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Okay, I'm gonna play Devil's Advocate here for a sec:
CM Punk is training at Roufusport. Duke Roufus is a great striking coach. He's been training there for over a year. Okay, it's not exactly a lifetime. But a great camp and a great coach can make a huge difference. With a top-level coach and camp, isn't it possible that he is competitive with a guy whose record is 2-0? Especially since CM Punk, having been a pro-"wrestler", was already in decent physical shape? This isn't some out-of-shape guy training for a year and a half before getting into a UFC fight.
That said, Gall is going to butt-brutalize him quickly.
More material for the Devil's Advocate side of the argument:
Gall's pro career has been about five months long.
The two guys Gall has beaten to date had a combined 0-1 record when he faced them.
Pretty sure Gall and his two opponents to date all had day jobs.
That's not to say that Punk will win, but it's pretty much the level of competition he would be expected to face for his first fight, regardless of whether that happened in the UFC or on some local fight card.