Jake Paul and Mike Perry had one last wacky moment in them as they went head-to-head for a final time on Friday night ahead of their pay-per-view grudge fight.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer takes on one of the most explosive fighters in BKFC tomorrow night in a boxing match that was hastily arranged after his fight with Mike Tyson was postponed. And things remained explosive on-stage at their ceremonial weigh-in.
Paul and Perry have had a lengthy feud dating back to a sparring session between the pair in 2021 when the social media star was due to face Ben Askren. And they will finally settle it tomorrow night in Tampa, Florida.
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Jake Paul shoves Mike Perry across the stage in final face-off
Jake Paul and Mike Perry both took to the stage in front of a large Tampa crowd as they faced off for the final time ahead of their grudge fight. After both stepping on the scales to pose for photos, they were put together for one final face-off.
The duo, separated by Most Valuable Promotions co-founder Nakisa Bidarian, jawed at one another while squaring off, with Paul telling his rival: “You’re not ready for this moment, the adrenaline gonna hit you, for real.”
Perry replied by insisting that he was “excited” and insisted that he would be “eating everything you’ve got”. When the pair got nose-to-nose and finally made contact, Perry shoved his rival slightly, leading to Paul pushing him right back and across the stage.
Security managed to get between the pair as they successfully stemmed Perry, who was attempting to get across stage and make a beeline for Paul. And eventually they were able to be wrangled and brought for interviews.
Speaking after the incident, Paul said of what happened: “He light, he flew like six feet. Dana White said he’s going to give him a UFC contract if he can knock me out, well guess what Dana? You can rip up the f***ing contract because I’m going to f*** up Mike Perry.”
Mike Perry sends final message to Jake Paul ahead of grudge fight
After their scuffle on stage, once everything was subdued, Perry managed to get on the microphone and leave a chilling message for his rival ahead of the fight tomorrow. “They’re working hard to protect him bro,” Perry told host Ariel Helwani.
“But tomorrow night in the ring when it’s just me and him, no protection. He’s going down. You seen how hard those big guys had to work to get me back. I was pushing through the whole s*** moving all their a***es.
That’s like 1,000lb of pressure, that’s called Platinum pressure. I’m putting it all up tomorrow and I’m beating your a**, Jake. We here for a fight, like I told him we here for everything. I’m here to eat everything he’s got, I’m taking your chin tomorrow, Jake!”
Jake Paul and Mike Perry make weight for grudge fight
The official weigh-ins for tomorrow night’s fight actually took place earlier in the day, with Paul and Perry both successfully tipping the scales before the ceremonial event later in the evening. The bare-knuckle boxer made weight first, before his rival needed two attempts to make the cruiserweight limit.
Perry came in at a career-highest weight of 196.6lb. The weigh-in was almost 30lb heavier than his boxing debut in 2015 against Kenneth McNeil, and more than 12lb over his last BKFC weigh-in when he faced Thiago Alves earlier this year.
After that, Paul arrived flanked by a massive entourage, and made his way to the scales. There was a small degree of drama as he appeared to be .2lb over the limit, but he removed his shorts and weighed in again, eventually making 200lb on the button.
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