{"id":267483,"date":"2018-01-08T11:52:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T19:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=267483"},"modified":"2018-01-08T12:22:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T20:22:45","slug":"exclusive-mike-perry-gets-opponent-ufc-fox-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mike-perry\/exclusive-mike-perry-gets-opponent-ufc-fox-orlando\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE | Mike Perry gets opponent for UFC on Fox in Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday&#8217;s edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/1\/8\/16861300\/the-mma-hour-with-stipe-miocic-gunnar-nelson-mike-perry-jimmy-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a>, fan favorite UFC welterweight &#8220;Platinum&#8221; Mike Perry announced that he&#8217;ll return to the cage when the UFC touches down in Orlando on February 4. That said, he would not divulge the name of his opponent, admitting only that it&#8217;s somebody Colby Covington has fought.<\/p>\n<p>From there, we all began frantically examining Covington&#8217;s record, trying to narrow down the possible options. While most fans and pundits suspected former Covington opponents Max Griffin and Mike Pyle, it was hard to say for sure.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, BJPenn.com&#8217;s Chris Taylor has removed any need for guesswork, having confirmed that Perry will be fighting Max Griffin on the card.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have confirmed that Mike Perry vs. Max Griffin is set for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCOrlando?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCOrlando<\/a> on February 24<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Taylor (@CTaylor_96) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTaylor_96\/status\/950453259851874304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This bout will mark Perry&#8217;s chance to rebound from an exciting decision loss to fellow knockout artist Santiago Ponzinibbio. Griffin, meanwhile, will look to rebound from a loss to\u00a0Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think comes out on top in this Mike Perry vs. Max Griffin fight in Orlando?<\/p>\n<p><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 1\/8\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday&#8217;s edition of The MMA Hour, fan favorite UFC welterweight &#8220;Platinum&#8221; Mike Perry announced that he&#8217;ll return to the cage when the UFC touches down in Orlando on February 4. That said, he would not divulge the name of his opponent, admitting only that it&#8217;s somebody Colby Covington has fought. 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