I understand not liking the UFC signing him and the push he has received etc. However, Punk is a good guy and has been very respectful and deferential to everyone. He also didn't sign a deal and hop in the octogan for a cash grab like Dada or a Jose Canseco deal. The guy has spent close to 2 years of his life training and rehabbing from an injury to try this. Whereas most guys in MMA get to fail at first quietly infront of a couple hundred people in some local show, he is doing it in front of millions. Is he getting a chance others don't? Of course, but that's prize fighting. Money is first and that's why Nick Diaz can go away for a year or more with O wins since 2011 and step right into a main event or the title picture. He is famous and he is going to make Stipe a lot of extra money with the ppv buys he generates.