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More interesting figures are taking up Mike Perry’s offer to be his corner(wo)man.
Mike Perry is fighting with just his girlfriend in his corner again at UFC 255. Interestingly enough, he offered his remaining cornerman slots on social media a few days ago, and things seem to have taken off completely. Darren Till, who has constantly tried to poke fun and troll Perry online, initially made a $5,000 bid to be his cornerman.
This spurned another back and forth between the two.
Now that I’m in @PlatinumPerry ‘s corner,
How much will someone pay me to throw the towel in.?— D (@darrentill2) October 6, 2020
throw in the towel. Ah too late. pic.twitter.com/PqgT8gJGxq
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) October 6, 2020
You are probs right, I won’t have tine to throw the towel in. #RawDog https://t.co/t5YowGr4ym pic.twitter.com/FUaWUv2SfG
— D (@darrentill2) October 6, 2020
Last one pic.twitter.com/rTfH7JLDUE
— D (@darrentill2) October 6, 2020
Nobody in England posts their girl friends. Wonder why ? They all post mine and talk about mine lollll that’s why y’all are the only ones who use the word wanker becuz it’s all you do. Wank off to pictures cuz the birds on that side have the flu
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) October 6, 2020
Things didn’t stop there, as non-MMA figures started making their bids. Apparently NFL players are interested.
Hold your horses… I got a few calls from some of my @NFL clients to potentially corner him… this is crazy!!! https://t.co/JON6CRWQr7
— malki kawa (@malkikawa) October 6, 2020
Adult film star Kendra Lust says she’ll pay Perry $6,000 to be in his corner too. Unfortunately, it was shut down by Perry’s girlfriend.
definitely not
— Latory Gonzalez (@latory_g) October 6, 2020
Cam show company — and part time MMA promoter — CamSoda then issued a $10,000 offer to have one of their models helping with “coaching” Perry up and “rubbing” him down.
.@PlatinumPerry lets rawdog. take us up on our offer!! we’d love for one of our cam girls to corner your next fight!! @darrentill2 pic.twitter.com/SnJVFPvGj5
— CamSoda (@CamSodaLive) October 6, 2020
Not to get outdone, Till now has a crowd funding effort set up. As of this writing, it has generated £3,405, with a goal of £25,000. This is description for his fundraiser:
Let’s get Darren into Mike Perry’s corner for some Raw advice and get them into a spa together once and forever.
All money raised will go to Mike Perry and if he doesn’t use Darren in his corner all money will be refunded.
Darren is deadly serious about this and would take it as serious as possible
-Team Rawdog
Every single penny gonna go to mike apart from my travel ! Boom!!!
This is how much I love you @PlatinumPerry
Look at the lengths am willing to go for you!
Stop going on with yourself now I won’t terror you anymore tonight! https://t.co/TSs9E8tccB— D (@darrentill2) October 6, 2020
It will be interesting to see how Perry’s unique offer plays out, as it could pretty much act as a bit of a loophole to UFC’s ban on sponsors if it’s allowed to happen. If anything else, this at least has all been decent marketing for his upcoming fight with Robbie Lawler.