A disturbing video emerged Wednesday night, showing UFC welterweight Mike Perry punching a man outside a restaurant.
The 1 minute, 43-second video, which can be viewed above, begins with Perry, accompanied by girlfriend Latory Gonzalez, leaving an unidentified establishment. Perry can be heard yelling at a person with whom he’s had an apparent disagreement.
After reaching the exit, Perry refuses to leave quietly, kicking off another argument. As bystanders attempt to calm him down, Perry grows more agitated and initiates an exchange with a man with gray hair wearing glasses.
“I’ll knock your old ass out, too!” Perry says.
The man responds, “You do it, mother(expletive)!”
“Yeah, let’s go you fat piece of (expletive)!” Perry says.
It’s unclear from the video who makes the first move toward the other, but Perry drops the man with one punch within a few seconds. Afterward, Perry yells for someone to call the police and tells another man to back up while directing the N-word at him three times.
The location and timing of the incident are unclear, though Perry is wearing a “Fight Island” T-shirt, suggesting it was recent. Twitter user @MMAEejit, who first posted the video, told MMA Junkie that it happened within the last 36 hours.
On Tuesday, Perry posted a series of cryptic tweets.
I hope judgement day is coming. I hope all you filthy mouth losers burn in the shithole sewers of hell. All you will see, smell & hear is nightmares of vomit and feces drowning you for eternity. Your life sucks so you hate on beauty you will never have but it will only get worse
If you see us in public and you get too close, I’m gonna hit you. Social distancing says you gotta stay 6 feet away from us. You come in my bubble you getting Sparta kicked in the nuts and fuckin stone cold stunnered bitch ! #DimMak
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) July 7, 2020
If you see us in public and you get too close, I’m gonna hit you. Social distancing says you gotta stay 6 feet away from us. You come in my bubble you getting Sparta kicked in the nuts and f*ckin stone cold stunnered bitch ! #DimMak
Please try me. I promise I will baptize you in the name of street Jesus !
Perry is coming off a unanimous decision win over Mickey Gall on June 27 in Las Vegas, for which Gonzalez served as his only corner person.
Before becoming a professional fighter, Perry, now 28, spent six months in prison in 2011 for violating the terms of his probation after a conviction for armed robbery.
Both UFC representatives and Perry’s management, who are in Abu Dhabi for UFC 251, were unavailable for immediate comment.
Video shows UFC's Mike Perry punch older man in restaurant altercation
