{"id":236223,"date":"2017-05-08T06:49:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T13:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=236223"},"modified":"2017-05-08T06:49:41","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T13:49:41","slug":"al-iaquinta-paid-good-enough-love-fight-mike-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/al-iaquinta\/al-iaquinta-paid-good-enough-love-fight-mike-perry\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Iaquinta: If they paid me good enough I\u2019d love to fight Mike Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, in the co-main event of the UFC&#8217;s latest trip to Nashville, Tennessee, lightweight star Al Iaquinta scored a crushing, one-punch knockout over the durable veteran Diego Sanchez. Earlier the same night, welterweight star &#8220;Platinum&#8221; Mike authored a 2016 knockout of the year contender, cutting Jake Ellenberger down with a second-round elbow.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Iaquinta has once again shared many criticisms of the UFC, lambasting the promotion for the way it pays and treats its fighters. Perry, meanwhile, has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mike-perry\/mike-perry-al-iaquinta-trade-barbs-twitter\/\">criticized Iaquinta<\/a> for &#8220;complaining a lot,&#8221; and even challenged him to a fight at 170 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/champions.co\/p\/al-iaquinta-ufc-relationship-fight-mike-perry\/4264223\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Edwards of Champions.co<\/a>, Iaquinta confirmed that, if the money was right he&#8217;d oblige Perry&#8217;s callout and fight him at 170.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s not too bright,\u201d Iaquinta said of Perry. \u201cHe\u2019s definitely not smart. I listened to a couple of his interviews. I listened to his interview with Matt Serra and he was making fun of me saying all I do is complain and then he starts complaining. He was complaining, he was talking about money, but he didn\u2019t make much sense at all. I didn\u2019t get what he was trying to get at and I don\u2019t think he knows what he\u2019s trying to get at. He was talking about money, but there\u2019s no reason why, money shouldn\u2019t be talked about you know.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf they paid me good enough I\u2019d love to fight Mike Perry,\u201d Iaquinta continued, discussing the possibilities for his next fight. \u201cEddie Alvarez or [Dustin] Poirier\u2014one of those guys. But, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to happen. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a long enough time. I think it\u2019s going to take a while. But we will see. Who knows. For the right amount of money, I\u2019d fight him [Perry] at 180\u2014I don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Does a possible Mike Perry vs. Al Iaquinta welterweight scrap interest you?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 5\/8\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, in the co-main event of the UFC&#8217;s latest trip to Nashville, Tennessee, lightweight star Al Iaquinta scored a crushing, one-punch knockout over the durable veteran Diego Sanchez. Earlier the same night, welterweight star &#8220;Platinum&#8221; Mike authored a 2016 knockout of the year contender, cutting Jake Ellenberger down with a second-round elbow. 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