[ 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.
