{"id":851322,"date":"2026-08-09T02:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T02:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/851322\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T02:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T02:44:10","slug":"mike-perry-hits-back-at-nate-diazs-rematch-call-out-as-ufc-veteran-and-bkfc-icon-talks-dillon-danis-mma-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/851322\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Perry hits back at Nate Diaz&#8217;s rematch call-out, as UFC veteran and BKFC icon talks Dillon Danis MMA clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Perry harked back to Nate Diaz&#8217;s rematch call-out of him, in addition to addressing the training for his imminent MMA showdown against Dillon Danis. <\/p>\n<p>Mike Perry has revisited an X post made by Nate Diaz in the aftermath of their professional MMA matchup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Perry defeated <a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/ufc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC<\/a> legend Diaz by way of second-round TKO in their welterweight encounter at the inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/most-valuable-promotions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MVP<\/a> MMA event in May. Diaz campaigned for a rematch, but it hasn&#8217;t come to fruition as of yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Perry has now alluded to the preparations for his MMA matchup against Dillon Danis. Their welterweight bout will be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/news\/bkfc-icon-and-ufc-veteran-mike-perry-reveals-how-dillon-danis-mma-fight-came-about-at-duel-arena-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the headlining match of the inaugural fight card<\/a> promoted by online crypto casino DuelBet, which would be Duel Arena 1 in Orlando, Florida, on August 29.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former UFC fighter and subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/bkfc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BKFC<\/a> staple Mike Perry will fight Dillon Danis at Duel Arena 1<\/p>\n<p>Mike Perry&#8217;s aforementioned MMA showdown against Nate Diaz marked the former&#8217;s first professional mixed martial arts contest since losing a unanimous decision verdict to Daniel Rodriguez inside the Octagon in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Perry exited the UFC and proceeded to accrue a 6-0 undefeated record in bare-knuckle boxing under the BKFC organization&#8217;s banner. He&#8217;s also captured the symbolic BKFC King of Violence title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, Darren Till, a fellow former UFC star with whom Perry was in a fierce rivalry, recently got scheduled to fight ex-UFC middleweight Yoel Romero.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/news\/chael-sonnen-dissects-darren-till-vs-yoel-romero-bare-knuckle-boxing-match-of-ufc-bkfc-94-manchester\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Their highly anticipated bare-knuckle boxing match<\/a> will serve as the main event of BKFC 94 Manchester on September 26.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the BKFC 94 Manchester promotional press conference a few days ago, Till jibed at Perry competing elsewhere rather than in the BKFC. &#8220;The Gorilla&#8221; insinuated that Perry was evading their long-awaited grudge match.<\/p>\n<p>The Briton outlined that he&#8217;ll beat Romero, Perry, as well as Lorenzo Hunt in the BKFC. Ironically, <a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/news\/lorenzo-hunt-and-ex-ufc-star-mike-perry-face-off-at-bkfc-91-naples-after-hunts-historic-title-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Perry&#8217;s faceoff with the first-ever BKFC three-division champion Hunt<\/a> in Italy made waves in the combat sports realm last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, Perry has no shortage of opponents, be it in MMA or bare-knuckle boxing. He, however, seems to be focused on his upcoming Duel Arena 1 fight against BJJ savant and the inaugural Misfits MMA light heavyweight champion Dillon Danis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an X post, Perry has now written, &#8220;Omw to the spa.&#8221; He added, &#8220;Thinking about being in Manhattan beach with my wife for a week and a decent hotel room having a fight.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old alluded to having met some fans and taken a trip to Italy with his wife Latory Gonzalez (aka Latory Perry). &#8220;Platinum&#8221; underscored that he&#8217;s primed to partake in a big fight &#8212; the clash against Danis &#8212; in Orlando, Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Perry appeared to make a play on words &#8212; harking back to a lighthearted interaction between himself and Darren Till from a few years ago. England&#8217;s Till, who hails from Liverpool and is known to possess a Liverpudlian accent (Scouse), requested his &#8216;frenemy&#8217; Perry for a spar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Perry misunderstood that and inquired whether the Englishman meant to say he wanted a spa. Ultimately, the two UFC stars faced off in a sparring session.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It appears as though Perry subtly revisited that incident, writing, &#8220;Spa went well.&#8221; With a &#8216;folded hands&#8217; emoji, he continued, &#8220;Got an extremely helpful PT stretch after some really good grappling exchanges. I&#8217;m hanging with My Son. Preparing for blood August 29th.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The KO artist highlighted that he&#8217;s grateful for the memories and that his hard work is paying off. Perry noted, &#8220;Helps me enjoy the relaxation part.&#8221; He further urged people to stay &#8220;blessed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Omw to the spa \ud83e\uddd6\u200d\u2642\ufe0f \ud83e\udd4a, thinking about being in Manhattan beach with my wife for a week and a decent hotel room having a fight, all these great people came to say hi then my wife and I went to Italy and had a nice time, now we\u2019re gonna have a big fight here in Orlando. Spa went\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PlatinumPerry\/status\/2086168666471874691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 8, 2026<\/a><br \/>\nMike Perry hits back at MMA legend Nate Diaz&#8217;s call-out for a rematch with a succinct response<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s noteworthy that certain sections of the MMA community have argued that Mike Perry&#8217;s win over Nate Diaz was largely due to his facial scar tissue getting cut open quite easily, which led to a cut-induced TKO finish in their MMA fight back in May.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Diaz and his supporters have been adamant that a rematch would play out differently, with his hand raised rather than that of Perry&#8217;s. The Stockton native made an X post last month, comprising a photograph of his landing a punch on Perry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Diaz, who is himself being pursued for a rematch in MMA <a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/news\/jake-paul-confirms-hes-fighting-again-targets-mma-fight-with-ufc-legend-nate-diaz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">by former boxing opponent Jake Paul<\/a>, wrote, &#8220;Back in action upward movement.&#8221; He continued, &#8220;Road to whoop this motherf**kers a*sss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here in August, Perry has harked back to that post and hit back with a rather concise response. Implying that he handled the punch quite easily, the BKFC superstar wrote, &#8220;Ate that.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ate that <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vDn5lr9Rud\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/vDn5lr9Rud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PlatinumPerry\/status\/2086168827620962313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mike Perry harked back to Nate Diaz&#8217;s rematch call-out of him, in addition to addressing the training for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":851323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[293485,239456,33399,293486,33307,703,711,49,48,10987,641,22332,638,248757,24584,82,640],"class_list":["post-851322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-bare-knuckle-fighting-championship","tag-bareknuckle","tag-bareknuckle-boxing","tag-bareknuckle-fc","tag-bkfc","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dillon-danis","tag-fighting","tag-mike-perry","tag-mma","tag-mvp-mma-1-results-rousey-vs-carano","tag-nate-diaz","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}