Daniel Rodriguez thinks Mike Perry is on his way out of the UFC and he plans on delivering the final blow.
Rodriguez (13-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC), who’s wanted the matchup for a while, got his wish when he was booked to face Perry (14-6 MMA, 7-6 UFC) at a UFC Fight Night event April 10.
Although Perry has dropped three of his past four, he remains one of the most popular fighters on the UFC roster. So Rodriguez sees incentive in beating the polarizing welterweight, who he thinks will likely be fighting for his job when they square off.
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Mike Perry is currently fighting in the UFC welterweight division. He is currently training out of Jackson-Wink MMA Academy. He holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Perry's full name is Michael Joseph Perry. The UFC says it is 'troubled' by the actions of fighter Mike Perry, who was involved in a physical altercation at a bar this week that was caught on video in which he also yelled racial slurs.
UFC welterweight Mike Perry, best known for his brash and unpredictable persona, was caught on video Tuesday at a Texas bar punching a patron and using racial slurs. Days removed from his most recent UFC victory, welterweight fighter Mike 'Platinum' Perry has been charged with assault for punching a man in a Texas restaurant on Tuesday night.Lubbock, Texas.
“Stylistically, it’s a great fight,” Rodriguez told MMA Junkie. “It’s a fan-favorite fight. He’s got a reputation. … I’m trying to take that shine – even though he shines for some of the wrong reasons sometimes. But he’s got a lot of publicity. He’s got a big name, and I’m kind of aiming for them big-name fights. Really, that’s all it is. I think he’s a big dummy, but he can fight.
“He’s on a losing streak. I’m coming off a loss, too, so it’s going to make for a really great fight because I’m coming in there with no intentions of losing, and I’m expecting a tough fight. He’s probably on his way out from the UFC, so if I’m that person that’s going to take him out, get him – you know. He’s going to have to look for a job after dealing with me.”
Rodriguez has spent the majority of this training camp at Donald Cerrone’s “BMF Ranch” in New Mexico, where he’s been able to get some new insight. Cerrone fought Perry in 2018 and submitted him in the first round with an armbar.
All four of his UFC fights may have played out predominantly on the feet, but Rodriguez is looking to exploit Perry’s ground game in what he sees as a crack in his armor.
“The whole team said the same thing about him,” Rodriguez said. “I don’t really want to expose him that much other than what everybody else knows, he doesn’t have a great ground game. On the other hand, he fought Mickey (Gall), and Mickey is a really solid jiu-jitsu guy, and that went all three rounds and Perry won that.
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“I just feel like he has crappy ground game – that’s pretty much it. He can take a punch. He fought Tim Means and they had a great, great fight, and I dropped Tim Means twice when I fought him. So I’m curious to see how my striking (works). I just feel like I’m going to pick him apart, and if he tries to take me down, I’m pretty safe on the ground.”
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- Name:Mike Perry
- Pro MMA Record:14-7-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
- Nickname:Platinum
- Current Streak:1 Loss
- Age:29 Date of Birth:1991.09.15
- Last Fight:November 21, 2020inUFC
- Weight Class:Welterweight Last Weigh-In:175.5 lbs
- Affiliation:UFC Gym Winter Springs
- Height:5'10' (178cm) Reach:71.0' (180cm)
- Career Disclosed Earnings:$744,000 USD
- Born:Flint, Michigan
- Fighting out of:Orlando, Florida
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Mike Perry is currently fighting in the UFC welterweight division. He is currently training out of Jackson-Wink MMA Academy. He holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Perry's full name is Michael Joseph Perry. He was born in Flint, Michigan. He has two sisters, and one brother. Growing up, he had to learn to defend himself at a young age. He started training at 11 years old.
Perry compiled an amateur MMA record of 8-3, after which he made his professional debut in September 2014. In two years of professional fighting, he had finished all nine of his opponents via KO/TKO. This lead him to be signed by the UFC, and him making his octagon debut on August 20th, 2016. Perry made an immediate impact with the organization winning four of his first five contests all by way of KO/TKO. He racked up two performance of the night awards in back to back efforts netting him an extra $100,000. One of those emphatic wins saw Perry uncork a soul separating elbow that instantly launched Jake Ellenberger into Astro-Traveler mode and Mike Perry permanently into the spotlight as one of the most exciting fighters on the UFC roster. His raw unapologetic swagger only intensified this popularity. For those that did not know who Mike Perry was before you certainly did now as the KO was being touted as a possible KO of the year candidate. Throughout Perry's UFC career two things have been a staple, one is that even though Perrys tenure with the UFC is dotted with almost as many losses as wins he has nearly a perfect record for absolute entertainment value. Complete with the worst nose fracture the organization has ever seen, the second thing is his controversial behavior. Multiple encounters with the law mostly stemming from fights out of the cage, racist remarks in interviews and on twitter, allegations of domestic abuse, going without a cornerman for the Mickey Gall fight then auctioning off to the highest bidder a spot in his corner for the next one, and missing weight while sending social media pics of himself gorging on pizza and cheeseburgers for the Tim Means fight are a few examples of why Platinum Mike Perry seems to have polarized a lot of fans to either despise him and want him out of the UFC and those that just want to see him continuing to put on exciting fights.