The mixed martial arts debut of Phil “CM Punk” Brooks is set to take place at UFC 203 on September 10 in Cleveland, Ohio as he will meet Mickey Gall on the main card on pay-per-view.
The fight announcement was made on the UFC Unfiltered Podcast hosted by Jim Norton and Matt Serra.
UFC 203 will come from the Quicken Loans Arena and will be headlined by a title fight as Stipe Miocic defends the UFC heavyweight title against Alistair Overeem.
Punk (0-0) signed with the UFC at the end of 2014 and injuries have delayed his mixed martial arts debut. Gall (2-0) won his UFC debut earlier this year against Mike Jackson and both of his victories have come by stoppage.
The current UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem fight card is below.
Stipe Miocic (15-2) vs. Alistair Overeem (41-14, 1NC)
Fabricio Werdum (20-6-1) vs. Ben Rothwell (36-10)
CM Punk (0-0) vs. Mickey Gall (2-0)
Bethe Correia (9-2) vs. Jessica Eye (11-5, 1NC) *
Mairbek Taisumov (26-5) vs. Nik Lentz (26-7-2, 1NC)
Damir Hadzovic (10-2) vs. Yusuke Kasuya (9-2-2)
* – Not officially announced by the UFC.