“He was just uncontrollable” Mike Perry’s Ex-wife Danielle Nickerson speaks out on alleged abuse
In what has turned out to be a shocking news, UFC welterweight Mike Perry‘s ex-wife Danielle Nickerson has accused the fighter of domestic abuse. She makes it clear that she’s not out for retribution though. However, staying silent about how she was allegedly physically is no longer an option.
“He was just uncontrollable”: Danielle Nickerson, on Mike Perry
“This is nothing to hurt him,” Nickerson told MMA Junkie during a lengthy interview. “I know that my words are not going to have an impact on his career.” Nickerson alleges she was physically assaulted by Perry a handful of times,” the worst of it coming this year in the early morning hours of Feb. 10. Nickerson alleges an enraged Perry “ground-and-pounded” her in their home until he got tired after a night in the town.
She fled to a neighbor’s house where she was picked up by Perry’s mother, Sabra Young. Upon Perry’s return, his mother locked him out and called 911. While Nickerson says nothing was “ever even remotely close” to that night, she alleges other domestic abuse prior to it. On one particular occasion, Perry allegedly hit her on the forehead and left a haematoma from his wedding ring.
Nickerson then filed a protective order against Perry in March. In submitting the order, Nickerson checked the box classifying the case as “domestic violence.” Perry’s response, “I did not put hands on my ex at any point in our short term [sic] marriage,” Perry said, adding that he’s received help for both alcohol use and anger management. “… I have realized that I have said some things in the past that do not put me and what I stand for in the best of light and for that I apologize.”
“It was not always like that,” Nickerson said. “Really just toward the end. … He always had a temper, but I was always the one person who could calm him down and bring him back to earth.” However, issues escaped her control after they married in September 2019.
“He was just uncontrollable,” Nickerson said. “There was no bringing him down. No talking to him. There was no reasoning with him. It all honestly seemed like a horrible downward spiral when he lost the fight to Geoff Neal.” Perry suffered a first round TKO at the hands of Geoff Neal UFC 245. This was the first time in his career that he knocked out.
With more details coming out, the situation indeed looks grim for Perry.
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