Gall has even started his own podcast – The MGGM Show – with buddy Gerard Michaels. But all good weather and podcasting aside, the reason for the move was the training, and with Henri Hooft and company, he’s getting plenty of it.
“Coming to Sanford, the environment, the coaches, the cohesive unit the coaches have and the way they create the structure, all the great training partners, no easy rounds on the mat, all the UFC and Bellator studs I’m training with and all the great, world-class coaches, I’m just so happy,” he said. “I feel like I’m in the right place and I’m leveling up every day. I think it’s the best move for my career.”
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That next chapter of his career will be a home game of sorts, even if it is a nearly five-hour drive, but home or not, Gall will get to hear the roar of the crowd at Jacksonville’s VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena for the first time since his August 2019 win over Salim Touahri in Newark, New Jersey.
“I like the roar of the crowd, I like to be a showman and I feed off that energy,” he said. “I enjoyed it when I was fighting without a crowd, too, for different reasons, but I’m gonna be real happy to hear them and feel that energy and really step into the gladiator pit. That’s what it’s all about. That’s when it’s gonna feel really like home. It’s different. The other one’s almost like a glorified sparring session when this is the real deal – step inside that gladiator pit, hear the roar of the crowd, they want to see blood, and I want to give them blood.”