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Darren Till has garnered success in his post-UFC run, but there is one thing that he can’t shake even years later.
Till’s UFC tenure came to an end after he requested his release to explore other opportunities. He ended his UFC stint on a three-fight skid, but he has turned his luck around. “The Gorilla” has boxing wins over Luke Rockhold, Darren Stewart, and Anthony Taylor. He also nabbed his latest bare-knuckle win over Yoel Romero on the BKFC 94 card this past Saturday.
While Till has carved out his place in combat sports outside of the UFC banner, he does have one regret. Chatting with reporters during the BKFC 94 post-fight presser, Till said that never capturing UFC gold still eats at him (via Bloody Elbow).
“I’m a very honest guy,” Till said. “I’m gonna have a thorn in me for the rest of my life that I didn’t win a UFC title. That was my dream. That was my be-all and end-all in life. Me and my team, Team Kaobon, we tried. We were the first out of Liverpool to do it, and we came up short.
“I’ll never take that thorn out of me unless I go back to the UFC. My manager doesn’t want me to, but one day, who knows? I’m just going through everything now. I’m in bare-knuckle. I’ve done boxing, and I could go back to pro boxing at some point.”
As far as what could be next for Till, he’s eyeing a grudge match against fellow ex-UFC star Mike Perry. At the moment, Perry is in the process of recovering from a dislocation in a recent MMA bout against Brandon Jenkins. There’s no word on when Perry will be medically cleared to return to action.
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