UFC's Mickey Gall on surge of callouts: I hope all the 'idiots' keep saying my name

Mickey Gall found his way to the UFC by using his mouth to call out Phil “CM Punk” Brooks. It worked.

After he won his UFC debut just about a year ago, he got his shot at CM Punk this past September and took him out in a hurry. He then talked the talk to call out Sage Northcutt, and it worked again. After he dispatched Northcutt in December by rear-naked choke, as he’s done to all four of his opponents, he’s had a slight change in heart.

Now the unbeaten welterweight is content to sit back and let future opponents call him out for a change.

Gall (4-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) doesn’t have his next fight booked yet, but he’s been hearing his name mentioned by more than a few people after he beat “Super Sage.” Zak Cummings (20-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) is the latest to do it, posting on Twitter that he’d love to fight Gall on the rumored UFC card in Kansas City, Mo., on April 15. Tony Martin (11-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) has called him out, too.

But don’t expect Gall to give them much credence, despite knowing how to use callouts to his advantage early on in his career.

“Stop trying to pull names out of me; I’m not trying to give them the satisfaction of saying any of the idiots’ names,” Gall told MMAjunkie this past Saturday at UFC on FOX 23 in Denver.

He said fighting opponents with comparable levels of experience is going to put him in a bad position, given he didn’t go through the same kind of scratching and clawing on the regional scene to make his way to the UFC.

Instead, he took advantage of UFC President Dana White being on hand for his pro debut to win, call out Punk, and get the boss’ attention.

“I have four fights,” Gall said. “Who else has four fights in the UFC? There’s not really that many people who are comparative. (Northcutt) is 8-1, so that’s close. But it doesn’t matter to me. It’s a fight. I’ll fight someone with 30 fights, 40 fights, whatever. I’d be more than happy to. I’d like to.”

And as for the “idiots” who keep calling him out, it seems it’s just making Gall’s life a little easier – and maybe making the UFC’s matchmakers’ jobs a little easier too.

“I enjoy it,” he said. “I like hearing them. This is a good thing when everyone’s calling your name and saying things. I like it. It gives me plenty of people to fight. There’s plenty of people who want to fight me, and that’s good. I hope they keep saying my name  – all the idiots, keep saying it. I like it. I really do.”

But just which one of those so-called “idiots” will be the next to get a chance to hand Gall his first loss remains to be seen.

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