Mike Perry made a reputation for himself within the UFC, however he grew to become a fight sports activities famous person after discovering a house in BKFC the place he’s inarguably grow to be the face of bare-knuckle preventing.
But regardless of all his success in BKFC, Perry hasn’t graced the ring there since October 2025 and it doesn’t seem he’ll be returning there earlier than 2026 is over. Instead, Perry made his return to MMA again in May and placed on a stellar efficiency taking out Nate Diaz as a part of the primary MVP MMA card on Netflix. Now, Perry is scheduled to face Dillon Danis in an MMA fight scheduled on Aug. 29 in Florida.
With a possible showdown in opposition to Darren Till awaiting him in BKFC, is Perry ever planning to return to bare-knuckle preventing?
“I can’t even give you that answer right now,” BKFC president David Feldman informed MMA Fighting. “We’ll see what happens with the Dillon Danis fight. We’ll see as we start talking and negotiate what we can do. I will say confidently, I do think I can make this match — Darren Till versus Mike Perry — early in [2027], I do think I can make that from conversations with both of them. But we’ll see how it plays out.
“If Dillon Danis and Mike Perry were standing up and fighting, I’d say Perry walks through him very easily. Danis can grapple. That’s his thing. But I just think Mike’s too tough for a guy like him. I think you’ll see Mike come out victorious on the other end, and we’ll get into negotiations.”
Perry nonetheless has bouts remaining on his present BKFC contract, however he’s been allowed to pursue different alternatives exterior the promotion such because the Diaz fight and his upcoming showdown in opposition to Danis.
For his half, Feldman believes Perry’s largest and most high-profile fights are nonetheless awaiting him in BKFC, however he can’t say for sure when that matchups would possibly come to fruition.
All he can do for now could be watch Perry fight Danis on Aug. 29 after which Feldman hopes they’ll get to sit down and discuss his future in BKFC.
“It’s funny. Nothing against Mike, but he says to me ‘let’s talk, we’ve got to talk about the money’ and then he goes and says he’s fought for less money,” Feldman stated. “What are we talking about? We’ll see. I know why he did it. It’s his hometown. He’s trying to prove something there.
“I wish him the best. I wish everybody the best. I hope the promotion succeeds. I hope they sell tickets. The hardest thing in this world to do in combat sports is sell tickets. I hope they get some good luck.”