Mike Malott ’s UFC debut is not one he’s likely to forget. After he punched his ticket to the promotion with a win on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2021, Canada’s Malott (8-1-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) made a dream he said was 15 years in the making come true when he took out Mickey Gall (7-5 MMA, 6-5 UFC) with a first-round TKO on the UFC 273 preliminary card at Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. And while Malott didn’t get a post-fight bonus for the win, which was one of only three stoppages in 12 fights on the card, he made financial waves in a much more significant way than one that would affect his own pocketbook. After his win, Malott used his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan to put a spotlight on Team Alpha Male coach Joey Rodriguez’s daughter, who recently was diagnosed with Stage 3 lymphoma.
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