32
OCT. 9
Gene LeBell, 86Josh Diekmann, 42
Luis Palomino, 38
Jorge Santiago, 38
Blagoy Ivanov, 32
OCT. 10
Brad Mitchell, 44Brandon Vera, 41
Douglas Evans, 38
Terry Martin, 38
Doo Won Seo, 37
Carla Esparza, 31
Jordan Mein, 29
OCT. 11
Francis Carmont, 37Charles Byrd, 35
Nick Denis, 35
Desmond Green, 29
Sheymon Moraes, 28
Dave Burrow, 27
OCT. 12
Fred Ettish, 63John McCarthy, 56
Wes Sims, 39
Jason High, 37
Bashir Ahmad, 36
Ronnie Mann, 32
Omari Akhmedov, 31
Kyoji Horiguchi, 28
OCT. 13
Matt Hughes, 45Bryan Baker, 33
Talita Nogueira, 33
John Albert, 32
Saiful Merican, 30
OCT. 14
Kathina Catron, 33Tony Sims, 33
Jim Alers, 32
Josh Grispi, 30
Jiri Prochazka, 26
OCT. 15
Darren Uyenoyama, 39Art Arciniega, 37
Jacob Draves, 36
Vaughan Lee, 36
Karolina Kowalkiewicz, 33
OCT. 16
Kazuyuki Fujita, 48Mike Hayes, 38
Rafael Rebello, 38
Frankie Edgar, 37
Maximo Blanco, 35
OCT. 17
Joey Villasenor, 43Rex Richards, 38
Holly Holm, 37
Ben Rothwell, 37
Buddy Roberts, 36
Luke Rockhold, 34
Edimilson Souza, 34
Charles Oliveira, 29
OCT. 18
Stoney Hale, 39Greg Nagy, 35
Alonzo Menifield, 31
Jorina Baars, 30
Ji Yeon Kim, 29
OCT. 19
Yukiko Seki, 48Gilbert Smith, 37
Gokhan Saki, 35
Terry Etim, 33
Drew Dober, 30
Sabah Homasi, 30
Sean Powers, 29
OCT. 20
John Fraser, 41Josh Copeland, 36
Hayder Hassan, 36
Paul Redmond, 32
Ashley Yoder, 31
OCT. 21
Gil Castillo, 53Clint Godfrey, 36
Shawn Jordan, 34
Ed Ruth, 28
Lowen Tynanes, 28
OCT. 22
Ajlin Ahmic, 34Kosuke Suzuki, 34
Rin Nakai, 32
Alex White, 30
Amanda Bobby Cooper, 27
OCT. 23
Jason Butcher, 34Jeremy May, 32
Jake Collier, 30
Adam Piccolotti, 30
Andre Soukhamthath, 30
OCT. 24
Orlando Wiet, 53David Mitchell, 39
James McSweeney, 38
Mark Bocek, 37
Jesse Forbes, 34
Kelvin Gastelum, 27
James Gallagher, 22
OCT. 25
Eric Davila, 42Jeremiah O'Neal, 41
Keith Wisniewski, 37
Augusto Montano, 34
Danielle Taylor, 29
OCT. 26
Mark Schultz, 58Phil Brooks, 40
Alejandro Villalobos, 40
Seth Baczynski, 37
Cindy Dandois, 34
Rafael dos Anjos, 34
OCT. 27
Semmy Schilt, 45Sherron Leggett, 40
Misaki Takimoto, 38
Tessa Simpson, 32
Julio Arce, 29
OCT. 28
Jigoro Kano, 1860-1938Bobby Hoffman, 52
Alex Chambers, 40
Glover Teixeira, 39
L.C. Davis, 38
Will Noland, 38
OCT. 29
Will Kerr, 36Jason Langellier, 35
Antonio Braga Neto, 31
Matthew Lozano, 30
Shinju Nozawa-Auclair, 25
OCT. 30
Hong Man Choi, 38Katsunori Kikuno, 37
Ed West, 35
Jason Jackson, 28
Veronica Macedo, 23
OCT. 31
Keith Jardine, 43Joe Warren, 42
Daniel Kelly, 41
Waylon Lowe, 38
Yoshiro Maeda, 37
Myles Jury, 30
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