BKFC<\/a>\u2019s biggest attractions after leaving the UFC in 2021. He went 6-0 in the promotion, beating notable names including Michael Page, Luke Rockhold, Eddie Alvarez and Jeremy Stephens. Now, he believes it is time for a new challenge.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat bare-knuckle stuff is like a cheat code, I guess. Those two-minute rounds, I was good at it. It was fun. I made some noise doing it. And I\u2019m ready for another challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Perry contrasted bare-knuckle boxing\u2019s two-minute rounds with MMA\u2019s five-minute rounds and the additional demands of grappling, kicking and wrestling. He said MMA was in his foreseeable future and that he intended to give it his best shot. He also indicated he expected to stay away from sanctioned bare-knuckle competition for at least two years, rather than declaring himself permanently retired from the sport.<\/p>\n
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Mike Perry Offers a Different Perspective on Sean Strickland\u2019s UFC Pay Battle<\/p>\n
The interview also turned to Sean Strickland\u2019s frustration with his UFC pay. Perry did not suggest that every fighter should handle contract negotiations the same way, instead recognizing that Strickland has a different position from his own.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI feel like, you know, he\u2019s playing his cards just the way he feels he needs to play them.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Perry also acknowledged that wanting better compensation is part of a fighter\u2019s career.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYeah, you want more money sometimes. That\u2019s kind of what these guys do. That\u2019s what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Perry knows what it means to build a career beyond the UFC, having turned his BKFC run into a major chapter of his fighting life. His next MMA opportunity remains unannounced, but he has made his immediate priority clear: he wants to challenge himself with gloves back on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After going 6-0 in BKFC, Mike Perry is shifting his focus toward MMA, and his latest comments offer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,32940,786,25659,785,85],"class_list":["post-936353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bkfc","tag-fighting","tag-mike-perry","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936353","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=936353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}