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Video: Extended CM Punk interview talks UFC debut, drop to welterweight, and more

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is in Chicago for tomorrow night's (Sat., July 25, 2015) UFC on FOX 16 event and since CM Punk lives in "The Windy City" -- when he's not shacked up in Milwaukee training under Duke Roufus -- FOX analyst Ariel Helwani made it a point to stop by and say hello.

And he somehow got 45 minutes from the "UFC fighter," which sounds like a strange thing to call someone who has never stepped foot inside the Octagon but okay, I'll play along.

Some of the topics include Punk's welterweight debut, which is expected to come in late 2015 or early 2016, wanting to share a pay-per-view (PPV) card with Ronda Rousey or Conor McGregor, competing in Chicago for his second fight, and being called "CM Punk" instead of Phil Brooks.