Platinum Mike Perry

UFC: Mike Perry knocks out older man during a restaurant altercation

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UFC welterweight, “Platinum” Mike Perry, is in the news this evening. The unique fighter was filmed in an altercation at a Lubbock, Texas restaurant. Perry and his girlfriend were leaving the bar as things began to escalate. Warning, the video is NSFW.

No word from the UFC

With this just coming out, there has been no word from the UFC. The staff is in Abu Dhabi prepping for the first event on Fight Island. As you can see in the above video, Perry is going back and forth with a number of folks at the restaurant. The UFC welterweight seemingly got annoyed when a patron made fun of the way he said the word “police”.

Following some brief words the two men ended up in a physical altercation where Perry dropped the man. Following more chaos, you can hear Perry repeatedly dropping the n-bomb, but it should be noted that it was not directed towards any black individuals at the restaurant.

“Platinum” needs to breathe

Perry has always seemed like he’s had a screw loose. He’s incredibly talented, but he’s interesting to say the least. Now, we don’t know exactly what happened leading up to this, but the UFC welterweight needed to have more self-control. It’s not the first time that Perry’s had a public scuffle. He recently told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani about a fight he got into with a couple of bouncers.

Perry is coming off of a very impressive win over Mickey Gall last month at UFC on ESPN 12. The win snapped a two-fight losing streak and Perry was looking forward to setting up a new camp for himself. No word on how this will effect him moving forward, but it’s not a good look at all.

UFC: Mike Perry’s interesting corner choice for UFC on ESPN 12

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The UFC‘s Mike Perry (13-6) is definitely an interesting character. Whether it’s faking out opponents at the weigh in hand shakes or just saying outlandish stuff, Perry is always fascinating to watch. In addition to being a very unique person, Perry is as tough as they come. He doesn’t shy away from any fight, and if you need more proof of his toughness, just take a look at the picture for this article. Perry has been in there with some of the best guys in the world. He’s got great skills overall, and he always puts on a show. However, there is something outside of his fighting that a lot of people are talking about leading into Saturday’s fight against Mickey Gall (6-2). That’s Mike Perry’s corner choice. He went on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to discuss his choice for UFC on ESPN 12.

Perry’s Girlfriend will corner him for UFC on ESPN 12

That’s right, “Platinum” will only have one corner member for Saturday, and it will be his girlfriend. Now to his credit, he does say that she has boxing and wrestling experience which helps her, but her job is not to give him advice. Perry told Helwani that he doesn’t need any coaching for his UFC fights. Perry claims to have envisioned every scenario, and a coaches input can only throw him off. Perry has trained with some of the best trainers in the world, but he’s out to prove that he doesn’t need coaching to win in the UFC. Perry did clarify his coaching future to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto later in the day:

As you can see, the plan in the future is to bring coaches back into the fold. Perry is out to prove a point at UFC on ESPN 12. It’s going to be extremely fascinating to watch a main card fighter essentially have no one in his corner. Yes, his girlfriend will be there, but she’s been instructed to only cheer him on when he wins. I’ll give Perry this, he’s always entertaining.