Till cutting weight, talks eventual move to middleweight
Darren Till: “So you’ll be looking at two, three fights at welterweight, and that’s me done. I’m 25. I’m not putting my body through this for much longer.”
Liverpudlian welterweight Darren Till has been criticized for failing to make weight his last fight and then getting a title shot vs. Tyron Woodley at UFC 228 on September 8 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. During a media day interview at the UFC Performance Institute, Till opened about weight cuts, and what might be next
I just fookin’ hate it, said Till to MMAjunkie co-founders John Morgan and Steven Marrocco. I hate it. I could be three kilos from right now, and I just hate it.
I feel good. I just want to be able to eat some white rice. I’m fookin’ hungry. … This is probably the leanest I’ve ever been two weeks out. Usually, two weeks out, I carry baby fat. Right now, I’m lean. I’ve got more muscle than my last fight.
Muscle is easier to cut from than fat, but weighs more than fat, so putting on muscle makes it tougher to make weight over time.
So you’ll be looking at two, three fights at welterweight, and that’s me done, predicted Till. I’m 25. I’m not putting my body through this for much longer. As I get older, I’m starting to see that it’s just not necessary. It’s a lot of weight to cut, and I don’t need to do it.
In two weeks, I can be making the goal a reality, and then after that, I want to defend, and it’s probably me going to middleweight. That’s how I see my future playing out.
Till says there’s lots of good fights at 185 but one he wasn’t keen on was another fighter with a history of difficulty making weight – Yoel Romero.
I’m glad he’s gone up, Till said. He’s a fookin’ beast.