{"id":277962,"date":"2018-06-06T13:32:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T20:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=277962"},"modified":"2018-06-06T13:35:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T20:35:02","slug":"mickey-gall-explains-why-hes-picking-cm-punk-to-beat-mike-jackson-at-ufc-225","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mickey-gall\/mickey-gall-explains-why-hes-picking-cm-punk-to-beat-mike-jackson-at-ufc-225\/","title":{"rendered":"Mickey Gall explains why he’s picking CM Punk to beat Mike Jackson at UFC 225"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Saturday night, in the first bout of the stacked UFC 225<\/a> main card, former pro wrestler CM Punk will compete in his second mixed martial arts bout. His opponent in this sophomore effort will be Mike “The Truth” Jackson.<\/p>\n

Heading into this fight, Punk and Jackson are both 0-1 as professional mixed martial artists. Both of their losses, interestingly, came courtesy of the same man: one Mickey Gall.<\/p>\n

Gall defeated Jackson via rear-naked choke in just 44 seconds back in February of 2016. He defeated Punk, also by rear-naked choke, in\u00a02:14 in September of the same year.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday afternoon, Gall was asked by Ariel Helwani which of his two previous opponents he’s picking to win at UFC 225. He acknowledges that Jackson, who has competed as a professional kickboxer, has more martial arts experience overall, but he also noted that Punk technically has more experience in the Octagon. For that reason, he’s picking the former professional wrestler.<\/p>\n

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I asked @mickeygall<\/a> who he thought would win between CM Punk and Mike Jackson this weekend. He\u2019s their common opponent after all. <\/p>\n

\u201cMJ does have more experience,\u201d he said. \u201cHe has more hard-wired skill. MJ should win.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019m picking CM Punk.\u201d<\/p>\n

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) June 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n