BKFC brawler ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry went toe-to-toe with former UFC champion Sean Strickland in an intense sparring session.
Whereas each fighters await their subsequent project, they determined to have a go at each other at Strickland’s house health club, Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas. Perry later posted the footage on social media, which you’ll take a look at under:
After a middling run beneath the UFC banner that noticed him go 7-8, Perry put collectively a formidable profession resurgence in Naked Knuckle Combating Championship, incomes wins over the likes of Michael ‘Venom’ Web page, Luke Rockhold, Eddie Alvarez, and Thiago Alves. He shortly turned the promotion’s prime draw and finally emerged as the corporate’s official ‘King of Violence‘ following his victory over Alvarez.
Perry’s final time competing was a boxing match with Jake Paul in July 2024. ‘Platinum’ misplaced the bout within the sixth spherical by TKO and was subsequently “fired” by Conor McGregor, who’s a part-owner of BKFC.
Sean Strickland is one massive win away from one other potential UFC title alternative
In the meantime, Strickland final fought in February, delivering a lackluster efficiency towards Dricus du Plessis of their middleweight championship rematch at UFC 312.
Regardless of dropping two of his final three, each towards du Plessis, Strickland remains to be the No. 2 ranked contender within the 185-pound division, that means one massive win might put him proper again into pole place for a title alternative.
Doable matchups for ‘Tarzan’ embody a rematch with Israel Adesanya, a conflict with top-ranked middleweight Nassourdine Imavov, or a gathering with Combating Nerds product Caio Borralho.
