BKFC champion “Platinum” Mike Perry is currently preparing for a July 20 boxing match with Jake Paul, but has also recently been in talks for a fight with Dillon Danis.
Perry, who previously competed for the UFC, discussed plans for a fight with Danis in a recent interview with MMA fightingexplaining that the fight would be contested under MMA rules and could still happen after he meets Paul in the ring.
“I was still watching that Dillon Danis fight,” Perry said. “That wasn’t going to be a boxing match because we all saw how he performed in boxing.” [against Logan Paul]. I do not want excuses. “I was supposed to fight him after I beat Jake Paul, but after I beat Jake Paul, let’s be honest, I was able to relax a little bit and let things develop around me.”
Danis is a decorated Brazilian jiu jitsu practitioner who rose to prominence in MMA as Conor McGregor’s main training partner. While he has not competed under MMA rules since he improved to 2-0 with a submission of Max Humphrey in 2019, he was involved in a high-profile boxing fight with Jake’s older brother, Logan, last year. past.
Despite weeks of virulent trash talk before the fight, Danis offered little in terms of offense in the ring and was ultimately disqualified after attempting a takedown in the sixth round.
After that poor performance, Perry only seems interested in fighting the fighter under MMA rules, and is very confident that he could win under those circumstances.
“I was going to knee him in the face and elbow him,” Perry said. “If he turned his back on me, I would have tried to strangle him. Why not? I haven’t received any submissions before, I like to hit people. I am very skilled in MMA. “It could be something that takes me to the grave, those skills.”
After parting ways with the UFC in 2021, Perry participated in a special rules boxing match with Michael Seals. He then signed with BKFC in early 2022, and after wins over Julian Lane, Michael “Venom” Page, Luke Rockhold, Eddie Alvarez and Thiago Alves, he can safely be called the face of the promotion.
His boxing match with Paul came together after the social media star’s planned fight with Mike Tyson fell through last month.
Danis’ previous two fights in MMA occurred under the Bellator banner. Her disastrous boxing match with Logan Paul was her first and only appearance in the ring.