Jake Paul registered one other KO victory on Saturday night time on the Amelie Enviornment in Tampa, Florida.
Paul smoked Mike Perry by way of sixth-round TKO in the primary occasion of the MVP present. Oddly sufficient, Paul’s boxing expertise was the important thing as Perry regarded about as amateurish as anybody who has ever fought in such a giant occasion. Paul dropped Perry 3 times en path to the victory.
It is a take a look at the first knockdown, which was extra a product of the load of the punch. Perry wasn’t rocked but, that may come later within the battle.
The end got here after a flurry within the sixth spherical. Perry received to his ft, and the referee was going to permit him to proceed, however a stumble as he tried to maneuver to his proper made the official’s resolution straightforward.
Here’s a take a look at the end:
Perry refused to maintain his fingers up all through the battle and ate photographs all through the night. The BKFC champion’s greatest spherical was the third. Paul regarded a bit gassed, and Perry’s strain put the battle on the cusp of a momentum shift. Within the fourth spherical, Paul flipped the script again in his favor.
Utilizing his jab and some photographs to the physique, Paul uncovered Perry’s rudimentary boxing expertise, resulting in the KO. After the battle, Paul briefly mentioned his win however centered extra on his subsequent opponent, Mike Tyson. Paul was initially presupposed to face Tyson on this date, however medical points pushed the latter out of the occasion.
Paul confirmed that the rescheduled battle with the heavyweight legend remains to be on Netflix for November 15. In accordance with Paul, Tyson is again coaching and making ready for the historic occasion that can launch Netflix’s reside sports activities content material forward of WWE Uncooked touchdown on the streaming service in 2025.
After the Tyson speak, Paul confirmed curiosity in going through Perry in BKFC or MMA with the Skilled Fighters League. Perry clarified that he can be all the way down to rematch Paul on both platform. Maybe Paul’s most eye-popping callout was his problem to present UFC gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira. Here’s a take a look at the clip:
Not too long ago, Pereira expressed an curiosity in boxing, and Paul picked up on these feedback and referred to as out the harmful Brazilian.
After the Perry battle, Paul was even seen talking with Pereira on FaceTime within the ring. Regardless of the callouts and the dialog within the ring, it’s uncertain we’ll see Paul face Pereira–at the very least anytime quickly.
Pereira remains to be below contract with the UFC, and traditionally, the promotion has hardly ever accredited considered one of its fighters taking a battle in one other sport. Pereira’s standing as champion and arguably the promotion’s strongest energetic draw makes that each one the extra unlikely. For now, followers of the Paul crossover occasions could should accept the conflict with Tyson.
Likelihood is–even with the boxing Corridor-of-Famer being 59 years outdated–shall be extra aggressive than what we noticed from Perry on Saturday.