Ben Rothwell hopes Mickey Gall ‘absolutely annihilates’ CM Punk for the ‘truth’ and ‘justice’ of the sport

CM Punk faces long odds on Saturday when he makes his UFC and mixed martial arts debut against Mickey Gall at UFC 203. After spending less than two years immersing himself in the fight game, Punk — real name Phil Brooks — is the biggest mystery of the card and a near 4-to-1 underdog against Gall. And when heavyweight veteran Ben Rothwell looks at the realities of the situation at UFC 203, he sees only one acceptable outcome.

“I [think] Mickey Gall goes out and just absolutely annihilates him,” Rothwell said Tuesday on The MMA Hour. “I mean, bad. Like, makes us almost start laughing, it’s so bad. And this is why, because I’m going to feel very good, like there’s truth, there’s justice in this sport. And hey, CM Punk is going to get paid. Like, major money. So it’s not like we can laugh and point at him. He’s going to be like, ‘I’ve never fought before, I don’t even have an amateur record. I came in here and took on one of your guys with two pro fights in the UFC.’

“So it’s just like, his worst case scenario isn’t that bad. We get entertained because he’s getting pummeled. Some of his fans might be a little sad, but it’s just like, whatever, he carries on, and then he proves it, he comes back and tries to win the second fight or whatever, where I feel like there’d be a type of justice or like a truth.”

The road to UFC 203 has been a long one for the 37-year-old Punk, who before signing with the UFC in Dec. 2014 had zero mixed martial arts training outside of a hobbyist …

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