Former WWE star CM Punk has promised that he will fight again even if it isn't with UFC.
President for the Ultimate Fighting Championship Dana White signed Punk to a multi-fight deal three years ago but has said he's not too sure whether the 38-year-old should give it another go in the Octagon after getting torn apart by Mickey Gall in two minutes and 14 seconds last September at UFC 203.
Punk, and coach Duke Roufus, are more optimistic. The former wrestler told Fox Sports: "I'm throwing names at Dana, opponents, dates.
"I don't know if he's waiting for a Chicago show or what the deal is. But if it doesn't happen in UFC it will happen somewhere else. I'm dedicated to fighting and training so we'll get there."
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WWE fans recently chanted for Punk when the company came to Chicago, his hometown, only to be shut down by Stephanie McMahon who joked about his disastrous debut.
Punk personally says his life "couldn't be better" after the Gall defeat.
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"I still don't have to wake up to an alarm, so I really can't complain about much," he said.
During his wrestling career, Punk won two WWE Championship titles, one of which he held from November 20, 2011, to January 27, 2013, making him the sixth longest holder of the title in the company's history.
CM Punk's straight-edge persona that he emphasised in the WWE goes back to his own father's struggles with alcoholism.
He started out in the backyard wrestling boom of the late nineties in the Lunatic Wrestling Federation with his friends and brother.
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Punk later enrolled at the Steel Dominion wrestling school in Chicago. Under the wing of Ace Steel, Punk trained alongside Colt Cabana and moved through the ranks of IWA mid-south, Ring of Honour, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling before joining WWE and their revamped ECW brand.
Punk eventually left the company in 2014 after failing to appear at two Raw and Smackdown! tapings. He apparently told Vince McMahon and Triple H he was "going home".
On December 6 that year, Punk announced he had signed a contract with UFC at their UFC 181 event.
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