Former UFC star Mike Perry threatened his next bare knuckle fighting opponent with a bat in his hand
- Mike Perry brought a bat to a pre-fight press conference Thursday.
- The former UFC star has bad blood with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship opponent Julian Lane.
The former UFC fighter Mike Perry brought a bat to a bare knuckle fighting press conference Thursday, waved it around, and seemingly threatened his KnuckleMania opponent Julian Lane with it.
Perry said "this business is personal" and that he and Lane will be "trying to kill each other" when they throw fists at each other's skulls in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship's signature event of the year in Hollywood, Florida, February 19.
Controversy, mayhem, and generally feral behavior are par for the course at BK. The company seemingly thrives when its athletes set 3-second knockout records, cause nightmarish bloodbaths in the ring, and when its female stars spit trash talk regarding one another's boobs.
When you factor in that kind of combat sports culture, why wouldn't you bring a bat to a media event?
Really, that's the perfectly normal thing to do. Especially when you're Mike "Platinum" Perry, a guy who provided commentary for BK FC in December and left his booth to pick a fight — coincidently with Lane — descending that event into unadulterated chaos.
Now, Perry's at it again as, moments before the conference finished, Perry said: "What's up, little bitch?" and then proceeded to unveil the bat.
Watch it unfold right here:
Though perhaps chilling at first, MMA Fighting later revealed that the bat was not made of aluminum or wood and was likely little more than a prop to use on stage.
Regardless, there appears to be genuine animosity between Perry and Lane. As well as their kerfuffle two months ago, Perry said he "can't wait to get this motherfucker," when they come to blows this weekend.
"I was just so pissed off," about the incident in December, "and I am still so pissed off, and I'm just gonna handle my business," he said, according to MMA Fighting, in a separate story. "I'm gonna bust his shit [up]."
BK FC KnuckleMania 2 takes place Saturday at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood and will be broadcast on Fite TV as a pay-per-view.
Elsewhere on the card, another former UFC star Chad Mendes fights Joshuah Alvarez at lightweight, Britain Hart and Christine Ferea fight for the BK FC women's flyweight title, and Luis Palomino and Martin Brown contest the BK FC lightweight championship.