Mickey Gall

Overview

Five of Mickey Gall's six UFC wins came by submission, and four of those ended in the first round. The other side of the ledger is just as lopsided: he has lost five straight.

Gall fights at middleweight and carries a 6-8 UFC record, inside a 7-8-0 professional record across all promotions. He debuted in the UFC in February 2016. Early on, the story was submissions. Lately, it's been decisions and knockouts going the other way.

UFC Career

Gall opened with three straight finishes: Mike Jackson in 45 seconds, CM Punk in 2:14 of the first round at UFC 203, and Sage Northcutt in the second round at the end of 2016. Three fights. Three submissions. All inside two rounds.

The first loss came in November 2017, a unanimous decision to Randy Brown. He answered with a first-round submission of George Sullivan, then lost by second-round TKO to Diego Sanchez at UFC 235. A unanimous decision over Salim Touahri is his only UFC win that didn't end in a submission. A decision loss to Mike Perry followed, and then a 2021 submission of Jordan Williams, the last win of his career to date.

Since then it has been all losses. Alex Morono, whom our model rates as a strong opponent, took a unanimous decision in December 2021. Mike Malott stopped him in the first round at UFC 273. After that came a decision loss to Bassil Hafez, a first-round TKO against Ramiz Brahimaj at UFC 309, and another unanimous decision to Zachary Reese.

His longest win streak is three. He carries a five-fight losing streak into his next fight, and three of his eight UFC losses have come by KO/TKO. The other five went to the scorecards.

Fighting Style

Gall is a submission hunter first. He goes after submissions far more often than most fighters, and the finish record backs it up: all five of his finishes are submissions, four of them in round one.

The rest of the profile shows why the losses pile up. He takes more strikes than most and gets taken down easily. He also rarely shoots for takedowns himself, so he doesn't often pick where the fight goes.

His output and accuracy on the feet sit around the UFC average, so striking isn't the main issue. He's a grappler who gets hit too often and gets put on his back too easily.

Notable Wins

• Sage Northcutt — submission, round 2, UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson (2016)
• CM Punk — submission, round 1, UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem (2016)
• Jordan Williams — submission, round 1, UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw (2021)

Quick Facts

• Division: Middleweight
• UFC record: 6-8 (5 submission wins, 1 decision win)
• Professional record (all promotions): 7-8-0
• UFC debut: 2016
• Stance: Switch
• Height / reach: 6'2" / 74"
• Team: Gracie New Jersey
• Born: Livingston, NJ, United States