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Mickey Gall Will Look Like An ‘A**hole’ If He Loses To CM Punk

Mickey Gall has become somewhat of a well-known name in the mixed martial arts world over the past year. After calling out Phil “CM Punk” Brooks on an episode of Dana White’s Looking For A Fight, Gall made his Octagon debut last February, bulldozing through Mike Jackson. He will now get to face off with

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Mickey Gall has become somewhat of a well-known name in the mixed martial arts world over the past year. After calling out Phil “CM Punk” Brooks on an episode of Dana White’s Looking For A Fight, Gall made his Octagon debut last February, bulldozing through Mike Jackson. He will now get to face off with Punk, a former professional wrestler with no prior fighting experience, at September 10’s UFC 203 from Cleveland, Ohio.

Due to the fact that he’s never competed in a cage before, Punk has received quite a bit of criticism. With that being said, Gall feels as if needs to represent MMA in the upcoming fight, adding in that he’ll look like an ‘a**hole’ if he loses to Punk (Via MMAMania):

“I will look like an asshole if I get beat by CM Punk,” Gall told Sirius XM Fight Club hosts RJ Clifford and Steve Cofield. “People are treating him like a joke. I’m taking it very seriously. I want people to look at like I’m representing real MMA fighters, guys who grinded, guys who had to work shit jobs to be able to make a little money around their training schedule. I hope people look at it as I’m representing MMA. I plan to back that up.”

While Gall isn’t familiar enough with Punk to promise too many mind games, he did guarantee that he will dish out a ‘whooping’ on September 10th:

“A whooping is coming whether he talks shit or not,” Gall replied. “I don’t’ know. I’m really familiar with him as a wrestler. I did hear he was a big personality and a big talker. I don’t know. I’m not sure. I’m not very familiar with him so it’s hard to get inside his head, but you know we are going to fight no matter what. I think … I get why they brought him over. I can see why people are disgruntled about it. There is money to be made with him. There is a lot of money to be made with him. There is a lot of eyes that he’ll bring. He will say pay-per-views. He will make money. I totally understand that. I think it’s a smart business move. And from what I’ve seen this guy is actually trying to be a fighter. Sure, he’s a professional wrestler, but I think he’s trying. I definitely think he is trying.”

Does Punk stand a chance against the 24-year-old Gall?

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Surprise! CM Punk Is A Sizeable Underdog Against Mickey Gall

After more than a year-and-a-half of waiting and speculating, former WWE champion Phil “CM Punk” Brooks finally has his first UFC fight set against up-and-coming prospect Mickey Gall at September 10’s UFC 103 pay-per-view (PPV) event from Cleveland, Ohio. Punk was revealed as having signed with the UFC at December 2014’s UFC 181 after a

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After more than a year-and-a-half of waiting and speculating, former WWE champion Phil “CM Punk” Brooks finally has his first UFC fight set against up-and-coming prospect Mickey Gall at September 10’s UFC 103 pay-per-view (PPV) event from Cleveland, Ohio.

Punk was revealed as having signed with the UFC at December 2014’s UFC 181 after a massively successful run in pro-wrestling, and he immediately began appearing at seemingly any and all UFC-related event and/or press conference.

His training was supposedly going well at Milwaukee’s Roufusport, but then Punk suffered a setback in the form of shoulder surgery that delayed his progress, which had already been hindered by coach Duke Roufus’ declaration that he was not fight ready. Apparently the oddsmakers in Las Vegas agree with that assessment, as Punk has opened as a sizeable +240 underdog according to BestFightOdds.com.

Gall is a -300 favorite as a relatively inexperienced 2-0 professional MMA fighter. He recently made his UFC debut by submitting boxer Mike Jackson at February’s UFC 182, earning him the right to face Brooks after he was discovered by Dana White on his “Looking For A Fight” show in November last year.

Many believe that the younger, less worn Gall will run through the 37-year-old Punk with ease. The overarching belief is that Brooks has simply put his body through too many injuries and the wear-and-tear of a grueling full-time pro-wrestling schedule, and additionally has no actual nor relevant mixed martial arts experience on his record.

He’ll have his chance to prove his many doubters wrong on September 10, but if you believe what the books are telling you, the odds just aren’t in favor of that happening.

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