Bill Goldberg has a lot of time on his hands now-a-days and seeing CM Punk & Brock Lesnar make the jump to MMA has the former WCW champion thinking about a possible jump to the octagon.
Goldberg was asked on Submission Radio whether he’d consider having at leafs one MMA fight and he was quick to voice his opinion:
“Abso-damn-lutely. That is in the back of my mind and it has been for the past couple of months, and you know, hey I’m 48-years-old. The reality is that it’s not like I didn’t retire from the NFL because of injuries. So my body is torn to shreds, but I continue to have the desire to compete. I talked to Royce Gracie this morning, same thing with him. You know warriors never die, they just get older. And you know things change a bit, but you know the spirit never dies. Therefore every day I look for some type of physical test, and you know whether it’s putting myself against myself, which is my own worst critic and no question my biggest advisory. You know if I can please myself, then I can guarantee you that I could go out there and have some fun with people. You know Rampage [Jackson] and I were supposed to train earlier in the week. He unfortunately has the flu. We’ve got a number of guys at the gym that like to trade punches. That’s a lot of fun.”
Goldberg also gave his opinion on whether CM Punk will succeed in the UFC:
“Oh yeah. I mean I think anybody can be successful if they take the proper route prior to stepping in that cage. I wanted to talk to Royce [Gracie] a lot about CM [Punk] because I’m not going to pass judgement on anyone until I know 100 percent of their background, until I watch what they’re doing. I want to see what his stand up’s like. You know I think it was a great PR move for the UFC.
I’m sure we will see a lot of wrestlers and other professional athletes consider the jump to MMA when their other avenues begin to dry up.