Overview
- Perry said he would “never say never” to a UFC return as he readies for Nate Diaz on May 16 at MVP MMA 1 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood on Netflix.
- BKFC president David Feldman said his promotion was not involved in booking the Diaz fight and said he had a different plan lined up for Perry.
- Perry has two fights left on his BKFC contract by his own account, yet he is prioritizing the Diaz matchup before any move back to bare-knuckle.
- Since leaving the UFC in 2021, Perry has gone unbeaten in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship and holds its “King of Violence” title, though he has not won an MMA bout since June 2020.
- Feldman argued the Diaz matchup would have drawn far more attention as a bare-knuckle fight, reflecting the push and pull between promotions over marquee names.