Biography
Mike Perry, together with John Jones, hold the palm of the championship in the UFC in terms of the number of scandals both in octave and behind its perimeter. But there are differences between the fighters. First, Jones is a half-haul, and Perry performs in a welders weight category. Secondly, John's successes more stable than Mike. Third, Jones - African American, and Perry - Flook, allowing racist statements.Childhood and youth
Mike was born in mid-September 1991 in the city of Flint American State Michigan. The full name of the fighter of mixed martial arts is Michael Joseph Perry. He has a brother and two sisters.
Now in Flint 54% of the population is African Americans. At the beginning of the XXI century at school, where Perry studied, there were only 10 ceiling student, including Mike. The teenager participated in all interracial fights. He changed several schools in Michigan and Florida, but the situation was repeated.
At 11 years old, the boy began to engage in boxing, however, the sports career Mike lasted long. The future fighter was detained with a dose of prohibited substances and sentenced to a suspended period, which was replaced by a prison sentence after Perry took part in the stealing with burglary.
After the liberation, Mike worked as a coach at the UFC gym in the Floridian town of Winter Springs. After successful in the development of physical training athletes, the former prisoner decided to link the biography with battles and began to study in the Jackson-Wink MMA Academy under the leadership of Greg Jackson.
Personal life
Personal life of a fighter, weighing 78 kg with a height of 178 cm, is unstable. In 2019, Mike took the professional tennis player Daniel Nicherson, with which he was familiar for 5 years.Probably, it was the lady of the racket that was the girl, because of which Perry came up on New Year's Eve in the city of Orlando. The stranger approached the Mike's companion, and when the athlete offered him to leave, unleashed the fight. A professional struck the lingerie to the left Hook, and he lost consciousness.
However, in 2020, Perry was divorced with Nickerson. Now the girl Mike is a low dark-haired Latitude Gonzalez, the photo with which often appear in the "instagram" fighter. Latinamer was a second perry in the June (2020) Boy with Mickey Gall.
On the sense of humor, Mike can be judged by his self-describing in "Instagram". The fighter calls himself a "dog wagshold." However, not all jokes perry is so harmless. In the official weighing before the debut fight in UFC with the South Korean athlete, Lim Hyun Gyu, Flint, a handshake was simulated, and then raised his hands and shouted:
"Do not count on friendship, guy!"During the battle, Perry and his second, Alex Nicholson insulted Lima shouts:
"He can not even uncover his damn Asian eyes!"On weighing in December 2016, before a fight with Alan Juban, an American, having French and Syrian roots, Mike aggressively showed the future rival.
Mixed martial arts
In the first professional fight in September 2014, Perry won by knockout over Hector Tirado. Similar statistics showed "Novobine" in the next eight battles, each of which ended with a knockout or technical knockout conducted by a native of Flint.
In the summer of 2016, with a Mike, who received the nickname platinum, UFC signed a contract for 2 years. Not all battles spent Perry during this period ended for him successfully. If Jake Ellenberger and Thiago Alves Platinine won, then Santiago Podzinibbio and Max Gryffin lost.
Although the duel with Donald Serro was forgeous for Perry unsuccessfully (he injured his hand in the 1st round, and the enemy won), UFC concluded a new contract with a native of Flint.
At the end of April 2019, Mike was a unanimous decision of the judges in a fight with Brazilian Alex Olywira, however, less than 4 months after this fight, Vicente Luke dismissed the compatriot and brought the platinum in order to a quarter, breaking his nose.
It is curious that Perry's fights with both representatives of the country of Samba and Karnavalov were recognized by the battles of the night. In December 2019 in Las Vegas, Mike lost again, this time with a compatriot Jeff Nile.
Mike Perry now
On February 23, 2020, Perry won a duel on Ghrupling at Ela Yakkinta, and after the resumption of UFC fights at the end of quarantine measures defeated Mickey Galla. It is noteworthy that Mike, who regularly accused of defeats in the mentors, is now costing the coach.The life of platinum and perimeter of octagon is not boring. In March 2020, Perry had knocked out an obsessive stranger in a street fight and posted a video of the incident in "Instagram". In July, Mike rushed at the restaurant of the Texas city of Lubbock, and not only beat to the loss of the consciousness of the elderly opponent, but also allowed a hands-possession against an employee of the institution, and also shouted racist slogans.
Achievements
- 2017 - The winner of the "Speech of the evening" against Jack Ellenberger
- 2017 - the winner of the "Speech of the evening" against Alex Reyes
- 2019 - winner of the "Battle of the evening" against Alex Olyey
- 2019 - The winner of the "Battle of the Evening" against Vicente Luke