Luke Rockhold doesn’t have much respect for his next opponent.
UFC 278 hosted the last mixed martial arts (MMA) bout of Rockhold’s career (at least for a few months). Former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champion not returning to the sport he made his name in Againbut he ended his short retirement on April 29, 2023 at BKFC 41.
Rockhold’s return as a bare-knuckle boxer will see him fight another UFC veteran, Mike “Platinum” Perry, who fought as a welterweight during his MMA career. Still a rather wild personality, to put it mildly, Perry has failed to earn Rockhold fanfare for his past antics.
“I’m confident in my abilities to take this kid away,” Rockhold told MMA Junkie. “I don’t think he understands the danger that’s coming and that’s also what works to his advantage. He doesn’t understand the danger, he’s so stupid. It makes him effective, but also, I think that this is going to lead me to an opening where I can fucking put this kid aside. I’m big and I hit hard. I don’t think you’re ready.
“I’m not an 80 year old man, you can knock out the f—k, you f—king piece of s—t,” he continued. “I kind of forgot that one, but I was reminded how pathetic you are. I’m going to make you more pathetic on April 29.
2020 pretty much ended for Perry after a unanimous decision victory over Mickey Gall in June. A month later, “Platinum” got involved in a fight at a bar, assaulting an allegedly older man on camera. The 31-year-old then capped his UFC run with back-to-back losses to Tim Means and Daniel Rodriguez before finding a new life in bare-knuckle boxing.
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