It goes without saying that when CM Punk steps into the Octagon to face Mickey Gall at UFC 203 on Saturday night (Sept. 10, 2016), he will have been afforded an opportunity that many other fighters would not have received. But that's just the world we live in when you are a former WWE superstar seeking employment in the world of face punching, you get to obtain certain goals long before others.
Say what you will about Punk (real name Phil Brooks), but when the pin drops down and the Octagon door locks in the Quicken Loans Arena at UFC 203, the conversation about special chances, pay-per-view points and salaries gives way to the brutal art of fighting.