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  • [ dramatic music ]

  • ♪♪

  • >> Man: CM Punk is a guy who recently signed with the UFC.

  • Now he doesn't have a wrestling pedigree.

  • He has more of a pro wrestling pedigree.

  • Do you think he could actually get to a level

  • of a UFC fighter in a few months to fight in the organization?

  • >> Man #2: This isn't WWE.

  • I mean no.

  • No, you're an idiot. You're gonna get hurt.

  • You deserve to get hurt to think that way.

  • >> Announcer: CM Punk!

  • >> Woman: WWE champion, CM Punk.

  • >> Man: CM Punk.

  • [ crowd chanting "CM Punk! ]

  • >> Joe Rogan: Is this a one time adventure

  • or are you considering this as your new career?

  • >> This is my new career and when it's all said and done,

  • when I'm finished, everybody is going to have to respect me

  • because I have come here to fight.

  • >> Michael Bisping: This isn't story time with mom and dad.

  • This is the real thing and he's going to learn

  • pretty hard and pretty fast

  • that this was a gigantic mistake

  • on his behalf.

  • >> Mike Goldberg: Anderson--oh, he got hit!

  • >> Joe: Oh, my God!

  • >> Mike: It's over!

  • >> Joe: He's going out.

  • >> Mike: And it's all over!

  • >> Joe: That's a wrap.

  • >> Mike: The mixed martial artist rules.

  • >> There are all these MMA purists who are up in arms

  • about it, about how I'm 0-0 and I'm getting this shot

  • in the UFC and it's not right and it's not fair.

  • Yeah, I'm not a black belt in anything.

  • I'm starting from the ground up.

  • There probably is a lot of making up I need to do,

  • but I wanted to just prove that I could do it.

  • I hope to inspire somebody.

  • I was definitely a bit of an outcast.

  • I didn't really fit in.

  • And you have kids like me all over the world who feel like

  • they don't fit in anywhere and they don't have a home.

  • If I can show somebody that they have what it takes to do

  • whatever it is somebody is telling them they can't

  • or shouldn't even try,

  • I'll feel way better about myself when I go to bed.

  • [ dramatic music ]

  • ♪♪

  • ♪♪

  • [ crowd chanting "CM Punk" ]

  • ♪♪

  • ♪♪

  • >> I'm pretty much driving to

  • an area of Wisconsin called West Allis, Wisconsin.

  • Being an independent wrestler,

  • I used to do this drive once, twice a month

  • in 1999 to like 2004.

  • An hour and a half drive for a guy like me is a cake walk.

  • I'm used to five-hour drives at midnight

  • getting to the next town.

  • So this is no problem.

  • If you put MMA on television as prominent as wrestling

  • was in the '80s, I mean I guarantee my life

  • would have taken a different path.

  • >> Alright, let's glove up.

  • Let's do this today.

  • >> Punk: Anthony Pettis fought Cerrone in Chicago

  • and I met Duke-- I actually sat with him

  • and pretty much his whole team.

  • He has been everywhere and has done everything.

  • He has been a champion.

  • He has coached champions.

  • Roufusport is the best team in MMA.

  • >> Roufus: Let's find out where you are at.

  • Alright, kick.

  • Let's start out.

  • Pop. Good-- don't put those hands together.

  • Kick.

  • Pop. Remember, step hard.

  • You can hit me hard. Come on.

  • Take your time.

  • Don't open yourself up though, remember?

  • I know you want to hit that bad boy hard,

  • but make sure you're protecting yourself, okay?

  • >> Punk: The great thing about me

  • not having trained super extensively,

  • I don't have any super bad habits

  • that Duke has to try to reverse engineer.

  • >> Roufus: Ready-- Step.

  • Good.

  • Start a little closer to me, champ.

  • >> Scott: The number one basic parry there is,

  • is the jab.

  • What you don't want to do, is try to stop it right here.

  • No room for error.

  • Don't do this.

  • Okay, now what?

  • Yeah, he's going to keep hitting.

  • You went backwards, Phil.

  • It will come.

  • This is actually harder than it looks.

  • >> Punk: Today I started getting a little bit

  • frustrated with myself.

  • >> Scott: Open up a little bit; don't be so--

  • You're almost trying to be too perfect, Punk.

  • Relax.

  • I always tell people, "Relax,

  • you're only going to get hit in the head."

  • You're not made of glass.

  • >> Punk: I think this training is super challenging

  • and I'm sore and I'm tired.

  • Today makes me feel like it's really all up in the air.

  • [ optimistic rock music ]

  • ♪♪

  • >> April: What did you get?

  • >> Punk: Doughnuts.

  • I got one plain glazed for you

  • because I know you like them.

  • >> Thank you.

  • >> There is one peanut butter chocolate pocket

  • or something.

  • There is like a cinnamon sugar cake doughnut and then

  • there's a Boston creme, which I'm probably going to eat.

  • >> I have to bare my mid-drift.

  • >> You don't have to.

  • >> On television.

  • >> Wear a one piece.

  • >> Punk: I met my wife in WWE.

  • She's just the most awesome human being that I have

  • probably ever met in my entire life.

  • I've ruined my fair share of relationships

  • because of pro wrestling.

  • All of a sudden, I had this precious thing

  • that I didn't want to ruin.

  • I got out and a big focus was my relationship with my wife

  • and my marriage and doing what I could to make sure

  • that was healthy and that was always a very important aspect

  • of my life going forward.

  • She's not the biggest MMA fan,

  • so she doesn't totally understand the differences.

  • But I just picture her thinking the worst.

  • I would get anxious thinking about telling her,

  • because I wasn't exactly sure what her reaction

  • was gonna be.

  • >> April: I will go to the fight.

  • I don't know if I'll be at the page or not,

  • but I'll be there.

  • I just don't enjoy seeing your face with bruises on it.

  • It's tough for me to watch.

  • >> Punk: It's what?

  • >> It's hard for me to watch.

  • >> Punk: Once I started explaining it to her,

  • she saw the spark and she immediately was like,

  • "Okay, cool.

  • I'm not gonna watch your fight,

  • but I support you 100 percent."

  • >> April: I'll just close my eyes the whole time.

  • >> What am I giving you?

  • There you go.

  • See how it just buckled the leg?

  • I'm showing you things.

  • Take advantage of it when I show it to you.

  • >> Punk: I got to work on a lot of stuff,

  • but I'm in there and I see feints

  • and I see him throwing stuff

  • and I know what it feels like to get hit.

  • I just got to get better all around.

  • >> Scott: Time.

  • Good work.

  • >> Punk: I got a ways to go.

  • >> Scott: You did some good things.

  • >> Punk: Thanks, coach.

  • >> April: You are going back at six?

  • >> Yeah. >> Oh, okay.

  • >> Punk: I probably will be doing stuff until 7:30 or 8:00.

  • >> April: What are you going to do?

  • >> What?

  • >> April: What are you doing?

  • >> Same thing I did today.

  • Sparring.

  • What?

  • >> April: So does it involve getting hit in the eye?

  • >> Punk: Look at my face.

  • Do I have a googly eye?

  • >> You don't, not yet.

  • But you better not when you come back later.

  • >> I will be fine.

  • >> Okay.

  • I feel like I need to inspect you.

  • >> Punk: You did when you came in.

  • I could have told you I did jiu-jitsu today

  • and you would have been like "Ah."

  • >> But now I'm searching for some stuff.

  • Don't hit that face.

  • >> I don't hit my own face.

  • >> Don't let anyone hit that face.

  • That's my face.

  • I will go have a word with them.

  • >> The idea is to not get hit.

  • That's what I'm working on.

  • >> Is that the idea? >> That's what I'm working on.

  • >> One of these days I'll go with you and watch.

  • >> Punk: Okay. >> That day is not today.

  • I'm not ready.

  • I'm sorry.

  • >> Every time I want you to shut up,

  • I just kiss you.

  • >> It works.

  • >> Punk: It doesn't.

  • >> Pettis: Go!

  • Base, Punk. Get your base.

  • Tighten up and walk. Push him off.

  • You know what the technique is,

  • get off of him.

  • Nice. Reset.

  • Go crazy there.

  • Get him off.

  • I'm going to jump in too. See how I do it.

  • When I first started, I didn't worry about the detail,

  • I worried about the result.

  • So if you can be result driven,

  • the details will come as you get results.

  • So I want to get off my back.

  • Ten different ways to get off your back.

  • Which one works for you?

  • Keep going.

  • >> Punk: As a kid, I just remember there were many years

  • where there were barely any Christmas presents.

  • But my mother and father each had a carton

  • of cigarettes a week.

  • My dad had his case of beer

  • and my mom had her pills or what not.

  • I didn't understand like, "Why don't you help us first,

  • instead of helping yourself?"

  • I would try to not be around as much as I possibly could

  • and eventually I just never came home.

  • When you go to a public high school,

  • there's the jocks, there's the nerds--you know,

  • what else is there?

  • I was somewhere in-between.

  • I didn't really fit in with any group.

  • It didn't get any stranger than me.

  • When I was 15, I discovered there was a youth subculture

  • called straight edge.

  • And I read that and I went, "Oh hey, that's me."

  • I've been able to touch people in a way

  • that was never a goal of mine.

  • Before it was about I want to be a wrestler, period.

  • That's it.

  • You know, but now I realize I think, I have this reach.

  • So I would like to use that reach for good.

  • >> Man: I will be rooting for you in the UFC.

  • >> Punk: Oh, good. Thank you.

  • I'm going to be very prepared. It's going to be fun.

  • Hi, how are you?

  • Is this for me, or am I signing this?

  • >> It's for you. >> Why are you crying?

  • >> Because I love you so much.

  • >> Punk: No, that's sweet of you.

  • But I don't like it when women cry.

  • Excellent. >> Can I hug you?

  • >> You are too much.

  • You are too much, kiddo.

  • >> She bought the sweatshirt off your new line.

  • Now she's not going to wash it ever.

  • >> You should wash it.

  • If it gets dirty, let's just wash it.

  • >> So you're dad, then? >> Yeah

  • >> Right on.

  • I like to hear that stuff.

  • That's the whole purpose of doing this.

  • I know there are people that I don't know all over the world

  • that are pulling for me and are fans of me and yeah,

  • it's extremely important.

  • Yes, I'm doing this for me, absolutely,

  • 100 percent all the way.

  • But if I inspire one person to do something that somebody

  • told them that they can't do, then we have all done our jobs.

  • >> Hit.

  • Put your head into it.

  • Get ready.

  • >> Punk: Because of the outside perception of me

  • being a pro wrestler and my body type and what not.

  • People are always harping on me,

  • "He's not even an athlete.

  • Blah, blah, blah."

  • I'm not the greatest athlete but I dare you to watch me

  • work for a day and tell me that I'm not an athlete.

  • That's why I don't discourage anybody.

  • If you love it and its something you want to do,

  • you have to do it.

  • >> Roufus: King of Wraslin' versus the king of wrestling.

  • Watch out, Ben is going to DDT you.

  • >> Askren: I love that one.

  • Boom!

  • >> [ bleep ] me.

  • >> I truly believe, PMA.

  • It's right there on my middle finger.

  • Positive mental attitude.

  • If I actually believe in myself

  • and I'm confident in my abilities

  • and I'm comfortable in those surroundings

  • and I visualize the right opponent

  • and I go through every single scenario in my head

  • and it's all positive, I'm going to win.

  • That's definitely an aspect of the fight game

  • I don't think a lot of fighters grasp.

  • >> First time for everything there, Mr. Punk.

  • >> I know, I love it.

  • >> Roufus: This is that feeling,

  • there is no turning back.

  • Once the hands are taped, it's happening.

  • I just want you to stay cool and do what you need to do.

  • You know this is first time.

  • Don't put pressure on yourself, trip out.

  • This is two months you have been training.

  • Most people we wouldn't put in that quick,

  • but, you know, you have the desire to do this.

  • >> I would say the biggest thing, trust what we've

  • been showing you, you know?

  • Don't doubt yourself.

  • It's like, trust it, you know.

  • >> Take your stage presence from, you know,

  • the wrestling industry and use it.

  • >> Roufus: Good.

  • Nice.

  • Doing good, coach.

  • He's looking good.

  • He's a gamer.

  • We are going to find out if he is a gamer.

  • Let's go.

  • >> Pettis: This is it.

  • Just like this with 18,000 people.

  • You've been here before.

  • You have been here before.

  • It's nothing.

  • >> Roufus: A lot of us know who Craig is,

  • he's a professional Welterweight fighter.

  • Decorated collegiate athlete.

  • So let's give it up for Craig.

  • [ cheering ]

  • This man needs no introduction.

  • The one and only, CM Punk.

  • [ cheering ]

  • Alright, let's go.

  • We're either winning or learning.

  • Fight!

  • Let's go.

  • Come on.

  • Good.

  • Hit and move. Hit and move.

  • Don't stay on him.

  • Nice. That's it.

  • There you go.

  • Good takedown.

  • >> Pettis: Whizzer. Whizzer! >> Roufus: Sprawl. Sprawl!

  • >> Pettis: You better move now,

  • you're losing the fight here.

  • >> Roufus: You got to get that underhook.

  • There you go. Get on your side.

  • Stand up.

  • >> Man: Don't give your back, stay there.

  • >> Pettis Watch your neck.

  • Watch your neck.

  • >> Roufus: Time.

  • Alright, to the corners.

  • >> Pettis: You lost that round based on just positioning.

  • If you don't have the technique off your back,

  • get your ass up.

  • You're losing the fight on your back.

  • >> Roufus: Fight!

  • >> Pettis: Stay long. Stay long!

  • Get low. Get low!

  • >> Roufus: That's it. Get moving.

  • Nice! There you go!

  • >> Pettis: Get your feet back.

  • Get your leg back.

  • Watch that choke.

  • Watch that choke.

  • It's too high.

  • >> Roufus: Alright. Tap.

  • Doing good though. Doing good, kid.

  • You are going against an experienced guy.

  • Fight!

  • You got to defend it.

  • >> Pettis: Defend that takedown.

  • >> Roufus: Defend. Defend. Defend.

  • >> Pettis: Use that cage. Use that cage.

  • >> Roufus: Good, Craig. There you go.

  • Keep fighting.

  • Watch the arm bar.

  • Step over.

  • Good.

  • >> Go. Go. Go.

  • [ epic music ]

  • ♪♪

  • >> Roufus: Watch the leg lock.

  • Good reversal, Craig.

  • Off your back. Come on, let's attack.

  • 20!

  • Hands together.

  • Tap.

  • Good. Alright.

  • This was his first fight,

  • so, I mean, I thought he did really good,

  • just you know-- you all know,

  • you are either winning or you are doing what?

  • [ crowd says "Learning" ] >> Roufus: Exactly.

  • So Craig wins this one tonight.

  • >> Good job.

  • > Roufus: You had to feel what it feels like, right?

  • >> We have a baseline.

  • >> Roufus: Here's the thing, my older brother was a world champ.

  • You know how many beatings I took from him before I got good.

  • >> I didn't have any delusions coming in here.

  • It wasn't like, "I'm going to knock this [bleep] out.

  • >> Roufus: No, no, I thought you did good.

  • >> I don't want to have the mentality always

  • that I'm going to survive.

  • >> I mean I'm happy.

  • I have never put anyone in that quick

  • after two months of training.

  • I don't care if they are BJJ black belt.

  • A world-class kickboxer.

  • I mean this was new territory for me.

  • So I was nervous doing this whole thing.

  • You did good though, I was proud of you.

  • >> Thanks, Duke.

  • >> You went with a real deal dude, you know.

  • >> Punk: I got the first three rounds under my belt.

  • Learn something everyday.

  • Get better everyday.

  • So when my fight does come, I will be the one winning.

  • [ Broken Record by Bouncing Souls ]

  • Going to the same ol' places

  • Skipping like a broken record

  • ♪ I love you all but I got to get out

  • Change this scenery

  • ♪ I tried to find some place that seemed right for me

  • >> Punk: This isn't pro wrestling.

  • This is actually real.

  • [ Bouncing Souls ] ♪ When I lost my mind the truth set me free

  • >> Go faster, faster!

  • [ Bouncing Souls ] ♪ Nowhere to run from myself

  • Nowhere to hide from the truth

  • Nowhere to run from myself

  • Nowhere to hide from the truth

  • >> Yeah, there we go.

  • [ Bouncing Souls ] ♪ --Somebody to give myself to

  • Nowhere to run from myself

  • Nowhere to hide from the truth

  • ♪♪

  • Nowhere to run from myself

  • Nowhere to hide from the truth

  • >> Punk: This is the biggest challenge

  • I have ever put in front of me.

  • I want to show the world what I know is inside of me.

  • [ Bouncing Souls ] ♪ Set me free

  • ♪♪

  • Set me free

  • >> Punk: This is their world.

  • [ Bouncing Souls ] ♪ Set me free

  • >> Punk I'm just getting started in it.

  • We are targeting like Welterweight 170

  • for me to fight at.

  • >> I'm not prepared for this.

  • >> Hello.

  • >> What's up, buddy. How are you?

  • >> Punk: To be successful at anything,

  • you have to be a little bit crazy.

[ dramatic music ]

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