Darren Till pushed BKFC to book Mike Perry next year
NXTbets Pro | Published On: September 27, 2026
Darren Till wanted
Darren Till pushed BKFC to book Mike Perry after his win over Yoel Romero at BKFC 94, and he made clear the matchup was the one he wanted next. Till said the fight with Perry had been discussed for a long time, and he believed it had the kind of appeal that could fill a stadium. He wanted it to happen next year, and he said he had already taken another step toward a major BKFC bout by signing a new long-term deal with the promotion.
Till’s message was straightforward. He wanted the Perry fight, and he wanted BKFC to make it happen. He did not frame it as a passing idea or a wish-list matchup. With a new long-term deal in hand, he was making a sustained push for the bout. Till said he would even let Perry be the “A” side if that helped make the fight happen, showing how badly he wanted the matchup. He was willing to take a back seat on the bill if that got the deal done, and he said the promotion and the crowd-size potential made the fight worth the wait.
Mike Perry angle
Perry remained the name Till kept circling, and his recent path added another layer to the matchup. Perry had spent his last two fights back in MMA, which meant his most recent run had not been inside BKFC. That had not changed Till’s view of the fight. He still saw Perry as the opponent he wanted, and he still described the pairing as one that had been in motion for a long time.
That showed how much value Till placed on the fight. Perry’s recent time in MMA did not seem to have moved him off Till’s radar. Till was coming off a BKFC 94 win over Romero and was speaking from inside BKFC. Perry, meanwhile, had been active elsewhere, but Till’s comments showed he still saw him as the right opponent for a return to bare-knuckle action. The timing mattered to Till as well. He wanted the fight next year, not at some vague point later on. He said the matchup was big enough to justify that kind of wait because the interest had already been there for a long time and because the event could draw a stadium crowd. Till’s comments placed Perry at the center of his pitch to BKFC.
Tommy Fury talk
Till also shut down questions about Tommy Fury and made it plain he did not want to spend time discussing Fury or his family unless Fury was standing in front of him in the ring. That was the clearest boundary he drew in his comments. He did not leave room for speculation or side talk. He said he had no interest in talking about Fury or his family outside of a face-to-face setting inside the ring.
That stance kept the focus on the fight Till actually wanted. He did not let the Fury questions pull him away from Perry or from his BKFC plans. He answered them by drawing a line, and that line was simple. If Fury was not across from him in the ring, Till had no interest in the conversation. It was the kind of response that cut off the noise and put the emphasis back on the matchup he wanted BKFC to book. Between the Perry push, the new long-term deal and his insistence that the bout could sell out a stadium, Till made his priorities clear. He wanted a major BKFC fight, he wanted it next year and he wanted Perry in front of him when it happened.
