Darren Till Removed: "I’ll bet he’s headed to the PFL" - UFC fans react to Darren Till being removed from roster

It seems Darren Till will not feature in the UFC in the future. Earlier today, the promotion updated its official rankings and revealed that the Englishman had been bumped out of the middleweight division's rankings. Shortly after, the famous Twitter bot, UFC Roster Watch, disclosed that Till had been removed from the fan rankings pool.

While there has been no official confirmation of 'The Gorilla' being released by the UFC, fight fans were certainly taken by surprise when the tweet about his removal was posted.

Fans made their reactions known in the comments section of the tweet, expressing a range of sentiments.

User @JasonMendeloff speculated that Darren Till would join Brendan Loughnane in the Professional Fighters League (PFL):

Darren Till removed from UFC roster: Who are the other two fighters removed from the UFC roster along with 'The Gorilla'?

It was recently reported that Darren Till has been removed from the UFC roster along with two other fighters, Zubaira Tukhugov, and Jose Johnson.

As mentioned earlier, the UFC updated its official rankings earlier today. UFC Vegas 70's main event winner Brendan Allen has been added to the middleweight rankings at the cost of the 30-year-old Englishman.

'The Gorilla' was riding a three-fight losing streak, tasting defeat as recently as UFC 282 against Dricus Du Plessis. The former welterweight title challenger previously lost to Derek Brunson and Robert Whittaker.

Along with Till, lightweight Zubaira Tukhugov was also removed from the roster. The Russian lost his last fight against Elves Brenner at UFC 284 while also missing weight. He has missed weight in two of his last three fights and had two fights canceled prior to the loss.

Finally, bantamweight Jose Johnson was cut from the organization. The Dana White's Contender Series (DWCS) graduate never officially featured in the UFC as he was forced to pull out of both his scheduled bouts due to health issues. His last scheduled fight was at UFC Vegas 70, which ultimately didn't materialize.

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