{"id":249227,"date":"2017-09-13T13:55:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T20:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=249227"},"modified":"2017-09-13T13:55:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T20:55:47","slug":"mike-perry-already-new-opponent-ufc-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mike-perry\/mike-perry-already-new-opponent-ufc-pittsburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Perry Already Has a New Opponent for UFC Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a couple of hours ago, it was announced that Thiago Alves <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/thiago-alves\/mike-perry-pull-out-ufc-fight-night-116-canceled-pittsburgh\/\">wasn&#8217;t going to make it<\/a> to UFC Pittsburgh to fight Mike Perry due to undisclosed reasons. Along with the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-ufc-214-daniel-cormier-overturned-1\/\">recent Jon Jones<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jesse-taylor\/tuf-25-winner-jesse-taylor-flagged-by-usada-for-a-potential-anti-doping-policy-violation\/\">Jesse Taylor news<\/a> today, a co-main event falling through was just icing on the bad day cake. Before we even put up the tissues, &#8216;Platinum&#8217; Perry jumped back on the interwebs to let us know not to worry. Someone has already stepped up to fight him in place of the UFC veteran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have an opponent<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlatinumPerry\/status\/908058245251715073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Respect to my new opponent steppin up on 3 days notice. Let&#39;s see what you got Alex Reyes<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlatinumPerry\/status\/908066036850847749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thiago Alves out, newcomer Alex Reyes (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/executioner155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@executioner155<\/a>) steps in to take on Mike Perry (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlatinumPerry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PlatinumPerry<\/a>) at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCPittsburgh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCPittsburgh<\/a> (September 16th) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eWfZiR4T4W\">pic.twitter.com\/eWfZiR4T4W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Farah Hannoun (@Farah_Hannoun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Farah_Hannoun\/status\/908068519069315072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The opponent hasn&#8217;t been confirmed by the UFC or any source yet, but Mike Perry himself sent respect to Alex Reyes for fighting him on short notice. If this comes together, Alexander &#8220;The Executioner&#8221; Reyes,\u00a0former King of the Cage lightweight champion will make his UFC debut. He just fought for the first time in two years on August 24th and won by first-round knockout. He will join his brother, Dominick Reyes, who just made his UFC debut with a lightning fast 29-second TKO victory over Joachim Christensen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vmvhkb0qyAU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>on 9\/13\/2017.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a couple of hours ago, it was announced that Thiago Alves wasn&#8217;t going to make it to UFC Pittsburgh to fight Mike Perry due to undisclosed reasons. Along with the recent Jon Jones and Jesse Taylor news today, a co-main event falling through was just icing on the bad day cake. 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