Joe Rogan – “There’s not a tougher human being alive than Mike Perry”
It would seem that UFC commentator Joe Rogan is a fan of bare knuckle fighting, particularly fights involving former UFC fighter ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry.
“I love it,” Rogan said on his podcast the Joe Rogan Experience, while speaking with famed jiu jitsu practitioner Eddie Bravo (transcribed by MMA Mania). “I love what Jorge Masvidal’s doing, that bare-knuckle MMA fights. I love it because that’s what I think MMA should have been all along. Why can you have bare elbows? Why can you have bare knees? Bare shins. A shin to the face is okay, but you have to protect your knuckles. The only thing that does is prevent cuts. And one thing it also does is protect your hands. Because you can’t really go off like you can with, like, bare-knuckle guys are, they’re more cautious about where they hit. They’re more precise. They break their hands. Well, a lot of people that go over to bare-knuckle are surprised at how little protection you have and how much it hurts. That’s where Mike Perry f***ing shines.”
Perry, 14-8 in MMA, is now 3-0 with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC). He also had one fight with Triller Fight Club’s Triad Combat event, winning that fight by way of split decision.
While with BKFC, ‘Platinum’ has defeated former UFC champion Luke Rockhold, former Bellator star Michael ‘Venom’ Page, and Julian Lane.
“[He’s] killing it,” Rogan said of Perry. “Killing it. F***ed up Luke Rockhold in his last fight, made him quit. Knocked his teeth out. Luke’s like, ‘Enough’. He’s f***ing everybody up because he’s such an animal… There’s not a tougher human being alive than Mike Perry. He’s like uniquely suited for bare-knuckle fighting because he’s just such a f***ing savage. He’s willing to kill or be killed. Like, legitimately. He has no fear. He goes in there, kill or be killed. And he’s good, man. He knows how to fight bare-knuckle. He’s clever.”
