“Without the other famous guy, I’ve got to take a huge pay cut, a massive pay cut to take this new fight, which you would think, as a professional athlete, accepting something in the last second is going to give you more, rather than much, much less. But the goal was preparing to bring violence to my city in an entertaining way.”

Mike Perry · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28

Mike Perry discussed having to take a significant pay cut to fight a replacement opponent.