Mike Perry on ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone: I Fought His Ass For Free

Mike Perry somewhat knows what it’s like to go head-to-head with Donald Cerrone. At the UFC’s 25th Anniversary show, Perry will collide with Cerrone. The action will be held inside the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado on Nov. 10. On Nov. 12…

Mike Perry somewhat knows what it’s like to go head-to-head with Donald Cerrone. At the UFC’s 25th Anniversary show, Perry will collide with Cerrone. The action will be held inside the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado on Nov. 10. On Nov. 12, 1993 the first UFC event was held inside the now-demolished McNichols Sports Arena in […]

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Mike Perry Explains Why He Would Fight Donald Cerrone For Free

Perry and Cerrone had a friendship outside of the cage as well.

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Mike Perry explains why he feels that he would’ve taken a fight against Donald Cerrone for free at the upcoming UFC Denver event once they step inside of the Octagon.

Perry scored the first decision win of his career when he beat Paul Felder at UFC 226, which marked his latest fight. This win also snapped back-to-back decision losses to Max Griffin and Santiago Ponzinibbio.

Cerrone lost to rising contender Leon Edwards by unanimous decision in the main event of the UFC Singapore event in Kallang, Singapore at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. As a result of this loss, Cerrone is now just 1-4 in his last five fights.

Mike Perry Explains

During a recent interview with Submission Radio, Perry noted that the situation of accepting this fight is not because there is beef between the two former training partners. Instead, it all comes down to business.

“Let’s get this money,” Perry said (transcript courtesy of MMAFighting). “Let’s go. The guy was kind to me but the UFC does what they want. They want to set up a fight and I figure, s**t, a year or two from now somebody from Jackson-Wink probably gonna be trying to fight me so it is what it is. We fight, The question is, do you want to get this money or not? I fought his *** for free I might as well fight his *** for a hundred grand.

“I posted a picture of it today of me and him at UFC 202 media day. We knew back then that we were gonna fight some day so nothing to it but to do it.”

Title Shot

Perry would later state that if Darren Till beat Tyron Woodley for the UFC welterweight title at the UFC 228 PPV event, then he is more than willing to fight Till next. The reason for that is due to his belief that he can beat Cerrone then he should be in line for a title shot.

“I feel it’s gonna be a crazier version, a bloodier version of the Paul Felder-Mike Perry fight,” Perry concluded. “I think that depends on how I win. If I beat him with a vicious KO, that puts me top-15 and puts me in line for. If Till doesn’t beat Woodley, then when I beat Cerrone we’re looking at a Till-Perry fight, especially after the sparring.

I know they want to see that. And if [Till] does [win], maybe one before the Colby fight or I could jump right to the Colby fight. If we go off of anger issues, Colby Covington is just a little b**ch and I’ll take that fight all day. But Till would be great out of respect and skill.”

UFC Denver (also known as UFC Fight Night 139) is set to take place on Saturday, November 10, 2018, at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The main card will air on FOX Sports 1 while the preliminary card will be split broadcasted on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.

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Germaine De Randamie Returns At UFC Denver

Germaine De Randamie is back.

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Former UFC women’s featherweight champion Germaine De Randamie returns to the Octagon soon as she has her next fight lined up.

UFC officials announced the news on late Thursday night (August 9, 2018) as well as confirmed two other bouts. Germaine De Randamie returns to action when she will fight onetime women’s bantamweight title challenger Raquel Pennington at UFC Denver.

The Road

If you recall, the UFC stripped de Randamie of her featherweight title in June due to her unwillingness to defend her title against Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino. Invicta featherweight champion Megan Anderson was then tasked to fight Justino for the UFC’s vacant featherweight belt at UFC 214.

However, Anderson pulled out of the fight due to personal reasons. This has led to Tonya Evinger stepping in and fighting Justino at UFC 214. Justino picked up the win by TKO.

De Randamie is on a three fight winning streak that includes TKO wins over Larissa Pacheco and Anna Elmose and a unanimous decision win over former bantamweight champion Holly Holm in February. She was supposed to fight Marion Reneau at UFC Fight Night 115 in September but pulled out due to injury. Then, she was slated to fight at UFC Fight Night 125 opposite Ketlen Vieira but pulled out due to a hand injury.

On the flip side, Pennington is coming off a loss to bantamweight belt against champ Amanda Nunes.

UFC Denver (also known as UFC Fight Night 139) is set to take place on Saturday, November 10, 2018 at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. Ashley Yoder vs. Amanda Cooper and Maycee Barber vs. Maia Stevenson have also been booked for this show.

The main card will air on FOX Sports 1 at while the preliminary card will be split broadcasted on FOX Sports 1 at and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass. Frankie Edgar vs. Chan Sung Jung in a featherweight bout will serve as the headliner.

The promotion will be announcing more bouts in the coming weeks. Here is the updated card:

The Card

Frankie Edgar vs. Chan Sung Jung

Germaine de Randamie vs. Raquel Pennington

Ashley Yoder vs. Amanda Cooper

Maycee Barber vs. Maia Stevenson

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Raquel Pennington vs. Germaine de Randamie & Two Other Bouts Added to UFC Denver

Three fights have been added to UFC Denver, including a bout between two returning women who competed in main events in their last UFC bouts: Raquel Pennington vs. Germane de Randamie, as reported by the Denver Post earlier today. Both Raquel Penningto…

Three fights have been added to UFC Denver, including a bout between two returning women who competed in main events in their last UFC bouts: Raquel Pennington vs. Germane de Randamie, as reported by the Denver Post earlier today. Both Raquel Pennington and de Randamie were caught in a swirl of controversy following their aforementioned […]

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Joseph Benavidez vs. Ray Borg Confirmed For UFC Denver

UFC Denver just gained a very interesting flyweight affair.

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UFC Denver just picked up a pivotal match-up for the flyweight division.

Fresh off Henry Cejudo’s shake-up of the 125-pound weight-class, Joseph Benavidez vs. Ray Borg has been confirmed for the card. The fight was confirmed on Wednesday for the November 10th show that will celebrate the promotion’s 25th anniversary.

The Denver Post first reported the news. Both men come into the contest off losses. Benavidez’s six-fight win streak was ended against Sergio Pettis at UFC 225 in June. Pettis bested the former flyweight title challenger via split decision.

Borg’s last fight was for the flyweight title, dropping a spectacular fifth round submission to the now-dethroned Demetrious Johnson in October. He was initially expected to return against Brandon Moreno at UFC 223.

Unfortunately for him, he was one of the fighters injured by Conor McGregor’s bus attack in Brooklyn. Shards of glass ended up in Borg’s eye and forced him off the card.

ESPN reports that Joseph Benavidez vs. Ray Borg was initially planned for UFC 229 on October 6th. Due to Conor McGregor headlining that card, and an order of protection being filed against the Irishman on behalf of Borg, the fight found its way onto UFC Denver.

Despite that fact, the UFC claims the fight was moved for unrelated reasons.

UFC Denver takes place from the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado on November 10, 2018. The card is headlined by a featherweight fight between Frankie Edgar and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung.

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Mike Perry Playing Nice With Donald Cerrone Ahead Of UFC Denver

Mike Perry and Donald Cerrone are playing nice heading into UFC Denver.

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He may be one of the best trash talkers in the sport, but you’ll probably be surprised to see Mike Perry playing nice with Donald Cerrone ahead of UFC Denver.

Perry (12-3) will take on Cerrone (33-11) later this year in Denver, but just a few short months ago these two were training partners at Jackson Wink MMA in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Both men credit each other with helping get ready for their respective fights. But the time for friendship is over – or is it?

Both Perry and Cerrone were in attendance for the 25th Anniversary press conference in Los Angeles last week and both fighters are keeping it classy ahead of their anticipated fight:

“People say ‘Cowboy’ does his best when he’s friendly with you, and if you show it in return, he’s going to take you out,” Perry said. “Well, I always want the best out of my opponents.

“There’s not going to be any confusion,” Cerrone said. “He’s definitely going to meet me in the middle and throw the f**k down. I can’t wait.”

Perry joked that he was concerned “Cowboy” may try to take him down and make it a wrestle-fest:

“I don’t know, I saw a picture of ‘Cowboy’ in his gi, man,” Perry said. “I think he’s going to try and come and take me down and make it a boring fight. But there’s no way that’s going to happen. We’re going to put on a hell of a show.”

You can watch the Perry-Cerrone section of the presser here (courtesy of MMAJunkie):

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