Just two days out from what will likely be a name-making fight against Phil “CM Punk” Brooks at UFC 203, you’d think that Mickey Gall would be looking to avoid as many distractions as necessary. On one hand, he’s got the bulk of the MMA community ready to burn an effigy of him should he not defeat Punk with ease this weekend, and on the other, he’s got the WWE fanatics hoping he gets his teeth smashed in for daring to call out their straight edge hero.
The point is, Gall likely has a lot on his mind right now, and would probably not want to waste even an ounce of his mental energy on something as insignificant as the song he will be walking out to on fight night. Which is why Dana White is here to distract him with just that.
In the latest episode of UFC 203 Embedded released last night, Gall revealed that his choice of walkout song had been rejected by the UFC boss on account of it being too soft for a sport as hardcore and super-serious as MMA.
“I was going to do my walkout song — ‘Hey, Mickey you’re so fine’ — cause that would have been awesome. But he wants something harder,” Gall said.
Gall is of course referring to the 1981 song “Hey Mickey” by famed one-hit wonder Toni Basil, which would have been a pretty excellent choice all things considered. Aside from adhering to every jock bro stereotype imaginable, White’s assertion that the song wouldn’t be “hard” enough also clashes with several examples we’ve seen in the past. This is the same promotion that allowed Akihiro Gono and his entire crew to enter the arena in full drag, that allowed James Te Huna to do a choreographed dance set to the “Men in Black” theme song, and allowed Dave Kaplan to strut out to General Public’s “Tenderness.” Is “Oh Mickey” supposed to be more flamboyant than any of those choices, and if so, why does it matter?
Basically, what I’m saying is that the UFC needs to have a big old glass of calm down juice and quit ruining everyone’s good time.
