McCorkle weighs in for co-main event with red wig and new tattoo
McCorkle comes out accompanied by Reggie Warren, Jr. The new tattoo. Rumor has it that the tattoo covers the name of…
McCorkle comes out accompanied by Reggie Warren, Jr.
The new tattoo. Rumor has it that the tattoo covers the name of a past love.
The faceoff. And the wig.
Just a few months ago, McCorkle was a relatively unknown MMA super-heavyweight when he was plucked by UFC matchmaker Joe Silva to face former PRIDE and K-1 striker Mark Hunt. McCorkle needed just 67 seconds to force Hunt to tap out.
Tonight McCorkle will go from warm-up act to featured attraction.
“It’s (co-main event status) a lot sooner than I expected,” McCorkle said. “I didn’t even know until I got here that it was the co-main event. It should be the main event. Who wants to see the two best welterweights in the world fight when you can watch two heavyweights try to avoid gatekeeper status?”
McCorkle’s had no problem poking fun at Struve, particularly online, where McCorkle is infamous for his postings on the MMA forum The Underground.
“He’s a young kid so he probably takes the trash-talking a little more seriously than a grown man would,” McCorkle said with a shrug.
“I always picture myself at Best Buy selling people computers with a little blue shirt on. I could be doing that all day instead of doing this. That drives me to perform at a higher level. I don’t want to work at another job, I really don’t.”