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Darren Till and Mike Perry have a funny relationship.
At various points in the last half-decade, the two have talked about fighting one another in three different sports: MMA, boxing, and bare knuckle boxing. At times, the rivalry has been downright heated, as Till threatened to “raw dog” his girlfriend, while Perry responded with an offer to drop kick Till’s mother. After that particular bit of verbal warfare, Till had created a clothing and craft beer line bearing the Raw Dog name (not to be confused with Brandon Royval). The two also had a famous friendly sparring session and appear to be on good terms … but still want to fight each other?
All the same, Till made an appearance on Mike Perry’s podcast for a chat, and he revealed the Raw Dog business wasn’t going too well. According to Till, his brand was doing well until a $1.4 lawsuit and cease-and-desist letter from G-Star Raw shut it all down.
“I got sued for $1.4 million!” Till proclaimed. “Raw Dog got sued. So it was going well, and I was actually saying to the guys, we need to give Adesanya some percent, and Perry. And then there’s a brand in England called G-Star Raw and it’s trademarked and they own the rights to the name ‘raw.’ So they sued us, and we couldn’t trade anymore. They sent us a cease and desist letter, and that was the end of Raw.”
Till did add that they ended up being able to sell for “like two months worth.”
At the moment, Till’s next move is unclear. The English talent requested his UFC release to heal up from injuries and pursue other opportunities, and he was recently linked to a possible boxing match in Russia. His most recent bout came in the form of a December 2022 defeat to Dricus Du Plessis, which perhaps doesn’t look so bad now that “Stillknocks” is UFC champion.
As for Perry, he’s firmly established as the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) golden boy. He’s 5-0 since leaving the UFC, having most recently stopped Eddie Alvarez, and his current contract with BKFC is worth a reported $8 million.
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January 24, 2024
