5 Things we need to know about Mickey Gall, the man that beat CM Punk

#5 He has been fighting since he was 16 years old

Mickey Gall winning one of his amateur fights in his younger days

CM Punk has been training for his MMA debut for almost 2 years now, but the notion that that duration of training was enough to offset nearly a decade of preparation that Gall has undergone was quickly dispelled in the fight.

Gall, who is 24 now, has been training in Martial Arts since he was 16, when he was enrolled in Jiu-Jitsu classes by his father. Now a brown belt, the superiority that he possessed over CM Punk was apparent in the manner he maintained top control and made light work out of him on the ground.