Mike Perry in a bar fight last night over
someone “touching him”.This is pretty disgusting behaviour from a UFC calibre fighter.
Acting like a complete child. pic.twitter.com/ZAuxZTtXtW— MMA Eejit (@MMAEejit)
July 8, 2020
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ESPN app. In a video posted on social media, UFC welterweight
Mike
Perry is seen punching an older man during an altercation
outside of what appears to be a restaurant.
The video, which is a little less than two minutes long, shows an
animated Perry walking out of an establishment with girlfriend
Latory Gonzalez. As Perry walks toward exit of the building, he
continues to yell as one woman appears to be trying to persuade him
to leave.
“Did you touch me? Oh you didn’t touch me,” Perry yells in the
direction of a person with whom he may have had some type of
disagreement. “He touched me.”
At that point, a group of people is standing in front of Perry at
what appears to be the entrance of the restaurant, and that’s when
an older man gets into an argument with the fighter. The man
accuses Perry of hitting the person positioned off the screen.
“I’ll knock your old ass out too,” Perry responds.
“You do it, motherf—er,” the man says.
“Yeah, let’s go you fat piece of s—t,” Perry says.
From there, the man seems to move toward Perry and is knocked down
by a punch. With onlookers screaming and yelling in the ensuing
chaos, Perry can be overheard telling another man, “Back the f—k up
n—a, back the f—k up.” Perry calls the man the N-word multiple
times while sitting down and continuing to yell for someone to call
the police.
According to
MMAFighting.com, Perry allegedly assaulted three victims in the
incident, which reportedly occurred on July 7 at Table 82 in
Lubbock, Texas. While Perry was charged with Class A assault — a
misdemeanor — he was not arrested. He will be required to show up
in court and could be fined $500.
Meanwhile,
TMZ Sports is reporting that the man Perry is seen allegedly
punching on video was transported to the hospital. Perry also
allegedly punched a restaurant employee after being asked to leave,
and the establishment is considering pursuing a theft charge
because the fighter did not pay his bill, according to the report.
After the video went viral, Perry posted “No comment” on his
Twitter page.
Perry, who is coming off a decision victory over Mickey Gall
at UFC on ESPN on 12 on June 27, previously posted a series of
tweets that may have been related to the incident.
I hope judgement day is coming. I hope all
you filthy mouth losers burn in the shithole sewers of hell. All
you will see, smell & hear is nightmares of vomit and feces
drowning you for eternity. Your life sucks so you hate on beauty
you will never have but it will only get worse— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry)
July 7, 2020
If you see us in public and you get too close, I’m gonna hit you.
Social distancing says you gotta stay 6 feet away from us. You come
in my bubble you getting Sparta kicked in the nuts and fuckin stone
cold stunnered bitch !
#DimMak— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry)
July 7, 2020
Please try me. I promise I will baptize you
in the name of street Jesus !— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry)
July 7, 2020
Note: This article was updated at approximately 11:18 p.m. ET to
include additional information.