That first pro fight against Templeton featured on the reality show Looking for a Fight, where White travelled around to find fighters he could sign to the UFC. “I had to make the most of this so I said his (Punk’s) name”. “I’m interested in Mickey Gall” and I was like, ‘Whooo!’ I’m fighting after Jimmie Rivera and Urijah Faber.
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The final episode of the UFC/Fox Sports 1 documentary, The Evolution of Punk, aired Tuesday (pushed back a day due to the long weekend in the U.S.). “Even Anthony had some commentary today saying, ‘Wow, Punk is doing way better.’ He’s been kind of going easy on Punk and Punk cracked him with a good one and Anthony started to get after him a little bit and Punk weathered the storm very nicely”. Mickey trains his ass off and he trains with a good team.
“Within the rules set, I’m going to be going in there to kill him”, Gall said.
Many people are interested in seeing CM Punk finally enter the Octagon – including his former peers. I’m not trying to talk anybody into the building on this one. That’s the beauty of it. “It doesn’t need to be a weird, verbal pissing contest”. The Ohio commission, however, chose to waive the requirement based on several considerations, including Punk’s professional wrestling experience under the WWE banner. There’s an appropriate amount of buildup.
“I think the 185ers, seeing how big and lean they are”, he said.
CM Punk: “This is a competition…” You want to prove yourself right.
Mickey Gall: “I’m always asked about why I think there’s tough guys from Jersey”. I find the open workouts kind of amusing sometimes.
Another is from someone who has no real reason to be gracious on the topic of CM Punk. “I definitely see myself winning, and if I had to pick, I’d pick TKO”.
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“I just thought about the path to getting to the UFC where I want to be, where I belong, so it took me a minute (after that call) to be like, ‘OK I’m going to do that'”.
