Born on 24th December 1992, Darren Till is a professional mixed martial artist belonging from England who currently competes in the middleweight division of the UFC, having earlier fought in the welterweight division. Till is currently ranked #10 in the UFC welterweight rankings.
Born in Liverpool, England, Till started learning Muay Thai at the age of 12 while turning professional by the time he was 15. When he was 17, Till started learning MMA under Team Kaobon. He later moved to Brazil for further training where he stayed for three years.
Till was a part of the "Astra Fight Team" in Brazil and amassed an amateur record of 3-0 before turning professional.Â
On his UFC debut, Till faced Brazilian Wendell de Oliveira Marques at UFC Fight Night 67 on 30 May 2015. Till ended up knocking Oliviera out of his senses, picking up a sensational win on his first bout for the organization.
After an injury forced lay-off, Till came back to the octagon on 28th May 2017 at UFC Fight Night 109 to face Jessin Ayari. Till missed weight for this bout and ended up having to lose out on 20% of his earnings from the fight to his opponent. However, he came out victorious in the end, edging Ayari via unanimous decision.
At UFC Fight Night 118 on 21st October 2017, Till and Donald Cerrone squared off in what turned out to be a one sided contest with Till thoroughly dominating âCowboyâ and finishing him via TKO in the first round.
Till and Wonderboy went head to head at UFC Fight Night 130 where Till failed to make weight again. Thompson agreed to a catchweight bout. The back and forth encounter resulted in a unanimous decision win for Till.
Title had the biggest opportunity of his career when he met Tyron Woodley at UFC 228 in a fight for the UFC welterweight championship. Till was being touted as the favorite to win the fight but he succumbed to a dâarce choke in the second round and Woodley retained the title.
In Tillâs last fight at welterweight, before he decided to step up to middleweight, he went up against the âGamebredâ Jorge Masvidal at UFC Fight Night 147. Till started off well, dropping Masvidal in the first round but in the second, Masvidal finished him with a vicious KO.
Till announced back in August this year that he will return to the UFC, but this time to compete in the middleweight division. On his middleweight debut, Till is set to face Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 244 on 2nd November.
In Till's first fight at middleweight, he went up against Kelvin Gastelum at the co-headliner of UFC 244 in Madison Square Garden. After three rounds of going back and forth, Till registered a win via split decision.
| Matches | Wins | Losses | No Contest |
| 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
Given below is Darren Tillâs professional MMA record.
| Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Event |
| Win | 18-2-1 | Kelvin Gastelum | Decision (Split) | UFC 244 |
| Loss | 17â2â1 | Jorge Masvidal | KO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal |
| Loss | 17â1â1 | Tyron Woodley | Submission (D'Arce choke) | UFC 228 |
| Win | 17â0â1 | Stephen Thompson | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till |
| Win | 16â0â1 | Donald Cerrone | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Till |
| Win | 15â0â1 | Bojan Velickovic | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve |
| Win | 14â0â1 | Jessin Ayari | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira |
| Draw | 13â0â1 | Nicolas Dalby | Draw (majority) | UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs Smolka |
| Win | 13â0 | Wendell de Oliveira | KO (elbows) | UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Alves |
| Win | 12â0 | Laerte Costa e Silva | TKO (punches) | MMA Sanda Combat |
| Win | 11â0 | Guillermo Martinez Ayme | Decision (unanimous) | Arena Tour MMA |
| Win | 10â0 | Sergio Matias | Submission (toe hold) | Aspera Fighting Championship 14 |
| Win | 9â0 | Deivid Caubiack | KO (punch) | Aspera Fighting Championship 11 |
| Win | 8â0 | Cristiano Marquesotti | Submission (inverted triangle choke) | Curitibanos AMG Fight Champion |
| Win | 7â0 | Edson Jairo da Silva | TKO (retirement) | Predador Campos Fight 2 |
| Win | 6â0 | Alexandre Pereira | KO (punch) | Encontro dos Espartanos |
| Win | 5â0 | Pedro Keller de Souza | KO (punch) | Sparta MMA 7 |
| Win | 4â0 | Paulo Batista | KO (punch) | Sparta MMA 6 |
| Win | 3â0 | Junior Dietz | TKO (punches) | SÃŖo JoÃŖo Super Fight: Forja de CampeÃĩes |
| Win | 2â0 | Muriel Giassi | TKO (punches) | Tavares Combat 6 |
| Win | 1â0 | Luciano Oliveira Ribeiro | Decision (unanimous) | Sparta MMA 3 |
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