I suppose the difference is that Jones would have pretended to be nice and said the right thing, thinking that would win him fans. Perry is saying shit that he knows will get him attention and a certain type of fan.
That fan?
What kind of fans support an ex convict who still behaves like an asshole and takes pride in beating people up? Do they think this is a joke? a wwe gimmick?
The man's an armed robber, hard drug user, violent criminal... and if I'm not mistaken- he's still on probation.
Im glad the UFC gave him a 2nd chance in life, a chance to make an honest living... but fuck him for still trying to bully dudes, intimidate dudes, or for bragging about beating people up or ending other people's careers.
I'm glad he has fans on sherdog, but these fans aren't really celebrating a man capitalizing off his 2nd chance in life- this isn't a celebratory 'feel good' story... fans here are straight up taking pride in his assholish qualities, the same ones that sent him to prison.
"oh well at least he keeps it real" - yea well, this isn't something that former criminals are supposed to do. their supposed to repent, and move away from "keeping it real", to understanding the difference between what is right and what is wrong.
He's really not, he might appear more classy in interviews but he's a first rate scum bag. Mike has never done a hit and run to a pregnant woman.
He almost killed a pregnant woman by smashing into her car while wasted then fled the scene. He uses eye pokes as part of his gameplan and was popped for PED's. What has Perry done to make him worse than Jones?
You guys are fucking pathetic. Are you even aware of Mike Perry's criminal past?
Jones is no angel, but he didn't attempt to murder a pregnant woman. He was in a hit and run, and that still makes him a big douchebag, but he wasn't gunning to hurt a pregnant woman, or to hurt anyone for that matter. It was an accident, albeit caused by recklessness- but still an accident.
Do you fuckers know what Mike Perry has done? Its public record... go look it up. Absolutely unbelievable that some people on this site are trying to condone what Mike Perry has done. You think he went to jail for cutting kayfabe promos? you don't really know do you. you just decided as teenagers to jump on some bandwagon because it seemed 'cool'. right?
There's no other reason why you'd condone such behavior. like I said, I'm all for the 2nd-chance story. But this isn't it, this is about bragging about the mans' assholish nature. and that's just morally wrong.