{"id":646504,"date":"2026-05-03T07:38:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646504\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T07:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:38:23","slug":"mike-perry-targets-jake-paul-mma-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646504\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Perry Targets Jake Paul MMA Rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/admin.boxingnews.com\/tag\/mike-perry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Perry<\/a> wants a rematch with <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.boxingnews.com\/tag\/jake-paul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Paul<\/a> \u2014 this time under MMA rules \u2014 and he plans to earn it by defeating <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.boxingnews.com\/tag\/nate-diaz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nate Diaz<\/a> on May 16. <\/p>\n<p>The fight takes place on the Most Valuable Promotions and Netflix card headlined by Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano, the platform\u2019s first MMA event. It marks Perry\u2019s first appearance under MMA rules in five years, a significant shift from the bare-knuckle circuit where he built his post-UFC reputation.<\/p>\n<p>The backdrop to the bout is a rivalry that has taken several turns. Paul defeated Perry in a boxing match in July 2024, but \u201cPlatinum\u201d has not let go of the idea of meeting him again on different terms. <\/p>\n<p>Perry Reacts<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve continued to work hard before getting the <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/fighter\/jake-paul\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Paul<\/a> fight. Working hard got me the Jake Paul fight. I worked hard for the Jake Paul fight and I had some setbacks. I continued to work hard, got back in the winner\u2019s circle, performed again, and now we\u2019re here fighting on MVP again,\u201d Perry<\/p>\n<p>StatisticsMike Perry<a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/fighter\/nate-diaz\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nate Diaz<\/a>Record21-722-13NicknamePlatinum\u2014Last MMA Fight5 years ago\u2014Jake Paul HistoryL \u2013 Paul (Boxing, Jul 2024)L \u2013 Paul (Boxing, Aug 2023)EventNetflix MVP, May 16Netflix MVP, May 16Bout5-round <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/division\/welterweight\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">welterweight<\/a> MMA5-round welterweight MMA<\/p>\n<p>Diaz lost to Paul in the boxing ring in August 2023 and has since been angling for a rematch under MMA rules. Paul has already acknowledged that interest, stating that a Diaz MMA fight could happen if the Stockton native gets past Perry on May 16. Perry is targeting Paul directly and is using the Diaz fight to prove the MMA tools are still there after years away from the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJake has mentioned that he\u2019d be interested in fighting Nate if Nate was able to be successful. So I\u2019m looking to go out May 16th, give it everything I\u2019ve got, dominate, and see if Jake goes running scared or if he wants to fight an MMA fight. Let\u2019s do it,\u201d Perry stated<\/p>\n<p>Find all the\u00a0latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/admin.boxingnews.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">boxing news<\/a>\u00a0and MMA breaking updates on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxingblitz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">boxingnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mike Perry wants a rematch with Jake Paul \u2014 this time under MMA rules \u2014 and he plans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-646504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}