Welterweight contenders Darren Till and Jorge Masvidal are hard at work promoting their upcoming fight in the main event of UFC London on March 16.
On Wednesday afternoon, the two all-action welterweights took to the stage in London for a brief press conference, which culminated, as per tradition, with a staredown.
See Darren Till and Jorge Masvidal engage in their first staredown in the video at the top of this post.
Darren Till will enter the UFC London main event having not fought since September, when he was submitted by UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in his first UFC title shot. Prior to this fight, he had never been beaten. Highlights of his impressive undefeated run included triumphs over Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson. He’s 17-1-1 in sum.
For Jorge Masvidal, UFC London will mark the end of a lengthy absence from the cage. “Gamebred” has not fought since November of 2017, when he gave up a decision to the aforementioned “Wonderboy.” This setback was preceded by a controversial loss to Demian Maia and a knockout defeat of “Cowboy.” Since his last fight, he’s been busy participating on a Spanish language reality television show. He’s 32-13 overall.
Who do you think will come out on top when Jorge Masvidal and Darren Till duke it out at UFC London?
This article first appeared on BJPENN.COM on 1/30/2019.
Michael Chandler thinks Arman Tsarukayn made a mistake by not taking the title fight against Islam Makhachev at UFC 302 on June 1 in Newark, New Jersey.
After Tsarukyan beat Charles Oliveira by split decision at UFC 300, he revealed he was offered the title fight against Makhachev in the locker room. However, Tsarukyan turned it down leaving Dustin Poirier to get the title shot, which Chandler says is a mistake as he says MMA moves fast and that could be the only chance Tsarukyan gets to fight for the belt.
Tensions between BMF titleholder Max Holloway and UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria are ramping up ahead of a potential fight.
Holloway knocked out Justin Gaethje with one second left in the fifth round at UFC 300 last Saturday. The former UFC featherweight champion earned his first UFC lightweight win and has many options for his next fight.
UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier has cleared the air on his stance regarding Alex Pereira’s finishing sequence at UFC 300.
Pereira knocked out former UFC light heavyweight titleholder Jamahal Hill in the UFC 300 main event last Saturday in Las Vegas. It was a successful first light heavyweight title defense for Pereira, who won the belt that Hill vacated at UFC 295.
Former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland wants to make Paulo Costa bleed in June.
‘Tarzan’ has been out of the octagon since a split-decision loss to Dricus du Plessis in January. That defeat at UFC 297 ended Sean Strickland’s title reign, after just one defense. Following the bout, he called for a rematch against ‘Stillknocks’ but the company wants to take the South African in a different direction.
UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria is naming the one stipulation he requires to accept a fight with Max Holloway.
It was just last weekend that saw Max Hollowy (26-7 MMA) defeat Justin Gaethje (25-5 MMA) by KO in a lightweight bout to become the newly crowned UFC BMF champion.
Paige VanZant is reportedly set to return to combat sports in May.
During a DAZN live stream for the Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia press conference, it was leaked that VanZant would be headlining Misfits 15 on Saturday, May 25 against Only Fans star Elle Brooke.
MMA legend Mark Coleman is advocating for the UFC to introduce a women’s BMF title.
It was just this past weekend that Mark ‘The Hammer’ Coleman had the honor of presenting the BMF belt to the winner at UFC 300.
Mike Perry is making the claim that Darren Till turned down a huge offer from BKFC.
‘Platinum‘ (14-8 MMA) left the UFC after serving 5 years with the promotion. Perry went on to sign with the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship in October of 2021.
