{"id":10032,"date":"2016-02-07T04:14:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T10:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=10032"},"modified":"2016-02-07T04:53:12","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T10:53:12","slug":"c-m-punks-first-ufc-opponent-is-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/07\/c-m-punks-first-ufc-opponent-is-set\/","title":{"rendered":"C.M. Punk&#8217;s first UFC opponent is official; Video &#8211; TV Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3219915907\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Former WWE headliner C.M. Punk has his first UFC opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Mickey Gall quickly dispatched Mike Jackson on the undercard of <a href=\"http:\/\/mmatorch.com\/2016\/02\/06\/ufc-fight-night-82-live-results-hansens-report-on-hendricks-vs-thompson-card\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saturday night&#8217;s UFC Fight Night<\/a>, setting up a fight with Punk.<\/p>\n<p>Punk, who was at the fight card in Las Vegas, posed with Gall in the octagon\u00a0to make the fight official.<\/p>\n<p>The date is likely UFC 199 this summer, although Punk is still pushing for\u00a0the historic UFC 200 card.<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/mmatorch.com\/2016\/02\/07\/cm-punks-ufc-debut-opponent-set-as-mickey-gall-scores-first-round-win-at-ufc-fight-night-82\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Coverage at MMATorch.com<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:\u00a0<\/strong>Punk was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/ufc\/story\/find-out-what-phil-cm-punk-brooks-told-the-man-he-ll-face-inside-the-ufc-cage-020716\" target=\"_blank\">interviewed by reporter Ariel Helwani on Fox Sports 1<\/a> following the events. 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