Last Saturday, Perry faced Jake Paul in a ten-round boxing match at Amalie Arena, Tampa. The fight didn’t go well for Perry, who was repeatedly knocked down before the match was stopped in the sixth round. Following the match, McGregor, a part-owner of BKFC, took to social media to mock Perry and his new “Dirty Boxing” promotion, claiming that Perry was “fired” from BKFC ?.
During the post-fight press conference, Perry didn’t hold back in his response to McGregor.
“He doesn’t f*cking have a promotion,” Perry said. “Me and him are both owners of BKFC, so he can’t fire me. We can fight in bare-knuckle. Look at me, I lost to Jake Paul. Why don’t you go fight Jake Paul in boxing with the gloves on? I think it would be worse than Conor McGregor vs. [Floyd] Mayweather.”
In tweets that were later deleted, McGregor insisted that Perry is not …