Mike Perry responds to Conor McGregor welcoming him back to BKFC
Mike Perry is not entirely surprised to see Conor McGregor change his tune on fighting in BKFC.
After Perry suffered a sixth-round TKO loss to Jake Paul in their boxing match last July, McGregor, who is a minority owner in BKFC, went off on “Platinum” and fired him.
Perry, who is widely considered BKFC’s biggest star, captured the “King of Violence” title by stopping Eddie Alvarez by TKO. In his most recent outing for the promotion last April, he finished another UFC veteran in Thiago Alves in the first round. McGregor was asked about Perry in a recent BKFC press conference and welcomed him back to the promotion.
“He should come home. Mike should come home,” McGregor said during the BKFC 70 post-fight press conference (h/t The MacLife). “He still shows love to the game, and we’ll always have love for Mike Perry for sure. And yeah, me and Mike would be a great fight for sure.”
Perry reacted to the news and indicated that BKFC were planning on having him back anyway.
“I mean, all respect to Conor for everything he’s done, and he promotes quite well,” Perry said on “The Ariel Helwani Show.” “He was just at the White House. … Maybe he’s trying to make it sound because BKFC is working, so it’s like they’ve been working. He tried to say, ‘Oh, you’re fired’ and then you haven’t seen me back. Now he’s saying, ‘Come home,’ and now you’re probably about to see me get a deal with them again. My deal’s always been on the table. My contract, I still have three fights left that I would like to fight.
“I would like to fight those fights. Like I said, it has to make sense. The company’s been working with other big companies. They had to speak with other companies in order to get the things they want done. He said that because maybe now you’re about to see me come back, and then it kind of looks like he is leading the way over there. Everyone says it, the fans are saying it. You’re not seeing it the way that you do when ‘Platinum’ steps in there.”