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Dan Hardy Responds To Mickey Gall’s Challenge

UFC welterweight Mickey Gall had quite an interesting name to call out after his UFC Sacramento win over Sage Northcutt this past Saturday (December 17, 2016), when he proposed a lightweight bout with veteran Dan Hardy. Hardy has not competed inside the Octagon since his 2012 win over Amir Sadollah after being diagnosed with a

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Hardy has not competed inside the Octagon since his 2012 win over Amir Sadollah after being diagnosed with a heart issue known as Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome. During a joint interview with Ariel Helwani and Gall on The MMA Hour, courtesy of MMA Fighting, Hardy got the opportunity to respond to Gall’s challenge:

“I almost spat my tea out of my mouth when I was watching it,” Hardy said. “It was like four o’clock in the morning when I was watching, and I just wasn’t expecting it. I appreciate the callout. I appreciate the respect that you’ve shown me. But I’ve never fought anybody with less than eight fights, not even in my first pro fight. It’s just, we’re in different phases of our careers.

“I’m not looking at knocking off a future contender that I’m possibly going to commentating for in the future. And at the same time, if I was going to fight, I want to fight a veteran. I want to fight someone who’s had 20, 30 fights, who’s matured in their game and is sure of their fighting style, rather than someone who’s still developing. I like to see the development of these young fighters and I don’t want to interfere with that in any way. I’m 10 years older.”

Despite being denied by Hardy, Gall holds no ill will towards ‘The Outlaw’ and still has a huge amount of respect for the former welterweight title challenger, noting that it would have been an honor to have shared the Octagon with him:

“He has a right to feel that way,” Gall said to Hardy in response. “I respect that too. That’s cool. You’re a legend. It would’ve been an honor to fight you. That’s cool, man. I love you, Dan.”

Mickey Gall Sage Northcutt — Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

While he wasn’t at all offended by the 24-year-old Gall calling him out after his win, Hardy says that he’d much rather fight a guy that has ‘matured’ in their fighting style:

“I think he’s realistic,” Hardy said. “He said in the post-fight press conference that it was a bit of a haymaker, a bit of a wild callout, and I appreciate that. It surprised me, but I appreciate that. It was very respectful of him. I don’t think it was done in bad taste in any way. I wasn’t offended by it. But you know, there’s 100 guys on the UFC roster who would be much better opponents for him right now.

“I don’t want to beat up a kid that I’m enjoying watching,” Hardy added. “There’s a lot of older guys out there who have matured in their style, they know their fighting style, they know their capabilities, and there’s a lot of fighters out there that I would be motivated to fight. And Mickey is a kid. I appreciate where he is in his career. He’s had four fights and he’s an exciting prospect for the future. I don’t want to play a part in that, being a burden in his career in any way.”

Hardy didn’t leave Gall empty-handed, however, as he proposed another veteran name for the Gracie jiu-jitsu brown belt to possibly test himself against. Gall stated that the first UFC event he ever attended was Hardy vs. Georges St-Pierre at UFC 111 for the welterweight title, while Hardy’s first event was Thiago Alves vs. Matt Hughes at UFC 85.

Hardy proposed that Gall look at Alves as a possible veteran opponent to test the waters with:

“That’d be a great fight for him,” Hardy said. “That’d be really fun, if he wants to fight a veteran. A guy struggling to make 155. I think we should introduce a 162 weight class. Have those two guys pioneer that. … 160 is five pounds over lightweight and 10 pounds under welterweight, and I think 162, the extra two pounds, it’s a better meeting ground.

“We need more divisions. We’ve got fighters to make the divisions, there’s no doubt about it. The sport is growing. We’re having more shows every year. There are more places in the world that are producing fighters, that want shows. We need more weight classes. Fifteen pounds is a big jump. If you look at boxing, we’re not close to 15-pound jumps. And we’ve got room. A light welterweight weight class at 162 would be great, maybe add a 178 in as well at some point.”

With Gall coming off of a big win over Sage Northcutt and continuing to stay in headlines with his callouts, we could very well be looking at the next big star in the UFC. Who do you think Gall’s next Octagon test should be?

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Dan Hardy Turns Down Mickey Gall’s Fight Request

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Dan Hardy knows what it’s like to be a top contender working your way up the ladder.

And that’s why “The Outlaw” doesn’t want to face Mickey Gall.

At UFC on FOX 22 this past weekend, Gall surprised many by calling out the former UFC welterweight title challenger. Hardy, who has not fought since 2012 but continues to ponder a return to action, responded on “The MMA Hour” recently.

“I’m not looking at knocking off a future contender that I’m possibly going to be commentating for in the future. And at the same time, if I was going to fight, I want to fight a veteran,” Hardy said (thanks to MMA Fighting for the quotes). “I want to fight someone who’s had 20, 30 fights, who’s matured in their game and is sure of their fighting style, rather than someone who’s still developing. I like to see the development of these young fighters and I don’t want to interfere with that in any way. I’m 10 years older.”

Gall, who has scored back-to-back finishes vs. CM Punk and Sage Northcutt, first caught the attention of the UFC on the reality series “Lookin’ for a Fight” with Dana White.

Hardy works as an announcer for UFC Fight Pass events overseas and is co-host of “Inside the Octagon,” a series devoted to breaking down big upcoming fights.

Dan Hardy knows what it’s like to be a top contender working your way up the ladder.

And that’s why “The Outlaw” doesn’t want to face Mickey Gall.

Gall, who has scored back-to-back finishes vs. CM Punk and Sage Northcutt, first caught the attention of the UFC on the reality series “Lookin’ for a Fight” with Dana White.

Hardy works as an announcer for UFC Fight Pass events overseas and is co-host of “Inside the Octagon,” a series devoted to breaking down big upcoming fights.

Fallout: Hype Train Destruction Of Vanzant, Northcutt, And Perry

Michelle Waterson, Alan Jouban and Mickey Gall all had something in common last Saturday night. Each of them in their own way were responsible for shutting down some major hype trains. Waterson, Jouban, and Gall each had the responsibility of battling fighters who have considerable upside. That’s not to say that Paige Vanzant, Mike Perry, and Sage Northcutt don’t have a future. In fact, if nothing else the losses these three sustained were absolutely necessary for their career advancement.

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For Sage Northcutt the message was simple: stay at 155 lbs. Sure, Mickey Gall called out the young talent, but it wasn’t reason enough to fight the New Jersey native. It was a high risk, moderate reward situation that forced Northcutt to fight at a weight class that he hasn’t done very well in this far. Sage Northcutt’s handlers should have looked at the bigger picture and understood that having the twenty year old build slowly in the right division is going to be the key to the young man’s success. That and the fact that his ground game, take down and grappling defense included, needs a ton of work if he’s still hoping to be the UFC’s youngest champion.

In Mike Perry’s case he had to learn the hard way that talking trash does little in the way of winning fights. The reality is that Perry’s aggressive come forward style has the potential to be exciting but will ultimately become a double edged sword. At this point of the game you coming forward, tucking your chin, and throwing bombs does not an elite fighter make. Perry had flashes of success but his inability to adapt and change his game plan proved to be his undoing. Jouban showed that he was willing to make improvements in his own game in between camps and during the fight itself. If Perry hopes to become elite then he’ll have to be willing to change his approach and avoid his usual emotional style in order to elevate his game. If he’s able to reign in his ego, Perry truly can become a force in the UFC.

The third humble pie recipient was Paige Vanzant who has little time to show any improvements in her game outside of her footwork. Vanzant had great movement while the fight lasted on the feet, but it still was done with little purpose with no set ups for potential angles. Waterson herself showed just how dangerous she has become since her last fight inside the octagon. The head and arm throw which so rarely works in MMA was performed with such technique and power it showcased just how advanced Waterson’s game is becoming. While Vanzant will once again be forced to reevaluate, Waterson will see her star rise as her rear naked choke victory sets her up as another potential challenger for the strawweight strap.

What were your takeaways from UFC on Fox 22?

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Sage Northcutt Dropping Back Down To Lightweight

Rising UFC star “Super” Sage Northcutt suffered his second Octagon loss in the co-main event of this past weekend’s (Dec. 17, 2016) UFC on FOX 22 from Sacramento, California, getting submitted by fellow rising star Mickey Gall. Not only have both of Northcutt’s UFC losses come by way of submission, but they have both come

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With that being said, “Super” Sage announced via his official Twitter account that he would be dropping back down to his ‘real’ weight at lightweight:

Sorry I didn’t win… I’ll be going back down to my real weight class 155lbs! Thanks for the support and to all that came out to watch pic.twitter.com/EUIikE8XBT

— Sage Northcutt (@sagenorthcutt) December 19, 2016

Northcutt is currently 3-2 in the UFC and all three of those victories have come at 155-pounds. He opened up his Octagon career with back-to-back stoppages over Francisco Trevino and Cody Pfister. He then scored a unanimous decision victory over Enrique Marin at July 9’s UFC 200 prior to being stopped by Gall.

Who would you like to see “Super” Sage attempt to bounce back against next?

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Mickey Gall Reveals Sage Northcutt’s In-Fight Trash Talk

Mickey Gall continues to impress inside of the UFC Octagon, as he comes off of a second round submission win over young mixed martial arts (MMA) star Sage Northcutt in their co-main event meeting at last night’s (Saturday December 17, 2016) UFC on FOX 22 event from California. Gall clipped ‘Super Sage’ with a wild

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Gall clipped ‘Super Sage’ with a wild overhand right that rocked the youngster, and the Gracie jiu-jitsu brown belt was able to capitalize off of a stuffed takedown attempt to lock in the rear-naked choke and force Northcutt to tap. Prior to that, however, Northcutt was noticeably saying things to Gall during their bout, talking some trash to his adversary after cutting him open, something nobody really expected from the polite young Texan.

During the post-fight press conference (courtesy of MMA Fighting) Gall revealed exactly what Northcutt was telling him during their bout:

“I’ll tell you this first,” Gall said. “I wanted to play the bad guy a little bit for this, but there is no way you could be the nice guy with Sage. I wanted to talk to get him to engage with me a little bit, make him step out of his character and talk some crap maybe. And he didn’t the whole time, I was just like, ‘Ah, he’s such a sweet kid and he’s not going to do it.’ But it came out in the fight and you saw how the fight went down and I think that helped me.

“So what he said was when he stood up from my guard he was like, ‘Get up, get up,’ and he was standing right over me, so I was like, ‘Why don’t you come down? I thought you said you jiu-jitsu is better than mine,’ because he said that in the show. And the when I got up I was like, ‘What? you’re tired?’, and he was like, ‘Nah, I never get tired.’ I got to say, I like Sage with an edge. And when he blackened my eye and then he cut me, he was like, ‘Oh, that was good.’ He was talking some crap, I like that he came out a little bit.”

After his win over Northcutt, Gall expressed his interest in dropping down to the 155-pound division, claiming he believes he’ll be the champion of the talent-stacked weight class in the near future. Gall even went as far as challenging UFC veteran Dan Hardy to a lightweight bout if he decides to return to fighting action.

Your thoughts?

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Mickey Gall Plans Assault on Conor McGregor’s Title

Gall dispatched of Sage Northcutt last night in UFC Sacramento and confirmed his plan to hold McGregor’s belt within two years

UFC on Fox 22 in Sacramento saw the 24 year old prospect submit ‘Super’ Sage Northcutt to earn him a 3-0 record in the promotion.

While it may be too early to suggest a hype train is ready to gather pace, Gall’s latest victory against Northcutt (8-2) is a positive step towards more recognition and bigger fights. His latest opponent had won three of his four UFC fights, and is a well known name in MMA, due to his impressive striking and flair for showmanship.

Mickey Gall has high hopes

It took the New Jersey man less than two rounds to dispatch the younger Texan: Gall looked comfortable in a lopsided first round, and ended the contest in the second via rear-naked choke. The man who defeated C.M Punk at UFC 203 was positive in his post-fight interview, telling Brian Stann (and the MMA world) the name he wants next:

“I’m gonna drop down to 155 – I’m a little young in the tooth for 170. I think I’ll go down there, I’ll be the champion in a couple of years”.

When asked who is next, the Gracie New Jersey fighter said:

“I’d like to welcome back Dan Hardy – he’s coming back, and said he wants a marquee fight. Name a marquee fight right now? I’d be honoured to fight him, he’s a legend. I’d love to fight him”

Due to a heart condition, Hardy (34) has not fought since a 2012 decision victory over Amir Sadollah in Nottingham, England. It remains to be seen if he will step back into the octagon in 2017, so Gall may need to focus his attentions elsewhere for now. “The Outlaw” did have a response to the call out via twitter:

https://twitter.com/danhardymma/status/810316727842197504

Gall states that calling out Hardy was a “Hail Mary” which would assist in his ambition for bigger fights. McGregor’s name was also used as an example of how a fighter can find success when dropping down a weight class.

“I want to take out guys who have bigger names than me, who have more star power. Big names make nice trophies and I want some nice trophies, you know” said Gall.

“I plan on going down to 155. Making 170 is pretty easy; 155 will be pretty tough, but I think I’ll be the champion there. I like the way Conor went down [to featherweight] and suffered and made himself a champion, made himself a star. I think I can do the same thing”

“I’m tossing out the hail Mary. I’d love to see him [Hardy] come back. I’d love to see him fight me”

A future bout with Hardy would certainly garner further exposure for the young fighter, who is looking forward to a bright future in the UFC. If he will have what it takes to displace McGregor and the rest of a stacked 155 pound division, however, will take more time to determine.