Mike
Perry isn’t scheduled to fight anyone in Russia, but that
didn’t prevent him from nearly brawling with Magomed
Ismailov during an impromptu faceoff.
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Perry was reportedly in Russia to corner traininer partner and
fellow UFC veteran Alex
Nicholson against Vagab
Vagabov. Perry appeared on Russian TV to promote the event, and
for some reason he squared off against Ismailov during the event.
That ultimately led to a brawl nearly breaking out in a television
studio before the two fighters were separated.
According to Perry, Ismailov mistook an expletive for a more
serious insult.
“I almost got jumped in there,” Perry said on his Instagram
stories. “Luckily, people was breaking it up. But in Russia if you
call someone a motherf——er, they think you’re talking about
someone’s mom so then the whole team coming to get you. But in
America when you say motherf——er it’s like normal words. It’s
normal. I’m not talking about your mama, chill bro.”
Perry, a 15-time UFC veteran, has recently been competing under the
BKFC banner. He earned a decision victory over Bellator
welterweight contender Michael
Page in his last outing at BKFC 27 on Aug. 20.