Mike Perry insists he's ready to teach Jake Paul a lesson about fighting when the pair clash TONIGHT... as the former UFC fighter reveals he felt destined to replace Mike Tyson against the viral star

Mike Perry has named nan intangible that he believes gives him nan separator erstwhile he takes connected Jake Paul this evening.

Paul had been initially scheduled to look former Mike Tyson, earlier nan erstwhile undisputed heavyweight champion withdrew aft suffering a wellness scare connected a formation from Miami to Los Angeles.

The arguable conflict has since been rescheduled for November 15, but Paul has elected to enactment progressive successful nan meantime and selected erstwhile UFC prima Perry to beryllium his opponent.

Saturday's headliner marks Perry's first master boxing bout successful astir a decade but nan 32-year-old has remained progressive wrong nan ring, racking up an undefeated grounds arsenic 1 of nan biggest stars successful Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.

Speaking exclusively to Mail Sport, Perry insisted that his willingness to brawl sets him isolated from nan different MMA fighters Paul has fought.

'I deliberation I brawl a batch harder than immoderate of those guys.' He said.

'I cognize what to expect erstwhile I'm successful a fight. You know, I'm consenting to return a punch to onshore a amended one. 

'Tyron Woodley, he was a UFC champion, Anderson Silva was perchance a small past his punching premier erstwhile he fought Jake, and he was still capable to to withstand it. 

'[Silva] played astir a small bit. I'm not present to messiness around. Jake doesn't messiness astir erstwhile he's successful there. He doesn't play immoderate games erstwhile he fights. 

'Fear is simply a bully point to person successful your backmost pouch successful a fight, because it keeps you crisp and it keeps you motivated to do each nan moving that you're expected to do and I'm fresh to thatch him much astir fighting.'

Since embarking connected a profession successful boxing, Paul has quickly go 1 of nan sport's astir polarising figures, pinch detractors claiming he has hand-picked opponents from nan world of MMA that correspond stylistically favourable matchups.

A highly-anticipated bout pinch Tommy Fury represented his first conflict pinch a profession pugilist pinch nan brace facing disconnected successful Saudi Arabia successful February of past year.

Paul outperformed nan expectations of galore against nan younger relative of erstwhile unified heavyweight king Tyson, but still recovered himself connected nan incorrect broadside of a divided decision. 

The erstwhile Disney Channel prima rebounded by defeating Nate Diaz that August earlier racking up back-to-back stoppage wins complete comparative unknowns to return his master grounds to 9-1.

Despite important backlash and concerns complete Tyson's health, nan mooted conflict pinch Iron Mike marked arguably nan biggest showdown of his profession to date.

However, Perry insisted that he felt he was ever destined to measurement successful and prehend nan opportunity to spoil nan party.

'I benignant of expected this.' Perry continued. 

'Because nan measurement Jake was making videos for Mike Tyson to beforehand nan conflict he would say, "Mike" aliases "Mikey Mike" and I was like, "man, he's talking to me, bro."

'Like, it doesn't make consciousness that he fights 58-year-old Mike Tyson erstwhile there's tons of comments that opportunity he should beryllium fighting me. 

'I conscionable benignant of I vanished my past fight, and past I sewage backmost into nan gym and and started slow prepping myself to get fresh to For a speedy turnaround.'

Though he departed nan UFC successful 2021 having won conscionable 1 of his past 5 fights successful nan promotion, Perry had enshrined himself arsenic a instrumentality favourite for his all-action fighting style and unsocial personality.  

The 32-year-old's burgeoning prima powerfulness has only continued to turn successful nan ensuing years acknowledgment to his efforts successful bare-knuckle boxing and contempt trading barbs pinch Paul during a property convention earlier this week admitted he holds nary sick will towards his force connected Saturday. 

'Yeah, man, I for illustration Jake,' he admitted. 'I'm grateful for nan opportunity. This gets to beryllium my chance and and it could beryllium maine who gets to hit this kid. 

'No matter what anyone says, immoderate will springiness maine in installments immoderate won't, I cognize that. I deliberation nan MMA organization will beryllium ecstatic erstwhile I get this occupation done. 

'So, I'm coming to bring nan fight, and that's what I'm present to do. That's my job.'