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Watch | BKFC brawler Mike Perry throws hands at press conference in Russia

Mike PerryMike Perry continued to do Mike Perry things this week, but this time, he took his patented ‘Platinum Heat’ to Moscow. The former UFC welterweight turned BKFC brawler recently made a trip to Russia to corner his friend and training partner Alex Nicholson as he prepares for a bout at Ren TV Fight Club this […]

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Mike Perry continued to do Mike Perry things this week, but this time, he took his patented ‘Platinum Heat’ to Moscow.

The former UFC welterweight turned BKFC brawler recently made a trip to Russia to corner his friend and training partner Alex Nicholson as he prepares for a bout at Ren TV Fight Club this week. During a press conference ‘Platinum’ got into a scuffle with Russian middleweight standout Magomed Ismailov, a fighter with more than 10 years of combat sports experience and 17 wins to his credit per Tapology.

Following the incident, Mike Perry gave some insight on the situation while speaking to his Instagram followers.

“I almost got jumped in there but luckily people broke it up,” Perry said. “In Russia, if you call someone a ‘mother f*cker,’ they think you talking about someone’s mom, so then the whole team comin’ to get you. But in America when you say ‘mother f*cker,’ it’s like normal words, mother f*cker. It’s normal, man, I’m not talking about your mama. Chill bro, one on one.”

Mike Perry and Unnecessary Brawls Seem to Go Hand-In-Hand

It’s not the first time Mike Perry has found himself at the center of a brawl. In his first appearance with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, he got into an altercation with former The Ultimate Fighter cast member Julian Lane who was sitting in the crowd. The two later settled things inside the squared circle at the promotion’s second annual Knucklemania event, but not before Perry appeared at the pre-fight press conference with a baseball bat in hand.

Perry’s last appearance inside the squared circle was at BKFC 27 in August. He defeated Bellator MMA star Michael ‘Venom’ Page in an entertaining six-round war. Since then, ‘Platinum’ has been pushing for a boxing match with YouTuber turned professional boxer Jake Paul or a bare-knuckle brawl with the hottest free agent on the market, Nate Diaz.

VIDEO | Heated In Cage Brawl Takes Place At AMC Fight Nights Winter Cup

AMCOne-time foes, Magomed Ismailov and Vladimir Mineev had battled to a split draw in October of 2018 — and at this week’s AMC Fight Nights Winter Cup, the two engaged in a heated brawl during a post-fight in-cage interview. Russian sambo practitioner, Ismailov, who’s won his last four consecutively following his Fight Nights Global 90 […]

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One-time foes, Magomed Ismailov and Vladimir Mineev had battled to a split draw in October of 2018 — and at this week’s AMC Fight Nights Winter Cup, the two engaged in a heated brawl during a post-fight in-cage interview.

Russian sambo practitioner, Ismailov, who’s won his last four consecutively following his Fight Nights Global 90 headliner with Mineev, threw a right hand toward the latter after the pair began their verbal back-and-forths on the microphone. With officials attempting to separate the two, Ismailov looked to latch onto Mineev’s leg, as the two ended up on the canvas — bringing a somewhat distasteful end to the promotion’s final event of the year. 

Mineev, the current Fight Nights Global middleweight champion, claimed the throne at the special Fight Nights Global/GFC: Abdulmanap Nurmgamedov Memory Tournament — a memorial event following the saddening passing of the renowned sambo coach and father of current UFC lightweight champion, Khabib ‘The Eagle’ Nurmagomedov due to complications stemming from COVID-19 earlier this year.  

The high-profile brawl between rivals, Ismailov and Mineev follows a string of prior in-cage altercations across the sport. 

Back in October 2018 at UFC 229, former two-weight world champion, ‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor was involved in an infamous brawl with members of the above mentioned, Khabib’s corner after his fourth-round submission defeat. Having scaled the Octagon in pursuit of McGregor’s teammate and Bellator grappler, Dillion Danis, member’s of Khabib’s corner climbed over the Octagon fence and began exchanging strikes with McGregor.

At another infamous event, Strikeforce: Nashville in April 2010, UFC alum, Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller was involved in an altercation with member’s of Jake Shield’s team, including both Nick and Nate Diaz, as well as Gilbert Melendez. 

Storming the cage, Miller called for a rematch with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace, Shields, following his successful title knockback against Dan ‘Hendo’ Henderson, before Miller was pushed to the canvas with members of Shield’s team and corner and attacked as officials and referees attempted to break up the scuffle.