Midnight Mania! Honest Darren Till recognizes that "the weight is not great"

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Darren Till was 182 pounds. Wednesday morning, 12 pounds above the limit that he must reach on Friday morning. He will not say that the cut is going particularly well, but he added that it was also the Wednesday before his fight with Donald Cerrone, a break that went well. Via MMAFighting.com:

"Then we'll see," said Till. "Friday, I do not walk on more than 170. Let's hope that under, then I can have the traditional Coke that I'm used to. We will see. But I do not look forward – I do not think about tomorrow, I do not think about Friday. I am thinking of today, the open workouts. "

Till, who suffered serious problems before his last fight with Stephen Thompson, who finally saw him lose 3 pounds, is more honest than most fighters.

"I'll never say it's a good cup, it's always difficult," said Till. "But listen, I'm thin, I'm focused. Weight OK. I never want to stay here and say that the weight is excellent, it was the best weight cut. Because the fighters are doing that and I do not agree with that. It's a lie. The weight is not great. I do not want to talk to anyone. I just want to do things. It's the case. Business is business. And Saturday is business, Friday is business. My life is this business.

One thing Till does not want to question is his attachment to sport.

"I've put my life into this task, so accelerates the pace along the way," said Till. "Do not gain weight, you get all this attention for that. It's as if you were the only fighter to lose weight in the division, in the entire UFC. … It's a mistake on my part, but Friday everything will be done. No mother can ask for more weight – he gets slapped.

UFC 228 is this Saturday, as Till tries to dislodge Tyron Woodley, the middleweight king, who is looking to defend his title for the third time. In the main co-event, Valentina Shevchenko is a big favorite to defeat current flyweight champion Nicco Montano.

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