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Ben Askren & Mike Perry Call Out Jake Paul

Retired Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight titleholder Ben Askren and popular puncher Mike Perry have both expressed an interest in a boxing bout with YouTube celebrity Jake Paul. Paul scored a brutal, second-round knockout victory over former NBA player Nate Robinson this weekend. Featuring in the co-main event slot of the Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr exhibition card, […]

Retired Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight titleholder Ben Askren and popular puncher Mike Perry have both expressed an interest in a boxing bout with YouTube celebrity Jake Paul.

Paul scored a brutal, second-round knockout victory over former NBA player Nate Robinson this weekend. Featuring in the co-main event slot of the Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr exhibition card, Paul took his professional record to 2-0.

Post-fight the 23-year-old called for fights with SBG teammates Dillon Danis and Conor McGregor.

“I’ve been training my ass off for the past year. I’m taking this seriously,” Paul said in his post-fight interview. “There’s a long list of opponents that I want — Conor McGregor, Dillon Danis. I’m going to knock them both out.

“For me, my whole life has been a fight,” he added. “So fighting — it’s something that I’m great at. Being from Ohio, a small town and making my way to Los Angeles to fame and success and just fighting for it. People never believing in me, people hating me — being one of the most hated people in the world. I have to fight through that, it’s not easy.

Paul’s performance has attracted some interest from the MMA world, with Askren and Perry taking to social media to express their willingness to square off against the YouTuber.

“Who wouldn’t want to get paid to beat up a no talent YOuTube star who nobody likes,” Askren wrote on Twitter.

‘Platinum’ who is fresh off a tough loss to Tim Means at UFC 255 seemed eager to get back to fighting. Perry has previous professional boxing experience and is willing to lace up the gloves once again for a fight with Paul, he wrote.

“I mean if you want to be serious I think it would be cool to fight Jake Paul, he did a good job last night and I could use a nap if he’s handing em’ out.”

I mean if you want to be serious I think it would be cool to fight @jakepaul , he did a good job last night and I could use a nap if he’s handing em out.

— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) November 30, 2020

Do you want to see Ben Askren or Mike Perry box Jake Paul?

Mike Perry Gives Vacant Corner Spot To Reddit User

Only Mike Perry would have a random Reddit user in their corner for a fight. Back in October, Mike Perry announced via social media that he was going to be auctioning off a spot in his corner for his bout against Tim Means at UFC 255. The unique experience was available to the highest bidder, […]

Only Mike Perry would have a random Reddit user in their corner for a fight.

Back in October, Mike Perry announced via social media that he was going to be auctioning off a spot in his corner for his bout against Tim Means at UFC 255. The unique experience was available to the highest bidder, unless you are named Darren Till. Till sensationally announced that he wanted to bid for the vacant seat amongst Perry’s team. In typical trolling fashion, he even went so far as to set up a Go Fund Me page. Of course, this dream team of Till and Perry sadly didn’t come to fruition.

One reason was that Dana White said Perry wasn’t allowed to sell the spot. The second reason was that Perry hates Till. Hard to blame “Platinum” seeing as Till threatened online to “raw dog” Perry’s girlfriend back in May. A rivalry between the two has continued to brew online since. Amazingly, the term “raw dog” has proved tremendously popular online. So popular that Till has even opened an online merchandise store under the same name.

“Platinum” does what he wants. As, despite being denied by White, Perry did end up giving away the spot in his corner. The lucky winner was a Reddit MMA member by the name of bsWINcups. The once in a lifetime experience was captured on behind-the-scenes footage by the Reddit user. However, Perry went on to lose the fight to Tim Means via unanimous decision. Despite this most recent loss, White seems relatively unfazed by the unprofessional weight-cut and recent controversies surrounding his divisive fighter.

With plenty of merch in hand and lots of pictures of himself posed beside such UFC champions as Deiveson Figueiredo and Valentina Shevchenko, it’s safe to say the Reddit user had a memorable time. I’m very surprsed the UFC allowed the experience to go ahead, considering Dana was quite explicit with his denouncement. Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see if this act of giving away of spots in a fighter’s corner becomes a trend.

Do you like Mike Perry’s theatrics? Which fighter would you most like to be in the corner of?

Tim Means: Mike Perry Sent DM’s Eating Junk Food Before UFC 255

Tim Means was not surprised when his UFC 255 opponent Mike Perry missed weight by 4.5lbs. ‘The Dirty Bird’ claims Perry had been sending him direct messages eating burgers when he was meant to be cutting weight. Perry forfeited 30 percent of his fight purse to Means who stepped in on short-notice to replace former […]

Perry forfeited 30 percent of his fight purse to Means who stepped in on short-notice to replace former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler who was originally booked to square off against ‘Platinum’ at the UFC APEX on November 21.

Means says he was not surprised to see Perry spectacularly miss weight after receiving messages from his opponent who was eating junk food in the weeks before their UFC 255 fight.

“He was sending me Instagram messages like, two weeks ago, eating big cheeseburgers with onion rings on them, stuff like that,” Means said. “It looked delicious. He asked me how the weight cut was going. I sent him some pictures of broccoli and avocados or whatever.

“But we knew that with Mike coming into this fight. I know him behind the scenes and stuff, what you get on camera that’s exactly who he is off camera. I have nothing but respect for the guy, I know he’s going through some adversity and stuff and sh*t will just make him stronger.”

On the night Perry was still able to cause Means some trouble and even managed to take the first round. As the fight progressed Means started to dictate the exchanges and ultimately pull off a decision win as planned.

“I thought the fight went as planned,” Means said. “I wasn’t really stressed about him not making weight yesterday, I knew he did just enough energy-wise to get within that five-pound limit to where we could still have a fight. He got up there dancing so I knew he still had plenty of energy. I knew he was gonna be strong, have a lot of heart, be durable, and that all happened the night of the fight.”

Means is not concerned about if Perry did or did not make a genuine attempt at welterweight and is happy enough with the extra $27,000 he picked up for the fight.

“He gave me $27,000, so I don’t care about what he does,” Means said. (Transcribed by MMA Fighting)

Who do you want to see Tim Means fight next?

The Biggest MMA Turkeys of 2020

Is it too much for me to hope that, this year, the turkey-pardoning jokes will make themselves? The answer is no. No, it’s not too much to hope. So let us now jump right into the list of the biggest MMA turkeys of this fine, fine year 2020…

Tim Means Hopes To Get New Contract After Beating Mike Perry At UFC 255

Tim Means is hoping to be rewarded with a new contract after he beat Mike Perry on short notice at UFC 255. Originally, Perry was supposed to fight Robbie Lawler but the former champion withdrew leaving Means to step in. But, before they fought, Perry …

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Mike Perry Makes UFC 255 Walk To Beyonce’s ‘Halo’ By Mistake

Controversial UFC welterweight striker, ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry looked as shocked as us viewers ahead of his UFC 255 pairing with Tim ‘The Dirty Bird’ Means as he was summoned to the Octagon, with Beyonce’s ‘Halo’ playing him in. Perry has been in the headlines recently after his ex-wife, Danielle Nickerson, alleged the Michigan native had […]

Perry has been in the headlines recently after his ex-wife, Danielle Nickerson, alleged the Michigan native had domestically abused her on multiple occasions during their five-year relationship.

In a miscued weight-cut before the UFC 255 weigh-ins on Friday, Perry tipped the welterweight scales at 175.5-pounds – dabbing on the scales afterwards, before forfeiting 30% of his purse to eventual victor, Means.

The brash striker had posted videos on his social media in the days leading up to the fight of him enjoying pizza and a burger, and in the hours before his weigh-in, took to his official Twitter where he informed his followers that he wasn’t confident of making the welterweight limit for his pairing with Albuquerque native, Means.

Originally scheduled to compete opposite former welterweight champion, ‘Ruthless’ Robbie Lawler, Perry clashed with Means on short-notice, and cornered by his pregnant girlfriend, Latory Gonzalez – dropped a unanimous decision defeat to a highly technical Means who scored an impressive one-hundred and forty-three total strikes over the three-round affair.

Drawing attention on social media even before stepping foot inside the Octagon, Perry made the walk to ‘Halo’ by twenty-one time Grammy victor, Beyonce, and notably sang along all the way into the Octagon, even saving the chorus for opponent Means when standing opposite him – after questioning his corner, “is this ‘Halo’?“ on his way to the inspection zone.

The unanimous judging loss to Means snapped any hopes for a two-fight win streak for Perry who had taken home a unanimous decision win over Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu player, Mickey Gall at UFC Vegas 4 in June.

Dropping to 14-7 overall with the defeat, Perry also saw his Octagon record slip to an even 7-7. Scoring wins over Hyun Gyu Lim, Danny Roberts, Jake Ellenberger, Alex Reyes, Paul Felder, Alex Oliveira, and the above-mentioned Gall, the 29-year-old Flint native has suffered defeats against Alan Jouban, Santiago Ponzinibbio, Max Griffin, Donald Cerrone, Vicente Luque, Geoff Neal, and now Means.