5 Things we need to know about Mickey Gall, the man that beat CM Punk
CM Punk’s moniker in the WWE was ‘Best in the World’ and few would have disputed that, given how dexterious he was both in the ring, and certainly on the microphone. However, when he decided to opt for a career in MMA after calling it quits with the WWE, there quite a few raised eyebrows to say the least.
And as he found out during the short 2-odd minutes he spent in the Octagon, their skepticism was justified. CM Punk may have made an amateur mistake in rushing Mickey Gall, but what ensued after Gall took him to the ground was nothing short of a mauling.
Punk didn’t land 1 clear strike in the fight, not that it lasted too long, but even in the 2-odd minutes that it did last, the gulf in class between an MMA fighter that has been training for this for almost a decade and a ‘celebrity that wants to challenge himself’ as Joe Rogan succinctly put it, was painfully apparent.
We may or may not see Punk again in the Octagon, although he said that he would be back in his post-fight interview, but it is quite apparent that Mickey Gall is here to stay.
He has been nothing but highly impressive in his 2 UFC fights till now, and it would seem that he has quite the nose for picking a fight as well, calling out Super Sage Northcutt, another fighter that became popular after featuring in the ‘Dana White: Looking for a Fight’ series.
On that note, here are 5 things that you may not have known about Mickey Gall.