Dana White Nixed Mickey Gall’s UFC 203 Walkout Song For Not Being ‘Hard’ Enough

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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.

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Dana White: Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz will not have trilogy fight

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Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz have produced two great fights this year, but UFC boss Dana White says there will not be a third fight between the men.

“The war was fun and super successful but I’m movin’ on,” White told TMZ Sports.

Back in March, Diaz surprisingly beat McGregor after the two fought in a bout that was cobbled together at the last minute due to an injury to Rafael dos Anjos. Their rematch took place on Saturday with McGregor winning a unanimous decision in what is going down as one of the best fights ever.

The two men splitting the fights and providing so much entertainment led to fans clamoring for a third fight to decide the trilogy, but that apparently will not happen.

Instead, White says he wants to see McGregor rematch Jose Aldo, which would require a weight cut back down to featherweight (145 pounds), or a fight with Eddie Alvarez at 155. McGregor fought Diaz at 170 pounds, which was considerably more than where he had been competing in the UFC.

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