BKFC boss David Feldman wishes Mike Perry well but says his return makes little sense for now
Feldman says he has heard Perry got an offer that should be announced soon, and that BKFC would still love a Perry v Darren Till fight.
BKFC president David Feldman has wished Mike Perry well after his exit from bare-knuckle, but says paying to bring him back does not add up for the promotion at the moment.
"The money that it costs to bring Mike Perry back to BKFC, doesn't make a lot of sense for us right now," Feldman told MMA Fighting.
Feldman said that, from what he had heard, Perry "got an unbelievable offer and that should be announced pretty soon". If that offer did not come through, he said, "there is a chance of him coming back here". "I wish him the best," Feldman said. "I think we revitalized his career."
Feldman still holds out hope for a bare-knuckle fight between Perry and Liverpool's Darren Till. "We would love that fight," he said. "That would be a great fight for us."
He also said BKFC did not need big names to sell tickets, pointing to the 14,000 it sold at Fenway Park without them, and said the promotion intends to sell 18,000 in Philadelphia.
Perry, known as the "King of Violence", announced he was leaving BKFC recently and has said he is ready to return to MMA full time.
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