Mike Perry entered the UFC in 2016 with a 7-0 record, and won his first two fights in the big show. However, he is 5-7 since, and 1-3 his last four. His future in the league is uncertain, and based, for what it’s worth, on his social network, “Platinum” is facing some challenges in the rest of the world, too.
It began with remarks aimed at fans.
I’m not free, I don’t have time, I don’t wanna talk , don’t care what you have to say, Im not taking a picture, don’t ask how I’m doing , please leave me alone unless you want to give me money then just give it to me and then you can ask your question. ✌️
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) January 3, 2021
Idc, the fans suck, people suck , they crowd your space , they talk trash behind your back, they offer nothing but a waste of time, I like to be left alone with my little family and that’s all I want. I’m just tweeting these to tell y’all to mind your manners
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) January 3, 2021
You’re all rude af, and I’m just the messenger. You think you deserve something for watching fights or you think you know how a fighter should act when you never stepped in the ring. Just remember none of you would talk that shit man to man. Your place is on Twitter #RealWorld
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) January 3, 2021
I’m done talking. The public has been warned. #SocialDistance #SpreadTheWordNotTheVirus #ImFilthyEnough #DontNeedYourStinkOnMeToo #IllBreakYourHandsWithMyFace #Guaranteed pic.twitter.com/AUxWsbWTpY
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) January 3, 2021
Funny nobody ever says it to my face. I’m really with the shits. See the thing is I’m well known but I’m not celeb status that I need public body guards. I’ll do it myself. Why would someone need a body guard to walk down the street? Cuz people are disgusting. 👊🏻
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) January 3, 2021
Ye ain’t gotta like it but chu gon hear uhbout it !
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) January 3, 2021
The proof is in the comments don’t know why y’all hate so hard just a bunch of haters Ha
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) January 3, 2021
The fans don’t pay us. The company’s endorsements do. The money is already on contract. My real fans know what I’m talking about and they watch out of love. The rest of y’all just salty.
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) January 3, 2021
And then the dark posts took a dark, dark turn.
Full video. This is really disturbing pic.twitter.com/JexmgI4S1t
— Amy Kaplan (@PhotoAmy33) January 4, 2021
No matter what I do it’s never enough. So I act out. Happy to spill my own blood.
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) January 4, 2021
Hopefully it’s a macabre prank, but that’s dark too.
In the 1800s, visitors to Bethlem (Bedlam) Hospital in London paid a penny to watch the mentally ill patients, and were allowed to poke them with a stick, for amusement. That vile human instinct lives on on the social network, where clearly mentally ill people are regarded with amusement. Perry doesn’t objectively reach that standard, but he could clearly use some help right now.
The fighter and his girlfriend (and corner) Latory Gonzalez are expecting their first child soon.
