Tag: Mike Perry

Mike Perry: Conor McGregor can’t fire me from BKFC after Jake Paul loss

Conor McGregor says Mike Perry is fired. Mike Perry says that’s not possible.

In dealing with defeat, [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag] has focuses – but [autotag]Conor McGregor[/autotag]’s declaration of his BKFC firing is not one of them.

“He doesn’t f*cking have a promotion because me and him are both owners of BKFC,” Perry said during a post-fight news conference after boxing Jake Paul. “He can’t fire me. We can fight bareknuckle. Look at me. I lost to Jake Paul. Why don’t you go fight Jake Paul and box him with the gloves on. I think it would be worse than Conor McGregor vs. (Floyd) Mayweather.”

Following Perry’s TKO loss Saturday to Jake Paul, McGregor, a member of the BKFC ownership group, went off, targeting Perry on X.

“Hey Mike, you’re released, and you can go and compete in your smelly dirty boxing championship thing, the smell of it, good luck,” McGregor wrote. “You’re fired.”

In another X post that has since been deleted, McGregor also insulted Perry’s newly-announced promotion, Dirty Boxing.

Perry has served as one of BKFC’s biggest stars, and outside of McGregor’s insults, there has been no indication that relationship will end any time soon.

Regardless of whether his next fight is in gloved or ungloved boxing, Perry is focused on improvement. The loss Saturday at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. was a major disappointment.

“There’s nothing to be happy about,” Perry said. “I should have done better, or maybe I just couldn’t. I don’t know. He was a little too sharp, a little too fast for me. But good job. … I use (the loss) as a mental health thing. I train in the gym to be a better person.”

Though Perry and McGregor have had their fair share of rivalries, their insults have not been previously directed at one another, though the two engaged in a playful faceoff at BKFC 41 in April 2023. Prior to Saturday’s fight, McGregor said he was rooting for Perry to defeat Paul.

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Conor McGregor goes off on ‘pissbag’ Jake Paul, tells Mike Perry ‘you’re fired’ from BKFC

Mike Perry let down his BKFC boss, Conor McGregor, who also had some choice words for Jake Paul after their boxing match.

If there was ever a case of a combat sports boss throwing a tantrum on social media, it came from [autotag]Conor McGregor[/autotag] on Saturday night.

After [autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] defeated [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag] by sixth-round TKO in their boxing match, McGregor, the former UFC two-division champion who is now part owner of BKFC, had some choice words for both Paul and Perry.

First Paul, whom McGregor called “the biggest pissbag” and put on blast for fighting a much smaller opponent while allegeing he was on performance enhancers.

Jake Paul is the biggest pissbag I have ever seen in my life. 40 pound weight difference, juiced out of his head, and still shitting himself in there. Nakisa you should take him to Vegas oh that’s right you could never, the athletic commission testing, real testing, real fighting. B*tch asses. You could never. And then calling out 60year old Mike Tyson fresh off an in flight medical emergency? I swear to god, a fat can of b*tch piss. Most valuable pissbag.

A few minutes later, Perry was the target of McGregor’s ire, telling the promotion’s biggest draw “you’re fired.”

Hey Mike youre released and you can go and compete in your smelly dirty boxing championship thing, the smell of it, good luck. You’re fired.

Whether or not Perry, BKFC’s “King of Violence,” will be handed his pink slip, remains to be seen as BKFC president David Feldman is sure to have some thoughts on that. Prior to the fight, McGregor publicly threw his support behind Perry, prompting Paul to say he would embarrass BKFC by knocking out its biggest star.

The fact that it came to fruition clearly doesn’t sit well with McGregor.

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Jake Paul stops Mike Perry by sixth-round TKO, calls out UFC champ Alex Pereira

Jake Paul continues his quest of beating former UFC fighters. The latest was Mike Perry, and he wants the next to be Alex Pereira.

[autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] continues to put a beating on MMA guys.

The latest victim was also a bareknuckle guy, as [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag] was stopped by Paul in Round 6 of their cruiserweight fight Saturday at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla.

Paul was largely dominant throughout the fight. He knocked down Perry early in Round 2. Then after some Perry success, Paul regained his stride and jabbed Perry over and over. Perry struggled with the range and eventually was tagged badly in Round 6.

Paul smelled blood in the water and charged. He hit Perry with a combination that floored the former UFC fighter and current BKFC star to the canvas.

Perry rose to his feet at the referee’s eight-count. But when asked to take a step sideways, Perry stumbled and the fight was waved off.

Afterward, Paul turned his attention to his immediate next step: a Nov. 15 showdown with boxing legend Mike Tyson. The fight was supposed to take place Saturday but was postponed in May due to health concerns with Tyson.

As for the more distant future, Paul name-dropped another combat sports champion in the UFC’s [autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag].

“Alex Pereira, you say you want to box,” Paul said during his in-cage interview with Ariel Helwani. “I’m the king of this. I’m the king of this. Come over. We can make it happen. I want you, Alex Pereira. … I just beat a BKFC champion. I’ve beat multiple UFC champions. He said he wants to box. So Alex Pereira, after Mike Tyson, let’s make it happen.”

Paul, 27, now has boxing wins over MMA notables Perry, Anderson Silva, Nate Diaz, Tyron Woodley (twice), and Ben Askren. He’s on a four-fight winning streak that dates back to his only career loss, a split decision to Tommy Fury.

Perry, 32, entered Saturday’s bout with a 0-1 record in traditional professional boxing and had not competed in the discipline since 2015. He has, however, found tremendous success in BKFC, where he has become one of the faces of the promotion with a 5-0 bareknuckle record.

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Paul vs. Perry boxing event: Best photos from Florida

Check out these photos from the fights at Paul vs. Perry in Tampa, Florida.

Check out these photos from MVP’s Fear No Man: [autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag] boxing event at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. (Photos by Esther Lin, MVP Promotions)

Photos: Jake Paul vs. Mike Perry ceremonial weigh-ins

Check out these photos from the Jake Paul vs. Mike Perry ceremonial weigh-ins in Florida.

Check out these photos from the ceremonial weigh-ins for MVP’s Fear No Man: [autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag] boxing event, which takes place Saturday at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. (Photos by Esther Lin, MVP Promotions)

Mike Perry launches new hybrid rules combat sports organization Dirty Boxing Championship

Former UFC fighter turned BKFC star Mike Perry becomes a promoter with the launch of Dirty Boxing Championship, a hybrid rules concept.

[autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag] continues to build his combat sports portfolio by entering the promoter space.

Friday, after ceremonial weigh-ins for his upcoming boxing bout against Jake Paul, Perry, along with his team at First Round Management, Josh McLean of Kanpai Media and Adam Kovacs of Karate Combat, held a press conference to announce the launch of a new combat sports organization called Dirty Boxing Championship.

The organization will feature a new concept of hybrid rules that mixes elements of boxing, muay Thai, and MMA.

“We foresee Dirty Boxing as a visually-captivating and explosive contest of will between combatants,” Perry said in a press release. “Opponents will box the sweet science gloved like an MMA fighter with the freedom to throw elbows like a Thai fighter. Plus, if the action hits the ground, fighters can keep striking to finish the fight.

“I am so proud to be standing here with my partners, because today is Dirty Boxing Championship Day and this is the moment dirty boxing became legit.”

Competitors in Dirty Boxing will wear small five-ounce gloves and fight in an 18-foot ring. Regular fights will be three, three-minute rounds, with championship fights adding two additional rounds. Weigh classes are expected to be similar to MMA with 10-pound increments.

The unique ruleset allows for standing elbows and ground and pound, as long as the striking fighter stands on both feet.

The promotion has not yet announced a streaming platform or broadcast partner, but expects to have those details ironed out soon.

According to Kovacs, the first event is expected to be around late Semptember or October with a “friends and family” atmosphere to get a feel for the rules and how the fights unfold.

During the press conference, Perry expressed his desire to promote and fight in the promotion as long as the matchups “makes sense.”

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Video: Jake Paul, Mike Perry shove each other after heated faceoff at ceremonial weigh-ins

Check out the final pre-fight faceoff between Jake Paul and Mike Perry, which required security to keep the two separated.

[autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] and [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag] are all set to clash Saturday after the conclusion of ceremonial weigh-ins, where things got physical after exchanging heated words.

The final pre-fight event for MVP’s Fear No Man: Paul vs. Perry took place Friday, where all fighters from the nine-fight boxing event took the stage at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. for a final faceoff. The same venue hosts Saturday’s event, which airs on DAZN pay-per-view.

Keeping consistent with the prior events during fight week, Paul and Perry got up close and personal one last time to exchange a few words ahead of their 200-pound, eight-round boxing bout. However this time, things got physical for the first time as Perry and Paul shoved each other after pressing their foreheads together.

You can watch a video of the faceoff above and check out a full gallery from the ceremonial weigh-ins below.

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Video: Watch the Jake Paul vs. Mike Perry ceremonial weigh-ins live

Check out a live video of the Jake Paul vs. Mike Perry ceremonial weigh-ins from Tampa, Fla.

The final pre-fight event for MVP’s Fear No Man: [autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag] takes place Friday with ceremonial weigh-ins beginning at 6 p.m. ET.

The nine-fight boxing event featuring Paul vs. Perry takes place at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla., and airs on DAZN pay-per-view.

Following the official weigh-ins Friday morning, where the fighters recorded their official weights for Saturday’s fights, they are set to take the stage for the fans for a final pre-fight faceoff.

You can watch a video of the festivities above.

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for Paul vs. Perry.

Video: Jake Paul, Mike Perry make weight in Tampa

The biggest fight this weekend is one that probably wasn’t on many radars a few months ago.

The biggest fight this weekend is one that probably wasn’t on many radars a few months ago.

But Saturday in Tampa, Fla., YouTube influencer-turned-boxer [autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] will fight former UFC brawler [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag] in a boxing match on DAZN pay-per-view.

The fight is scheduled for 200 pounds and comes a few months before Paul is set to box Mike Tyson. He booked the fight with Perry when Tyson had to postpone. Perry in recent months has become a champion for BKFC on the bareknuckle side of things.

Friday, Paul needed to strip down to hit 200 pounds on the nose, but did it to become official. Perry was several pounds under at 196.6.

Check out videos from their trips to the scale below.

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