Mike Perry is ready to get some payback on Julian Lane in his BKFC debut this Saturday.
Perry and Lane are set to headline BKFC’s Knucklemania 2 event, which takes place Feb. 19 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla.
The bout came together fairly easily after a viral moment occurred at December’s BKFC Tampa event. Perry was color commentating and Lane was throwing cards at Perry. Perry reacted quickly, and there was a brief brawl. Perry was asked why he felt Lane chose that moment to shoot his shot.
“Because there was guardrails in between us and he was safe behind them,” Perry told MMA Fighting. “I think about that moment and I’m like, ‘Man, I should’ve just jumped over and tackled him, or something.’ I was just so pissed off and I am still so pissed off, and I’m just gonna handle my business on Feb. 19.”
MMA Fighting was first to report that Perry signed with the BKFC in October after parting ways with the UFC. He made his promotion debut in October at the Triller Triad Combat inaugural event, in which he defeated Michael Seals by split decision.
There was an expected line of fighters who wanted to greet Perry at the BKFC squared circle. But Lane will be the one to get first crack in the big spot. For Perry, that makes him very happy,
” There were some people I was considering, but I felt he got the chance. Perry stated that there weren’t many who would have preferred Perry because they were not someone I wanted to do business with. “I’m not saying he is one I should do business with, but we’re doing the business, he got what he wanted. The cards were thrown at me by him. I’m not sure who set that up or whether they tried to make it more popular, but I did give them the option to do what they asked because I was there to be a good guy and wasn’t playing any bullsh*t games.
” I was speaking on the microphone and got a taste of what it felt like to be bare-knuckle. It was weird, because I’m a professional. I understand that I have a past, but with the guardrails and everything, with an open ring when they say fight, and we start from a distance with my technique, my boxing abilities, it’s just gonna be a totally different show. There won’t be many people around to stop it from happening. The video didn’t look great, it looked like we were just holding, but that’s the bare-knuckle clinch and I can’t wait to get this motherf*cker.
” The first thing that he did after I reached the guardrail was to back up,” Perry said. “He backed up scared, so he’s just lucky that the guardrail was there. We’ll just have to wait and see if he turns up February 19,, because I’m going to be there and I’m going to bust his sh*t [up].”
Perry lost his UFC campaign with two consecutive unanimous decisions to Tim Means, and Daniel Rodriguez. “Platinum” admits he is in a much better place mentally and physically these days, especially now that he’s a father.
But when the bell rings to face Lane, peace will be the last thing on Perry’s mind. He plans on making the former The Ultimate Fighter contestant pay for throwing those cards.
“I’m gonna finish it by knocking him out,” Perry said. Perry said, “I’m going to bust him up and make him bleed. I will then cut his face, or do my best to finish him. In my contract, there’s this thing that says that if there’s a tie at the end of five rounds, there is a sudden death round. When he stated, “I hope it’s barnburner, drag-out fight, where it’s only a hair up, and you knock his out in the final seconds of a great battle .’
,” I thought about [Robert Whittaker].
“I’m trying to go in there and be clean, not getting touched. I’m pretty easy to touch, it happens. It’s something I expected, it happens sometimes. But I am the most tough SOB you will ever meet and I’ll let you know how he reacts when I hit him. I’m gonna be in his face trying to make him bleed.”
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