UFC welterweight Mike Perry on Wednesday denied domestic violence allegations made by his ex-wife, Danielle Nickerson, saying he hopes “she can move forward and find some better life for herself.” Speaking publicly for the first time since MMA Junkie first reported Nickerson’s allegations , Perry was subdued in answering questions about his ex-wife’s detailed account. “Yes, I deny the allegations,” Perry said during UFC 255 virtual media day. “Our relationship – if you wanna call it that – had its ups and downs, and it’s long past due. We’ve been legally divorced, and there’s just nothing really to back what she is saying.” Last month, Nickerson said that Perry – with whom she was in a relationship for five years – physically abused her “a handful of times,” starting shortly after they got married in September 2019. The worst of it, according to Nickerson, came earlier this year in the early morning hours of Feb. 10, when Perry allegedly “ground-and-pounded” her in their home in Orlando, Fla. Afterward, Nickerson said she fled to a neighbor’s house where she was picked up by Perry’s mother, Sabra Young, who drove Nickerson back to her home
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