{"id":106303,"date":"2026-06-03T06:48:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/darren-till\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:51:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:51:53","slug":"darren-till","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/darren-till\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Till"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Darren Till : \u00ab\u00a0The Gorilla\u00a0\u00bb de Liverpool, le striker qui a fait trembler les welters<\/h2>\n<p>Le 27 mai 2018, Darren Till entre dans une Echo Arena de Liverpool en feu. Devant son public, il bat Stephen Thompson, l&rsquo;un des meilleurs strikers de la division, par d\u00e9cision unanime. Ce soir-l\u00e0, \u00ab\u00a0The Gorilla\u00a0\u00bb n&rsquo;est plus un espoir : c&rsquo;est le challenger num\u00e9ro un des welters de l&rsquo;UFC. N\u00e9 le 24 d\u00e9cembre 1992 \u00e0 Liverpool, Till incarne une g\u00e9n\u00e9ration de combattants anglais bruyants, s\u00fbrs d&rsquo;eux et lourds de mains. Son palmar\u00e8s professionnel s&rsquo;arr\u00eate \u00e0 18 victoires, 5 d\u00e9faites et 1 nul, dont 10 succ\u00e8s par KO.<\/p>\n<h3>L&rsquo;ascension chez les welters<\/h3>\n<p>Till d\u00e9bute \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC le 30 mai 2015 et encha\u00eene sans perdre. Il arrive \u00e0 12-0 (un nul compris), port\u00e9 par une boxe gauch\u00e8re longue et pr\u00e9cise h\u00e9rit\u00e9e de ses ann\u00e9es de Muay Tha\u00ef pass\u00e9es au Br\u00e9sil. La victoire sur Thompson le hisse au sommet, m\u00eame si elle laisse un go\u00fbt amer : Till a rat\u00e9 le poids welter, transformant le combat en catchweight. Le d\u00e9bat sur sa capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 tenir la limite des 77 kg le suivra toute sa carri\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<h3>Le combat de titre et la chute<\/h3>\n<p>Le 8 septembre 2018 \u00e0 Dallas, Till affronte Tyron Woodley pour la ceinture des welters. Le r\u00eave tourne court : au deuxi\u00e8me round, Woodley le saisit et le soumet par \u00e9tranglement (D&rsquo;Arce choke). Premi\u00e8re d\u00e9faite professionnelle. Six mois plus tard, le 16 mars 2019, il retrouve le public londonien face \u00e0 Jorge Masvidal. Nouveau coup dur : Masvidal le met KO au deuxi\u00e8me round. Le combat d\u00e9croche le bonus \u00ab\u00a0Fight of the Night\u00a0\u00bb, mais Till sort de l&rsquo;\u00e9pisode welter avec deux d\u00e9faites de rang.<\/p>\n<h3>La mont\u00e9e chez les poids moyens<\/h3>\n<p>Trop juste pour faire le poids, Till monte en poids moyens en 2019. Le 2 novembre 2019 \u00e0 New York, il signe une victoire serr\u00e9e sur Kelvin Gastelum par d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e. C&rsquo;est sa derni\u00e8re main lev\u00e9e \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC. La suite est une s\u00e9rie noire face au gratin de la cat\u00e9gorie : d\u00e9faite par d\u00e9cision unanime contre Robert Whittaker le 26 juillet 2020 \u00e0 Abu Dhabi, soumission contre Derek Brunson le 4 septembre 2021, puis soumission contre Dricus du Plessis le 10 d\u00e9cembre 2022, un combat encore r\u00e9compens\u00e9 du bonus \u00ab\u00a0Fight of the Night\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<h3>D\u00e9part de l&rsquo;UFC et virage vers la boxe<\/h3>\n<p>Le 28 f\u00e9vrier 2023, apr\u00e8s huit ans dans l&rsquo;organisation, Till annonce avoir demand\u00e9 et obtenu sa lib\u00e9ration de l&rsquo;UFC. Il se r\u00e9oriente vers la boxe. Apr\u00e8s un combat amateur, il signe chez Misfits Boxing et y dispute trois combats en 2025, battant Anthony Taylor, Darren Stewart puis l&rsquo;ex-champion UFC Luke Rockhold, victoire qui lui offre le titre inaugural bridgerweight de l&rsquo;organisation. En avril 2026, il quitte Misfits \u00e0 l&rsquo;amiable, faute d&rsquo;adversaires.<\/p>\n<p>Reste un combattant qui aura tout mis\u00e9 sur le spectacle : grande gueule assum\u00e9e, mains lourdes, et la capacit\u00e9 de remplir une salle enti\u00e8re rien qu&rsquo;avec son nom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Darren_Till\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/darren-till\">UFC.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darren \u00ab\u00a0The Gorilla\u00a0\u00bb Till, ex-challenger des welters UFC : sa victoire sur Stephen Thompson \u00e0 Liverpool, son combat de titre face \u00e0 Woodley et son virage vers la boxe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":103092,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69977],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-106303","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-middleweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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