October 15, 2024 1:37 pm ET
(This story was up to date so as to add new info.)
UFC veteran and BKFC star Mike Perry lately was arrested and charged with driving drunk, together with refusing to signal a quotation requiring a courtroom look in his dwelling state of Florida.
In line with Lake County Sheriff’s Office online records, Perry, 33, was arrested Oct. 12 at 1:04 a.m. by the Clermont Police Division in Clermont, Fla., about 25 miles west of Orlando. He was booked into jail at 4:36 a.m. and launched roughly 5 hours later at 9:41 a.m. after posting a bond totaling $1,500.
In line with a police report obtained by MMA Fighting, Perry was driving roughly 20 MPH over the velocity restrict on the time he was pulled over. The officer who pulled over Perry smelled alcohol coming from the car, which Perry denied consuming. When the officer knowledgeable Perry that “his speech sounded sluggish,” Perry responded that the offcer’s “speech was quick.” Perry refused to take a sobriety check and was warned a number of occasions earlier than he was arrested and transported to the Clermont Police Division the place he refused to take a breath check and signal the DUI quotation, which led to his second cost.
Perry is due in courtroom at 8 a.m. on Oct. 30. Perry, who spent 5 years within the UFC, has develop into the face of BKFC because the promotion’s reigning “King of Violence” champion after finishing Eddie Alvarez final December. Perry adopted up that victory with one other TKO of Thiago Alves final April.
Perry took a detour from BKFC this previous July when he ventured into boxing to battle Jake Paul, who beat him by sixth-round TKO. After the loss, Conor McGregor, who’d recently become part owner of BKFC, publicly “fired” Perry from the group.
But it surely appears the door has been opened for Perry to return.
“Mike is fired, however we’re in negotiation,” McGregor mentioned this previous weekend . “Redneck Mundell referred to as him out. He’s been afraid of Mundell. We needed to give him somewhat cherry pick-made title within the ‘King of Violence’ or no matter you name it. However he was by no means a world champion, and he’s afraid of Mundell, the Redneck Mundell. He’s referred to as him out. Now let’s see what Perry responds.”
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