Mike Perry has his sights set on a former UFC champ for his next bare-knuckle fight.
During Saturday’s BKFC Hollywood card, Perry took part in an in-ring interview with Cyrus Fees and was asked what he wanted next, and the promotion’s biggest star singled out Robbie Lawler as an opponent he’d like to face.
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“I think who should face me next — I see Robbie Lawler in the crowd and I think he should take the gloves off, and he should step inside the squared circle against ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry,” Perry said.
Perry hasn’t competed in the BKFC ring since his 60 second knockout of Thiago Alves at KnuckleMania 4 in April. Since then, the 33-year-old took a boxing match with Jake Paul in July after a medical emergency to Mike Tyson delayed his fight with Paul to November.
Paul stopped Perry in the sixth round in Tampa, which led to UFC star and current BKFC co-owner Conor McGregor to fire Perry on social media — something that has become sort of long-standing joke ever since.
After Perry’s callout of Lawler, perhaps Perry is back in the good graces of the former two-division UFC champion because McGregor showed his excitement for the idea on Twitter.