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Fighter scouted for CM Punk debut wants to face-punch WWE import (because he won't like it)

Mickey Gall hasn't signed with UFC just yet.

But you can't fault the New Jersey native for getting his hopes up after promotion president Dana White attended his most recent mixed martial arts (MMA) fight, with the intention of finding an opponent for combat sports rookie and ex-WWE wrestler Phil Brooks.

If and when he gets the call, "CM Punk" is going to be in all kinds of trouble, as per Gall's conversation with MMA Fighting:

"Honestly, man, I think that guy's used to going into a ring and whispering to his guy, ‘Hey, let's do a clothesline.