Mike Perry detailed a hit list in his latest appearance on The MMA Hour. He included the likes of Jon Jones and former sparring partner Jake Paul, revealing what happened when he sparred with Jake Paul ahead of the YouTuber’s boxing match against Ben Askren.
Perry described himself as a “perfect” opponent for Paul, who has had his two most recent boxing opponents pull out of their scheduled fights. That or he simply wasn’t selling enough tickets to Madison Square Garden.
Mike Perry Reveals What Happened When He Sparred with Jake Paul
“I think it makes a lot of sense. He keeps losing opponents – I always show up for my fights. I have a lot of attributes that he likes to compete against, UFC fighter, MMA fighter, shorter guy, smaller in weight, tough, and some people would stay stiff, or don’t move my head. And I just beat a titan in combat sports. You want to solidify yourself, you want to prove it to yourself and people, box me.
You think you’ve got something on me, prove it.” When Perry and Paul met in the gym, Mike Perry described wanting Paul to hit him, just to see if he had the goods.
“He was getting tired dealing with me, and if he had an eight-round fight lined up and he only sparred six rounds with me.
If I’m fighting an eight-round fight, I want to do eight rounds, if not more. If you stopped early, it’s because I was getting the better of you in the later rounds.
Yes, you can come out, and you hit me like a sniper in the beginning, sure. But I kind of wanted him to hit me, I wanted to feel what that Jake Paul punch felt like, and it wasn’t that big of a problem.
There was no pain, I just wanted to feel the punch, like, ‘Oh yeah, you hit me with your best shot, I’m still here, baby, I’m coming after you.’”
With Perry currently fighting under the bareknuckle boxing BKFC promotion, he’s looking mostly at boxing as his next major challenge. Even Mike Tyson is on Mike Perry’s list.
“I want to fight great guys, great fighters. Jake has done well, and he promotes really well, and I think we could do a great job promoting, talking to s*** to each other. Or I could fight Usyk – nobody’s calling that guy out .
Mike Tyson, Usyk, Leon Edwards.” Who do you think Mike Perry will fight next? Let us know what you think in the comments.
