Mike Perry can calm his nerves about his future with BKFC.
The reigning “King of Violence” not too long ago expressed his frustration over not being booked for a battle since knocking out Thiago Alves this previous April after which falling to Jake Paul in a boxing match in July. On his podcast, Perry vented his frustrations after he not too long ago known as out former UFC champion Robbie Lawler for a possible battle however nonetheless hasn’t obtained phrase on when he’s competing once more.
“It doesn’t appear to be panning out, that’s what’s taking place,” Perry stated on his Overdogs Podcast. “I’m identical to … fantastic, certain, like supply me any person, inform me what’s happening. Inform me one thing! I assume Conor [McGregor] actually did fireplace me. What the f*ck, the place’s my battle at?’’
McGregor, who owns a part of BKFC, famously “fired” Perry after his lopsided loss to Paul however the bare-knuckle famous person doesn’t even have something to fret about.
In actual fact, BKFC president David Feldman revealed plans are already underway to seek out Perry’s subsequent opponent with hopes that he’ll get booked within the first quarter of 2025.
“It appears like March for Mike,” Feldman informed MMA Preventing. “He’s undoubtedly coming again. We talked about it slightly bit on the battle [in Florida]. I do know that Mike likes to speak and say, ‘They’re not giving me fights, they’re not doing this’ however we’ve been speaking to his administration workforce. He’s coming again.
“I want he didn’t step outdoors of this sport [for the Jake Paul fight] as a result of I really imagine he owns this sport. This was made for Mike Perry. Now he has to return again in right here and rekindle this flame and present the BKFC followers and all of the fight sports activities followers that he’s a real bare-knuckle fighter and that is the place he belongs and he’s going to indicate that once more in March.”
Feldman additionally responded to Perry’s frustration over not being booked whereas joking that McGregor’s pink slip was solely momentary.
“Mike definitely continues to be with BKFC, he bought fired for a pair minutes there however he didn’t actually get fired,” Feldman stated with amusing. “He’s definitely with BKFC. He helped actually flip the nook for us in sure methods and we’re all about Mike Perry.”
So far as opponents, Feldman is aware of there are many choices, though he’s not against giving Perry his want for the battle in opposition to Lawler — if the previous UFC welterweight champion is definitely obtainable and keen to return out of retirement.
“It’s a risk,” Feldman stated about Perry vs. Lawler. “The UFC has to go together with that [because Lawler is under contract]. There’s a risk for that and some different issues.”
As a result of Perry instructions a lot consideration when he competes, Feldman is aware of there are many fighters who would soar on the likelihood to signal with BKFC only for that matchup.
Add to that, the BKFC president has an extended checklist of present fighters on the roster who’ve been begging for the possibility to face Perry so there’s no scarcity of potential opponents.
“There’s a whole lot of completely different choices on the market,” Feldman stated. “Look, there’s in-house BKFC guys. Dave Mundell has been calling him out for a very long time. Austin Trout desires to battle him. There’s a whole lot of completely different guys that wish to battle Mike Perry as a result of he’s the title. A kind of fights goes to occur in March and we’re going to slim that down right here within the subsequent two weeks after which we’ll announce that.”
