Former UFC welterweight and current “King of Violence,” Mike Perry, will return to gloveless combat to trade knuckles with ex-UFC featherweight contender, Jeremy Stephens, atop the BKFC 82 fight card on Sat., Oct. 4, 2025 inside Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Their bareknuckle bout will be contested at 175 pounds.
“It’s an easy fight for me,“ Perry told Stephens during his interview with Ariel Helwani. ”You’re so tiny, and I’m gonna smash your stupid face in with my bare knuckles. Maybe you’ve
been training for this for your whole life and now it’s your chance to really get hurt, really bad. I’m gonna do it. You’ll be alright in a few weeks. Maybe six weeks, max, getting out of bed, you’ll be hurt. You know, still thinking about me. Maybe you’ll think about me a year from now.“
Both combatants are undefeated under the BKFC banner with multiple knockouts.
“This is my dream,” Stephens responded. “You know, I turned this delusion into a reality. When I sat back and watched you fight fight Eddie Alvarez, I knew I was going to be fighting one of you or both of you for big bags of money. And this is my opportunity, bro. You’re in my dream. You had other opponents to take, bigger guys, now the hardest 145’er has to come up and step up a notch knock out a f*cking bully. I’ve been doing this s—t my whole life.”
BKFC 82 will also feature the “Queen of Violence” title fight pitting Christine Ferea (c) against Jessica Borga.
