In a single night, Mike Perry suffered the double blow of losing both his fight and his job.
“Platinum” was pieced up and put away by celebrity boxer Jake Paul in the main event of the “Fear No Man” pay-per-view (PPV) card last Sat. night in Tampa, a sixth-round shellacking that made the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) bruiser look amateurish, at best.
That didn’t sit well with BKFC owner Conor McGregor.
“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 on Twitter. “You’re fired.”
Sounds like “Notorious” was also upset that Perry used his Paul press to introduce a new fighting league, Dirty Boxing Championship, while under contract with BKFC. In addition, McGregor has been going back-and-forth with Paul in the media over the last few months.
McGregor took to Twitter to express his strong disapproval of Jake Paul, stating, “In all my years, I have never come across a bigger disgrace like Jake Paul. Despite a 40-pound weight advantage and clearly being on performance-enhancing substances, he still couldn’t handle himself in the ring. Nakisa, you should bring him to Vegas, but oh wait, he would never pass the legitimate testing conducted by the athletic commission. These individuals are true fighters, unlike those weaklings. Furthermore, Paul’s audacity to challenge a 60-year-old Mike Tyson, who had just experienced a medical emergency, is beyond belief. I swear, he is the epitome of a worthless individual with no integrity.”
Perry said “Conor McGregor can’t fire me” at the post-fight press conference.
It remains unclear if McGregor possesses the necessary authority in his ownership position. However, regardless of Perry and BKFC’s future, this situation does not appear favorable. We can anticipate further information on this matter from BKFC President David Feldman in the upcoming days.
For more results and highlights from the “Fear No Man” PPV card click HERE.
