Mike Perry offers his version of sparring session with Jake Paul

Perry will take on Paul in a professional fight later this month, three years after they first met in the ring for a disputed sparring session

Mike Perry insists he silenced Jake Paul’s cheering entourage when the rivals sparred three years ago.

Perry and Paul will meet in a professional ring on Saturday week after the former UFC star stepped in to replace Mike Tyson who was forced to postpone his own fight with Paul until November 15. The pair sparred in 2021 with Paul claiming he enjoyed the better of the exchanges – something Perry disputes.

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“I started making him land into some shots when he tried to dodge them and he gets back on his bike and moves,” he told Morning Kombat. “I’m going to have to cut him off with better pressure; all I’ve been doing is pressuring folk and bringing the fight. If he swings I’ll try to make him miss and make him pay or I’ll roll with the blow and keep coming at him. I expect him to be on his bike and once I put that pressure on and keep it on, if I can keep the gap close, he’s going to grab me.

” Boxing is different from [bare-knuckle fighting] where we can work more in the clinch; I don’t know how much they are going to allow us to work in the clinch. Jake has already said some things, I hope I’m super-angry that night. I love to fight off passion and I’ll have plenty in the gas tank to let it all out.

“[The sparring] was three years ago, a week before I fought Daniel Rodriguez. I was around 175lb, he was around 195lb. He hit me with a couple of sniper shots in the second and third rounds but I took them quite well. His team was all there, cheering. I had my son who was maybe two months old at the time and my wife was there, that’s who I went to the gym with. Jake had all his people there, they were cheering for him a little bit but those cheers died down after he hit me with those sniper shots and I kept putting the pressure on.

“I get angrier and angrier if you hit me. Anger is where I’m truly happy; I enjoy being pissed off. I’m already excited about this fight and it’s me who gets to do this to Jake. I’m kind of on the MMA side here, I’m fighting for the MMA guys but I’ve brought something different as an MMA fighter in boxing. I think I’m going to be too much for this kid when it’s time to step into the ring.”