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Mike Perry has revealed that he suffered a broken rib during his defeat to Jake Paul.
Paul dropped Perry three times on route to a sixth round stoppage victory in Tampa last Saturday.
Perry, a former MMA and active Bare Knuckle fighter, admits he felt the power of the YouTuber-turned-boxer as soon as the first round, as the pair reunited on Paul’s podcast ‘BS w/ Jake Paul’.
“In the first 10 seconds,” Perry said.
“The first punch you hit me with you popped me.
“I knew people were gonna be like, ‘put your hands up.’
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“So I come out, I’ve got my hands up and my rib was wide open and you hit me in the rib.
“I was like ‘f*** that’s it, I’m putting my hands down’ and you popped it right away.
“I fought through it.
“There’s pieces that I can take that I can be proud of.”
Paul called out UFC light heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira post-fight as well as former undisputed heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson, who he is set to face on November 15 at AT&T Stadium in Texas, live on Netflix.
The 27-year-old’s victory over Perry was his fifth over an MMA fighter, after beating Ben Askren, Anderson Silva, Tyron Woodley [twice] and Nate Diaz previously.
‘The Problem Child’ took his record to 10 professional wins with a sole defeat to Tommy Fury and insists he would be open to a rematch with Perry in MMA.
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Paul has been vocal over his distain for the premier MMA organisation, UFC and in particular the president, Dana White, but believes the Professional Fighters League [PFL] would be keen to stage a bout between them.
“I’m down, I’m sure the PFL would be down.
“I think it would be f***ing crazy.
“I need an opponent, because I want to do an MMA fight, but it has to be the right opponent and I think you and Nate Diaz fall into that category.”