Jake Paul desires Mike Perry in MMA, too.
Paul (9-1) takes on Perry (0-1) in an eight-round cruiserweight boxing match July 20 in Tampa, Fla. The occasion airs on DAZN pay-per-view. “The Drawback Little one” is at present double booked in boxing – towards Perry in July then Mike Tyson in November.
Paul nonetheless insists on making his MMA debut, beforehand providing Nate Diaz an enormous purse to battle him within the cage. PFL CEO Pete Murray instructed MMA Junkie that Paul’s MMA debut probably will occur in 2025, and Paul is open to preventing Perry once more after they field – however in MMA.
“I’m down – once I beat Mike Perry in boxing, f*ck it, we are able to run it in MMA,” Paul mentioned in an interview with DAZN. “I would like an MMA battle. The (PFL) Sensible Cage is actually proper there.
“As soon as I begin MMA, my wrestling background goes to return out, and I feel I’ll be a really harmful MMA fighter, as nicely. So, Mike Perry can get it – my arms are trisexual.”
Perry has a counter supply. The BKFC star proposed they battle in a bare-knuckle boxing match as a substitute, a self-discipline during which Perry is undefeated.
“Cap, why not bareknuckle? Why not field naked knuckle?” Perry responded. “I’ll take Jake’s again. Wrestling and jiu-jitsu, that’s not one thing you simply hold in your again pocket.”
Perry hasn’t competed in MMA since a call loss to Daniel Rodriguez in August 2021. After 15 octagon fights, Perry parted methods with the UFC later within the yr.
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