Mike Perry Announces He's Launching Combat Sports Org. Before Jake Paul Fight | TMZ Sports
Mike Perry will be across from Jake Paul in just over 24 hours (more on that in a minute), but before fight night Platinum made a huge announcement, telling us he's launching his very own combat sports promotion, Dirty Boxing Championship!
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00:00Welcome to TMZ Sports.
00:06I'm Mike Babcock.
00:07I know I said I wasn't going to be here today because I am going on vacation before we actually
00:11take the rest of the sports show.
00:13But I could not leave before I talk to this man right here, one of my favorite fighters
00:18in the entire world, platinum Mike Perry, who tomorrow is going to step foot into the
00:25boxing ring with Jake Paul.
00:27It's one of the most highly anticipated fights of the entire year.
00:30The fans are so excited.
00:32If that wasn't enough, Mike also has an absolutely massive announcement that he is going to make.
00:36Mike, brother, how are you?
00:38Hey, brother, I'm doing good.
00:41Let's go.
00:42We on TMZ and I'm here to announce Dirty Boxing Championships.
00:47I am starting my own organization.
00:51We are friends for fighters and fans.
00:54This is going to be a huge combat sport.
00:57So make sure everybody stays tuned for some Dirty Boxing Championships.
01:02That's awesome, Mike.
01:03I mean, is this something that just came up?
01:05Is this something you knew you were going to do?
01:07I mean, talk to me about the decision.
01:09This is a big deal.
01:10Me and my team have been working on this for quite some time.
01:17We've tried to hint at this, but we're finally, you know, we've been making way and we're
01:23ready to make the announcement that this is coming very soon.
01:27We're very close to being sanctioned by commissions and we're ready to get some athletes and get
01:33a card together and put a fight on sometime this year.
01:37Mike, you were a star UFC fighter.
01:40You're the biggest star that bare knuckle boxing has.
01:42You're fighting Jake Paul in a boxing match tomorrow.
01:44What does this look like?
01:45Is this UFC?
01:46Is it boxing?
01:47Are there gloves?
01:48No gloves.
01:49Talk to me about what's the ring look like.
01:50Talk to me about all that.
01:52Well, you know, we kind of have a vintage aspect of, you know, brawling, fighting.
02:00It's an upper body combat sport, boxing.
02:05It's a mix between Muay Thai, boxing and MMA.
02:11There will be, you know, we're aiming at a targeted type of athlete, you know, from each
02:19of those sections, guys who want to stand and bang and put on an exciting, entertaining
02:26show for the fans.
02:27We are kind of reaching the middle ground between bare knuckle and gloved combat.
02:34So we will have five ounce boxing gloves and guys will be able to strike with those.
02:44And, you know, some, maybe someone like a Jake Paul versus Mike Perry after I beat him
02:50Saturday night, maybe he'll want to fight me in this organization because it won't be
02:55bare knuckle, but it will be smaller gloves and then he can do his striking.
03:00He says he wants to do MMA.
03:02Well, this is boxing with a little bit of extra incentive.
03:07So maybe someone like that.
03:09We are also targeting more boxers who don't want to come over to bare knuckle, but want
03:14to protect their hands with some smaller type of glove.
03:18And then, you know, it gives you the chance to finish the fight if you're successful on
03:22the feet.
03:23Now, shifting to tomorrow, to Saturday night's fight against Jake Paul.
03:28How are you feeling?
03:29I mean, you can just feel the excitement.
03:30I hear people talking about the fight, social media in our office here, Mike.
03:33People are talking about it.
03:34How are you feeling as you're only a couple hours now away from doing battle against Jake?
03:39Well, I'm very excited.
03:41I think, you know, this is my heaviest weight that I've ever been at.
03:45I think I'm very powerful here.
03:46I think I move a lot of weight here and, you know, I'm looking to crush Jake.
03:51I'm looking to hit him.
03:52You know, there won't be, there will be some aspects of dirty boxing going on in that ring
03:57against Jake, but you know, he'll be safe when I knock him down.
04:02So what if he gets too scared, he can just fall down and he'll get a few second breaks.
04:09How does it go when you envision how this thing turns out?
04:12Are you stopping him?
04:13Is it a war that goes to the judges?
04:15How do you think it turns out, Mike?
04:17I mean, I'm looking to have a battle with him.
04:19You know, I want to remain tough and I expect to be hit with some good shots.
04:25I expect to wear on him and make him tired.
04:28I expect to, to make him look for an exit and want nothing more than to find his way
04:35out of that ring sooner rather than later.
04:38So if I'm wearing all over him and he's just breathing heavy and I'm hitting him with highs
04:42and lows and the body in the head, I want to give him a concussion or two.
04:47And I want him to freaking cry when he leaves the ring, man.
04:52Mike, when we sat down in this office right here, where I'm at right now, a couple months
04:55ago, I, you know, it was BKFC we were talking about, but you said that, you know, Jake Paul's
04:59my dream fight.
05:00You're on the eve of that happening and it's such a huge event.
05:03I mean, personally for you, I mean, how, how, how thrilling is this to, to be part of this
05:08fight?
05:09Man, you know, I've been doing my thing for quite some time now.
05:12I've been very successful and victorious over these years and I can't let that stop now.
05:20I must remain vigilant and keep my eyes focused on the task at hand.
05:26And I am tunnel vision straight to Jake's crooked nose.
05:29I'm going to break that thing sideways and I'm going to make him bleed.
05:33And I want to see what he is made of when, and when I say he's green tonight, well fight
05:39night will be the night that he finds out and I'm going to pull him into deep waters
05:45and I'm going to try to drown him in his own blood.
05:48I don't think there's a better way to end it than that right there, Mike.
05:52Congratulations on Dirty Boxing.
05:54Cannot wait for that.
05:55We will all be watching Saturday night.
05:56Mike, thank you so much for your time as always, brother.
05:58I appreciate you, man.
05:59Thank you so much.
06:00Make sure y'all tune in tomorrow night, July 20th, days in pay-per-view, dazn.com forward
06:07slash Jake verse Mike, or go to Ticketmaster and get your tickets.
06:12The arena is almost full.
06:14I'm hoping it's sold out tomorrow night.
06:17I want to put on a show for all the fans and I'm bringing the heat.
06:20Let's go!