Former UFC Fighters Mike Perry & Eddie Alvarez Get Into Heated War Of Words After BKFC Fight Announcement

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Mike Perry and Eddie Alvarez are set to square in bare-knuckle boxing, and things are already getting spicy.

On Wednesday, BKFC announced that the two former UFC fighters will headline their December 2nd card in Salt Lake City, Utah.

After the announcement, Perry and Alvarez exchanged some words during an appearance on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Hour show.

Perry started things off by saying that he’s “steps above” his opponent and believes fighting Alvarez is “easy money.”

“Eddie Alvarez, I appreciate the match-up,” said Perry. “I think you’re a little crazy for this to be your match-up, especially saying you wanted this fight first. You had a little banger with Chad Mendes, but I’m definitely steps above that, so I’m excited. And you’re looking kind of thick, so I’m excited to see what my punches do to that flubber.

“He’s beaten some great competition [like] Rafael Dos Anjos,” continued Perry. “There’s other guys that he shouldn’t have beaten, that people look at and they’re like, ‘How?’ I know I look at them, and I’m like, ‘Damn, I can’t believe he got wins over those guys. He’s been in the game a long time. I don’t think this is a great matchup for him in boxing. I think what Conor McGregor did to him with the hands — and that’s after he beat Rafael dos Anjos. And it’s bare-knuckle. Chad messed his face up pretty good. I just think — I’ll take it, man. Easy work. Easy money.”

Alvarez took exception to Perry’s “easy money” comment and fired back.

“I’ve never been easy money, and he’s knows that.” “He knows that’s silly to even say. Every fight I’ve been in in this manner, I’ve won. I’ve won them all. I’m not going to lie, the guy is big and scary. He’s big and scary to everyone. Even to myself. And that’s what gets me up at night, that’s what makes me excited about this match-up.

“He’s hittable, he’s big, he’s clunky, he’s very hittable, and when he goes against smaller guys, he does worse,” continued Alvarez. “The bigger and slower his opponent gets, the better he does. I’m not a big, slow opponent. I’m fast, I’m going to move, and I’m going to hit you a lot. And at 175, I don’t hit like the lightweight I used to fight at. At 175, these shots are going to come hard and heavy.”