5<\/p>\n Fireworks are expected in Diaz vs Perry on May 16Credit: Getty<\/p>\n Perry has become the poster boy for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), which is co-owned by Conor McGregor<\/a>, over the past four years.<\/p>\n The 34-year-old has won all eight of his BKFC bouts, including wins over Michael Page<\/a>, Luke Rockhold<\/a> and Eddie Alvarez<\/a>, since his debut for the promotion in 2022, a year after leaving the UFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n Despite rival Darren Till<\/a> signing with BKFC last month to specifically hunt down a fight against Perry, the latter has hinted at other plans, speaking to talkSPORT.com.<\/p>\n \u201cI guess I’m interested,” Perry responded when asked about fighting Till under the BKFC banner after he faces Diaz.<\/p>\n READ MRE MMA NEWS<\/p>\n “But [there] may be another way. There may be another direction that I may be aiming after this fight.”<\/p>\n Till fights Aaron Chalmers on May 30 in Birmingham<\/a> for his BKFC debut.<\/p>\n ‘The Gorilla’ has been calling Perry’s name for years now, telling talkSPORT.com in April that a fight against the American is ‘the ultimate one’ on his BKFC hit list<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, at this stage, it seems Perry is more interested in a permanent switch back to MMA.<\/p>\n ‘Platinum’ grade blood<\/p>\n \u201cI’ve been over in bare knuckle for a few years doing f***ing work,” he added.<\/p>\n \u201cGuys just now coming over, guys like [Till] and Conor [McGregor].<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n Perry went 7-8 in the UFC before switching to bare-knuckle boxing, either side of a normal boxing fight against Jake PaulCredit: Getty 5<\/p>\n The American may see out the rest of his career in MMACredit: Getty<\/p>\n “Darren has had a boxing match or maybe two, but these guys aren’t fighting as much as I am.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Conor hasn’t fought in years. People are waiting on that one.<\/p>\n \u201cConor’s been talking s***. So that’s why I keep saying his name, because he’s been talking s*** since I’ve been fighting and winning in bare knuckle.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cDarren was talking s*** since I’ve been fighting and winning in bare knuckle. And who’s he fighting?<\/p>\n \u201cAaron who? I don’t know who that is. So why don’t you guys go f***ing do something?<\/p>\n \u201cI’m busy. I’m going to be doing something. I’m going to be getting the bag and I’m going to be setting up to get the next f***ing bag that I’m going to get.<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n McGregor has claimed to ‘fire’ Perry multiple times during his time at BKFCCredit: BKFC<\/p>\n \u201cAnd if your name falls on that line, then my knuckles will draw blood from your face.\u201d<\/p>\n Perry teases statement ‘victory speech’<\/p>\n Perry said he made ‘small adjustments’ when making his transition from MMA to bare-knuckle, but has awakened ‘some dormant techniques and abilities’ ahead of his move back to the cage.<\/p>\n Asked if he wants to hang around in MMA after the Diaz fight, Perry said: “Yeah, I think so.<\/p>\n “I’m focused on May 16, a big opponent in front of me, Nate Diaz.<\/p>\n “I’ve trained really hard and I’m looking to give the world my best that night, live on Netflix for many millions to see. <\/p>\n “And then, all the opportunities that come with a successful night there, I think I’ll get an opportunity and I’ll be ready for it.<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n Perry plans to reap the rewards of his Netflix fight to move on to even bigger opportunitiesCredit: Getty<\/p>\n “I kind of have some ideas of where I’ll be going, per se, a victory speech that night.”<\/p>\n Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n Rousey vs Carano takes place at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, on May 16.<\/p>\n Also on the card, Francis Ngannou<\/a> is making his grand return to MMA, and rising prospect Salahdine Parnasse is aiming to take his European dominance to the American stage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mike Perry has cast doubt over his future in bare-knuckle boxing ahead of his blockbuster clash with Nate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,32940,11079,313984,786,25659,785,9226,22147,313983,435,277074,85],"class_list":["post-648866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bkfc","tag-darren-till","tag-diaz-vs-perry","tag-fighting","tag-mike-perry","tag-mma","tag-mma-news","tag-nate-diaz","tag-nate-diaz-vs-mike-perry","tag-netflix","tag-ronda-rousey-vs-gina-carano","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Nate](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nate-diaz-mike-perry-attend-1077548389.jpg\")
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