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A month later and Junior dos Santos is still upset over the outcome of his last fight, but he’s planning on using that as motivation for 2021.
In December, dos Santos was knocked out by Ciryl Gane at UFC 256, but it did not come without some controversy. After being hurt by strikes from Gane, dos Santos was backed up against the fence and appeared to be on his way out. As he turned away, Gane landed an elbow that dos Santos maintains was to the back of the head and thus illegal. The referee did not call any such foul and thus Gane earned the knockout win. Afterwards, dos Santos was obviously upset with the outcome and even a few weeks removed from the fight, the former UFC heavyweight champion is still unhappy with how the UFC has handled things.
Jan 6, 2021
UFC welterweight striker, ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry and his partner, Latory Gonzalez have today welcomed the birth of there first child, a baby boy.
Announcing the new on his official Twitter account, Michigan native, Perry becomes a father for the first time. Offering his thanks to nurses at the Holtz Children’s Hosptial in Miami, Florida, Perry noted how the newborn gave them a brief moment of worry as he “
didn’t want to take his first breath” before thanking God for the arrival.
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Thank you so much to all the ladies who helped at Holtz Children’s Hospital in Miami (,Florida) the boy gave us a scare when he came out and didn’t want to take his first breath but thank God for our son!“
UFC welterweight star “Platinum” Mike Perry is officially a father after he and his partner Latory Gonzalez welcomed a baby boy to the world this week.
Perry announced this exciting news on Twitter on Wednesday, noting that his son gave them a brief scare at the hospital, but is now in good health.
Welcome to the world son
Thank you so much to all the ladies who helped at Holtz Children’s Hospital in Miami the boy gave us a scare when he came out and didn’t want to take his first breath but thank God for our son !
Embattled UFC fighter Mike Perry now a father despite hospital ‘scare’ in Miami
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When I heard that UFC welterweight Mike Perry had a hospital scare in Miami, my first thought was that “Platinum” had been hospitalized due to these lingering injuries then went nuts in the emergency room; which to be fair, sounds completely plausible.
Instead, Perry and his partner Latory Gonzalez are now proud parents.
“Welcome to the world son,” Perry wrote on Twitter. “Thank you so much to all the ladies who helped at Holtz Children’s Hospital in Miami, the boy gave us a scare when he came out and didn’t want to take his first breath, but thank God for our son!”
Dec 17, 2020
Polarizing UFC welterweight striker ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry has set his stall out this Christmas. Hoping to return to winning ways in his next Octagon outing, the Flint, Michigan-born contender has noted his wish to meet with fan-favourite, Nate Diaz.
Perry, 29, most recently featured at UFC 255 in November dropping his third loss in his most recent four professional appearances, failing to deal with the sharp hands of veteran all-rounder, Tim ‘The Dirty Bird’ Means. Initially scheduled to meet with former undisputed welterweight titleholder, ‘Ruthless’ Robbie Lawler, Perry instead met with Means, dropping a unanimous decision defeat.
The 14-7 puncher slumped to 1-1 in 2020 via the result, having briefly returned to the win column at UFC Vegas 4 in June, taking home a unanimous decision result against grappler, Mickey Gall with his partner, Latory Gonzalez infamously featuring as the only corner person flanking him to the Octagon.