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>> 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.

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>> 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.

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>> 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.