Mickey
Gall’s tenure in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship thus far can be best described
as consistently inconsistent.
The Miller Brothers MMA product will climb into the Octagon for the
11th time when he faces promotional newcomer Mike Mallott as part
of the
UFC 273 undercard on Saturday at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
in Jacksonville, Florida. Gall, 30, has alternated wins and losses
in each of his past seven appearances. He last competed at UFC on
ESPN 31, where he was outpointed by
Alex Morono
across three rounds on Dec. 4.
As Gall moves ever closer to his confrontation with Mallott, a look
at a few of the rivalries that have helped shape his career:
Gall submitted the former World Wrestling Entertainment and current
All Elite Wrestling superstar with a rear-naked choke in the first
round of their UFC 203 welterweight showcase on Sept. 10, 2016 at
Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Brooks, who spent the last two
years training under Duke Roufus at the
Roufusport academy in Milwaukee, tapped to the choke 2:14 into
Round 1. Gall ducked under the oncoming “CM Punk” and landed a
double-leg takedown inside the first 10 seconds. He lit up Brooks
with ground-and-pound, passed to side control and ultimately
advanced to the back. From there, Gall hacked away with punches,
slid his arms into place and secured the choke for the finish.
The
Team Alpha Male rep once again fell short of expectations when
he submitted to a rear-naked choke from Gall in the second round of
their UFC on Fox 22 co-main event on Dec. 17, 2016 at the Golden 1
Center in Sacramento, California. Northcutt bowed out 1:40 into
Round 2. Gall neutralized the Texan with takedowns and positional
control for much of the first round, achieving full mount in the
closing seconds. Northcutt, just 20 years of age at the time,
seemed to have the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt reeling with
punches in the middle stanza. However, Gall broke out of a clinch
and dropped him with an overhand right to the side of the head. He
then sprawled out of a takedown, wheeled to Northcutt’s back, laced
his legs into a body triangle and cinched the choke. The win moved
Gall to 4-0.