Mike Perry is an acclaimed combat sports athlete hailing from the United States of America. He started his professional career as a mixed martial artist and debuted in the sport in 2014. After having a clinical run in his initial seven fights, Perry went on to join the coveted professional mixed martial arts organization, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Riding high on a perfect record of seven wins and no loss Mike Perry entered the UFC octagon for the first time on August 20, 2016. He was pitted against Lim Hyun-gyu in a welterweight showdown on the main card of UFC 202. Perry maintained his unbeaten record and defeated Hyun-gyu by a first-round TKO and kicked off his journey in the UFC with a dominant win.
After competing in the UFC for almost half a decade Mike Perry’s contract with the UFC ended in 2021. He decided to join the American bare-knuckle boxing organization BKFC after getting released from the UFC and made his debut in the organization in February 2022. Having had a reasonable run in MMA and a clinical record in BKFC, Mike Perry will next be seen while taking on the American internet personality turned boxer Jake Paul in a cruiserweight boxing showdown. The duo will face each other on July 20, 2024, in Tampa, Florida, USA, in a four-round bout.
Mike Perry’s Professional MMA Losses
Mike Perry has lost eight professional fights in his career and his record stands at 14 wins and 8 losses as of July 2024. Here is a look back at his defeats in professional mixed martial arts:
Alan Jouban vs. Mike Perry
Mike Perry and Alan Jouban took on each other in a welterweight bout on December 17, 2016. The duo locked horns on the main card of UFC on Fox: Vanzant vs. Waterson where Jouban defeated Perry by a unanimous decision. The loss is Perry’s first professional defeat of his professional MMA career.
Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Mike Perry
Mike Perry faced Santiago Ponzinibbio on December 16, 2017. The duo locked horns in a welterweight bout on the main card of UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos. Ponzinibbio won the fight by a unanimous decision and handed Perry the second defeat of his professional mixed martial arts career.
Max Griffin vs. Mike Perry
Mike Perry locked horns with Mike Perry on February 24, 2018. The duo fought each other on the main card of UFC on Fox Emmett vs. Stephens. Griffin secured a unanimous decision victory in the fight resulting in Perry’s third professional defeat in mixed martial arts.
Donald Cerrone vs. Mike Perry
Donald Cerrone and Mike Perry locked horns with each other in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night: The Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez on November 10, 2018. Cerrone handed Perry the fourth loss of his professional mixed martial arts career by defeating him via first-round submission in the fight.
Vicente Luque vs. Mike Perry
Vicente Luque and Mike Perry met at UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 on August 10, 2019, in the event’s co-main event. After a grueling and bloodied match in which Perry suffered a gruesome injury to his nose, Luque was able to win the fight by split decision. Perry’s loss in the fight is his fifth professional defeat of his professional mixed martial arts career.
Geoff Neal vs. Mike Perry
Mike Perry and Geoff Neal faced each other on the preliminary card of the UFC 245 in a welterweight showdown on December 14, 2019. Neal defeated him by a first-round TKO resulting in Perry’s sixth professional mixed martial arts defeat.
Tim Means vs. Mike Perry
Tim Means and Mike Perry took on each other on the main card of the UFC 255 on November 21, 2020. He suffered a unanimous decision defeat in the fight and took his tally of losses in mixed martial arts to seven.
Daniel Rodriguez vs. Mike Perry
Daniel Rodriguez and Mike Perry squared off against each other at UFC on ABC: Vettori vs. Holland on April 10, 2021. After going through the three rounds of the fight, Perry came up short and ended up losing by a unanimous decision. The loss is his eighth professional mixed martial arts defeat as of July 2024.
Mike Perry’s Professional Boxing Losses
Mike Perry has only competed once in a professional boxing match as of July 2024. He locked horns with Kenneth McNeil on March 28, 2015, in a four-round boxing bout. Perry was defeated in the final round of the fight by McNeil by a TKO.
Mike Perry’s BKFC Losses
Mike Perry has not lost a fight in BKFC as of July 2024. He maintains a perfect record of five wins and zero losses in the organization as of July 2024.
FAQs on Mike Perry's losses
A. He has lost eight fights in professional MMA as of July 2024.
A. As of July 2024, Mike Perry has only fought and lost one fight in boxing.
A. Yes, as of July 2024, Mike Perry is still undefeated.
A. As of July 16, 2024, he has been defeated by Kenneth McNeil.
A. He is scheduled to face Jake Paul in his upcoming fight on July 20, 2024, at Tampa, Florida, USA.
