The following year Till would face off with Jorge Masvidal in London, England on the 16th of March 2019. This bout would result in the first UFC loss for Till after being submitted in the second round by brabo choke on the 8th of September 2018. Alves, starting his impressive UFC campaign in which he would go undefeated for 6 fights straight between 2015-2018 building on his 17-0-1 (5-0-1 in UFC) record.Īfter beating big names such as Donald Cerrone and Stephen Thompson, Till would get his shot at the UFC Welterweight Championship against then reigning champion Tyron Woodley. Till would take this opportunity and beat Wendell de Oliveira by second round KO at UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. In 2014 Till would continue his impressive campaign in the Brazilian MMA world by beating Deivid Caubiack with a first round KO, Sergio Matias with a second round submission and Guillermo Martinez Ayme by unanimous decision.Ģ015 would prove to be an important year for Darren Till as after beating Laerte Costa e Silva by TKO, Till would get his shot at a UFC debut. During 2013 Till would fight 7(!) more times building an impressive 8-0 with 6 KO/TKO finishes, 1 submission and the before mentioned decision win. In 2016 Till finally returned to England to rejoin Team Kaobon under coach Colin Heron.ĭarren Till started his professional MMA career in February 2013 against Luciano Olivera Ribero with a decision win. At this point in time Till also had a daughter and girlfriend in Brazil. In Brazil Till would join Astra Fight Team, and besides planning to go to Brazil for 6 months, Till would live in Brazil for 3 and a half years. This incident would lead to an intervention by his coach Colin Heron who advised Till to move to Brazil. In August 2012, Darren Till almost died after being stabbed a millimetre from his main artery. Not everything went smoothly during The Gorilla's youth, according to Till he would frequently get into trouble with others while living in Liverpool, in an interview with EssentiallySports Till would reveal that he got kicked out of his house after throwing a shoe at his mother, leading to Till living in different places such as his gym and the houses of relatives. At age 15 Till would turn professional and 2 years later he would start training MMA with Team Kaobon at the age of 17. Till started training Muay Thai aged 12 a sport he would eventually be crowned the European K1 Champion in and dropped out of school aged 14 to pursue his fighting career. Darren Till was born and raised in Liverpool, England.
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