Efter att ha kämpat med viktminskningen till weltervikt och förlusten mot welterviktsmästaren Tyron Woodley, känner Darren Till att det nu är dags att gå upp till mellanvikt.
Det här berättade engelsmannen via ’PaddyPower’:
I’m a big dude for welterweight to be honest, so that’s probably going to be my last fight at that weight. Welterweight isn’t fully gone for me, but I’m going to be happy going up to middleweight now and I’ll be strong at that weight not having to cut as much weight.
I’m at the pinnacle of my fighting career now, I’m one of the biggest names in MMA right now. I’m fighting the best and I am one of the best.
I’ll have a few fights at middleweight and you never know, down the line if Woodley is still about then I can have another go at him, that’s a rematch I want.
Till menar att anledningen till flytten inte beror på att han inte längre klarar vikten, utan att det bara är svårt att gå ner.
It’s not that I can’t make the weight. I’m just a big lad so I just have to be on such a strict, regimented diet and being honest, I don’t like doing it. People might say ‘he’s not disciplined enough’, but because I have to cut so much weight I can only eat the bare minimum of food and that’s not how I want to be training.
I want to be eating nice, healthy, big meals and training hard, smashing my training. The move up will help me keep my head more relaxed over the weight cut and I’ll be training more with a smile on my face, so I’m looking forward to going to middleweight.
Till hade tidigare 4 raka vinster i UFC, mot bland andra Donald Cerrone via TKO och Stephen Thompson via ett enhälligt domslut. Han har nu ett record på sammanlagt 17-1.
