Mickey Gall

BIOGRAPHY

Michael “Mickey” Gall is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a former welterweight champion of the Cage Fury Fighting Championships and a current lightweight fighter in UFC. Born on December 24, 1992, he grew up in Green Brook Township, New Jersey.

Gall began his training at age 17 when he joined Renzo Gracie Academy in Hoboken. Soon after, Gall was awarded his blue belt under Ricardo Almeida and Tom DeBlass. After two years of diligent training and competing at local events around NJ/NYC area, Mickey earned his purple belt from Ricardo Almeida and Tom DeBlass following what was dubbed his “miracle submission” over Robby Simms – becoming the youngest competitor to ever do so against an experienced black belt opponent.

In 2015, Gall made his professional debut on August 8th with a first-round submission win over Andy Roberts at CFFC 54: Marrero vs O’Donnell II. After winning three more fights under CFFC promotions that year including wins against Mike Liberal & Phillipe Nover for the Welterweight Championship title during CFFC 59: Zeferino vs Williams II; On February 6th 2016 Mickey became one of 16 contestants selected for Dana White’s “Looking For A Fight” show on YouTube where fighters compete for a chance to be signed into UFC roster – winning by 1st round TKO against Ron Templeton at Rise FC 3: Kortekaas vs Smith which earned him this opportunity as well as being featured prominently throughout season 1 of Dana White’s program due to both being extremely entertaining and charismatic characters which helped get him noticed right away by larger audience before eventually signing with UFC promotion shortly afterwards making them first company he has fought officially all throughout MMA career thus far after previously only appearing locally around NY/NJ area before it came about.. Being described as very unorthodox yet effective striker relying less on technique but more instincts while utilizing not just usual boxing strikes often associated with MMA but also unique kickboxing combos along mixup spinning techniques such as wheel kicks & backfists .. His aggressive style makes every fight exciting regardless outcome whether ends victoriously or unsuccessfully usually ending either via finish or decision depending how circumstances go about during bout itself… After numerous memorable fights across multiple promotions (including notable wins over Sage Northcutt + Randy Brown) gaining lot exposure since joining sport 2 years prior Mickey finally made official big step joining Ultimate Fighting Championship roster despite losing subsequent fight against CM Punk shortly afterwards but bouncing back impressively defeating fellow newcomers George Sullivan & later Sean Brady 2019 respectively earning Performance Of The Night bonus award each time consecutively showing off how lethal could become when push comes down most times now moving forward facing much tougher competition attempting reach higher heights along road ahead within same division..