{"id":195182,"date":"2016-05-25T21:45:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T04:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=195182"},"modified":"2016-05-25T21:45:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T04:45:56","slug":"mickey-gall-gives-update-on-status-of-fight-with-cm-punk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cm-punk\/mickey-gall-gives-update-on-status-of-fight-with-cm-punk\/","title":{"rendered":"Mickey Gall gives update on status of fight with CM Punk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2014, it was revealed that the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/breaking-ufc-signs-cm-punk\/\">UFC had signed<\/a> former WWE champion CM Punk, despite the pro wrestler having zero competitive MMA experience.<\/p>\n<p>After a lengthy search, UFC President Dana White <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/fertitta-cm-punks-debut-opponent-sometimes-youve-got-invest-fighter-development\/\">discovered 1-0 amateur MMA fighter Mickey Gall<\/a> during his &#8220;Dana White: Lookin&#8217; For A Fight&#8221; web series.  <\/p>\n<p>The pair were initially supposed to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/mickey-gall-gets-fight-with-cm-punk-with-win-at-ufc-196\/\">fight at UFC 200,<\/a> however a back injury sidelined Punk indefinitely, and talks of the fight died down considerably.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Gall has taken to Twitter to update fans on the situation:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4 every1 askin I hear Punk and I r fighting late summer. I don&#39;t have an official date. If I did I would tell ya. But we r for sure fighting<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mickey Gall (@mickeygall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mickeygall\/status\/734849903898308610\">May 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2014, it was revealed that the UFC had signed former WWE champion CM Punk, despite the pro wrestler having zero competitive MMA experience. After a lengthy search, UFC President Dana White discovered 1-0 amateur MMA fighter Mickey Gall during his &#8220;Dana White: Lookin&#8217; For A Fight&#8221; web series. 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