Mike Perry responds to Conor McGregor 'firing' him from Bare Knuckle FC after Jake Paul defeat

Mike Perry has responded to Conor McGregor 'firing' him from Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship following his defeat to Jake Paul.

Perry suffered a crushing sixth-round defeat to Paul in their main-event bout last night.

'Platinum' had replaced Mike Tyson, who was forced to withdraw after suffering an ulcer flare on a flight.

After the fight, McGregor, who owns a piece of BKFC, 'released' Perry from the promotion in a drastic move.

Speaking in his post-fight press conference, however, Perry insists he can't be fired by the UFC superstar.

He claims to be an owner of the Bare Knuckle company and told the Irishman to face Paul.

"We’re both owners of BKFC so he can’t fire me," he said, before referencing McGregor's money-spinning fight against Floyd Mayweather.

"I lost to Jake Paul, why don’t you go fight Jake Paul?... I think it’ll be worse than Conor McGregor vs [Floyd] Mayweather."

But McGregor doubled down on his decision, firing back at Perry as he made his feelings clear in a now-deleted social media post.

On X, he wrote: "Michael you are not any owner in bkfc. Not an iota. You have the tiniest minute dot of a share in thriller. The social media video app. Which is promising in fairness. But it’s a speckle you have. You hold nothing in bare knuckle. Not an iota. And trust me, you are out bro. With no feelings.

"Do your thing in your dirty pants championships and who knows down the line. But you won’t be straight back in my ring that is out straight. I wish you well in the 6oz mma sparring gloves and what that thing was. God bless."

Perry has resurrected his fighting career in BKFC, having picked up five big wins.

He boasts victories over Michael 'Venom' Page, Luke Rockhold, Eddie Alvarez and Thiago Alves.

But, according to McGregor, he has been let go.