“Platinum” is thankful for “Notorious.”
Mike Perry scored another finish last night at KnuckleMania 4 (Sat., Apr. 27, 2024) when he knocked out fellow UFC alumni Thiago Alves with a nasty left hook from inside Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, Calif. (watch highlights).
During the KnuckleMania 4 broadcast, Conor McGregor announced that he now partly owns Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC). Watch the “huge” announcement here.
After Perry’s violent win, he reacted to the big news that McGregor is now technically his boss.
“Sh-t, Thank you, man. I know you see it. We all love Conor McGregor’s fights,” Perry told reporters during the KnuckleMania 4 post-fight press conference. “I mean, he’s the biggest combat sports star in history, probably besides, you know, I mean, we all still love Mike Tyson…But Conor McGregor, nobody moved that needle like him. The Irish fan base is like the number one combat sports fan base because they travel across the world to come and see Conor McGregor all the time. So you know, he’s just done remarkable things.”
“I remember still to this day when he knocked out Jose Aldo and what I thought about it. I was just like, damn, bro, because I knew Jose, and I didn’t know Connor, so you know, he got me back then…I can look at those things and respect those things because I’m out here trying to do those things, too. And I may not always do a clean like- Conor McGregor pieced up Eddie Alvarez in the ring, and it was a little different than the way it went with me. But I haven’t fought longer than four minutes in, like, three years. My sh-t don’t go long at all. I’m out here hurting people, or they quit, or they give up, and I break their hearts. Conor always got heart even when we’ve seen him down. He’s still to be heard, and you know, they took him out on a stretcher, and he was still telling people how he felt about sh-t y, but I’ll beat anybody in the world, period,” Perry concluded.
Perry and McGregor had an epic run-in last year at BKFC 41, where they faced off. The two have been jawing at each other on social media ever since—even though they will never fight … for now.
Until then, McGregor takes on Michael Chandler at UFC 303.
For complete BKFC KnuckleMania 4 results, coverage, and highlights click HERE.