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 referred to as out former UFC champion Robbie Lawler for a possible battle however nonetheless hasn’t acquired 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 … positive, certain, like supply me any individual, inform me what’s occurring. Inform me one thing! I assume Conor [McGregor] actually did hearth 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 celebrity doesn’t even have something to fret about.
The truth is, 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 to be like like March for Mike,” Feldman advised MMA Preventing. “He’s undoubtedly coming again. We talked about it just a little 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 crew. He’s coming again.
“I want he didn’t step exterior 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 come back 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 point out 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 obtained 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 come back out of retirement.
“It’s a chance,” Feldman stated about Perry vs. Lawler. “The UFC has to associate with that [because Lawler is under contract]. There’s a chance 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 bounce on the likelihood to signal with BKFC only for that matchup.
Add to that, the BKFC president has a protracted listing of present fighters on the roster who’ve been begging for the prospect to face Perry so there’s no scarcity of potential opponents.
“There’s a whole lot of totally 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 needs to battle him. There’s a whole lot of totally different guys that need to battle Mike Perry as a result of he’s the identify. A type 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.”
