After several months of waiting, the MMA world — and to an extent, the pro wrestling world — finally got the announcement that they have been waiting for. At Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson event, Micky Gall defeated Mike Jackson with an impressive 41-second knockout to officially become the opponent for former WWE Superstar CM Punk’s UFC fighting debut later this year.
Gall earned the opportunity to fight against Punk after calling him out live in the cage in his pro MMA debut in front of UFC President Dana White a few months ago. The scene was filmed for White’s new reality show, “Dana White: Lookin’ For A Fight,” prompting the UFC to sign the MMA newcomer and put him in a preliminary fight with “the lottery ticket” on the line.
Following his victory this evening, Gall and Punk did a brief promotional stare-down in the Octagon and that too was filmed, so the UFC is already compiling a decent amount of video material despite the fact that Punk has no fights on tape, which is traditionally the material used in the pre-fight “Countdown” specials.
After several months of waiting, the MMA world — and to an extent, the pro wrestling world — finally got the announcement that they have been waiting for. At Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson event, Micky Gall defeated Mike Jackson with an impressive 41-second knockout to officially become the opponent for former WWE Superstar CM Punk’s UFC fighting debut later this year.
Gall earned the opportunity to fight against Punk after calling him out live in the cage in his pro MMA debut in front of UFC President Dana White a few months ago. The scene was filmed for White’s new reality show, “Dana White: Lookin’ For A Fight,” prompting the UFC to sign the MMA newcomer and put him in a preliminary fight with “the lottery ticket” on the line.
Following his victory this evening, Gall and Punk did a brief promotional stare-down in the Octagon and that too was filmed, so the UFC is already compiling a decent amount of video material despite the fact that Punk has no fights on tape, which is traditionally the material used in the pre-fight “Countdown” specials.
