Nearly 14 months have passed since UFC president Dana White's controversial signing of former WWE champion CM Punk. Several more are now anticipated to fly by following Punk's announcement that he was undergoing surgery to repair an ailing back.
Punk, whose birth name is Phil Brooks, recently found out the man who would be standing opposite him in the Octagon for his promotional debut, before revealing just what he told the 2-0 New Jersey native Mickey Gall after the latter's first-round victory over Mike Jackson at UFC Fight Night 82.