Mike Perry, a.k.a ‘Platinum’ has had quite an interesting run in his UFC career. He presently has a record of 14-8-0 and last competed in the UFC in 2021, where he lost the fight to Daniel Rodriguez and made his debut in BKFC in the same year. Perry recently appeared in Brendan Schaub’s podcast and talked about his fights, ethnicity, and much more.

During his conversation with Brendan Schaub on the Thiccc Boy podcast, Perry revealed some really interesting details about his ethnicity. It took a minute for Schaub to absorb the information as the discussion proceeded ahead.

Mike Perry is a complete man

“You are what you believe yourself to be.” This famous quote by Brazilian author, Paulo Coelho aptly suits Mike Perry. When Schaub asked Perry about his ethnicity, Perry had quite a comprehensive response to it. He said, “Man, if you didn’t know man, I am everything. My son is Mexican, so I’m Mexican.” Brendan Schaub appeared to be a little perplexed at first on hearing that. However, Perry further elaborated on his response.

Perry Continued, “They say I’m Nigerian because I got a little bit, tiny-tiny bit of African. You know I’m related to Francis (Francis Ngannou) and Izzy (Israel Adesanya), from the waist down. I got you know and you know that black athleticism. I grew up around that man. These guys, no, I mean no disrespect, you guys are f*****g athletic, bro.”

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Pointing down his ethnicity, he further added, “I’m Caucasian, I’m Indian, I’m African, I’m Mexican.” Responding to Perry’s answer, Schaub said, “You’re a real mutt.” Agreeing with Schaub, Perry went on and concluded by saying, “Yeah, I’m a real mutt, man. I am an American.” Schaub lauded Perry on that saying, “Oh, there you go. Way to finish that off.”

Perry discusses the fight with Paulo Costa

In a clip from the same podcast, Mike Perry discusses potential opponents, including Jake Paul, Nate Diaz, and Paulo Costa. And among the lot, Mike Perry singles out Paulo Costa. Perry said that him against Costa would be an “amazing fight” and called the fighter very dangerous.

When talking about the other two. Perry called Nate Diaz a ‘Pepper Guy’ and said that Jake Paul fights in a ‘very scared’ way. He praised Paulo Costa and admitted that he wasn’t sure if he can knock Costa out, but he certainly can ‘out-point him’ in a potential fight.

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It would be interesting to see Mike Perry enter the UFC ring again. And if that happens against Paulo Costa, what do you think the outcome of that fight would be?