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DALLAS – The UFC welterweight, Darren Till, has suffered tremendously to compete at 170 pounds. But he did not have the biggest fight of his life.
Till said his weight reduction for a fight against champion Tyron Woodley was "really easy," and that's why he can not say if he will progress in a division.
"In my mind, I can still do three weeks and gain weight like this one more time," said Till (17-1-1 MMA, 5-1-1 UFC) after submitting to Woodley (19-3- 1 MMA, 9- 2-1 UFC) in the second inning of the UFC card header at UFC 228 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
In the throes of his last cut, Till told everyone who listened that his welterweight days were numbered. Then he made the mark without problem.
A loss against Woodley only seems to have motivated Till not to leave his long standing division on a negative note.
"It's my coach Colin (Heron), no matter what I say," he said. "I will listen to it 100%. It pisses me off that someone is better than me tonight.
The experience of a first defeat hit the star of the United Kingdom while sitting at the press conference after the fight. In his attempt to explain why he fell short, he emphasized his warm up before the fight and said that he had left him in a bad state for Woodley.
"I was too relaxed," he said. "I was too confident. I'm always confident – everyone knows it. But I was too, as if the work had already been done in my head.
"I was not really warming myself up. I was just ready to go and fight. Maybe in the past, I should have been more aggressive behind the scenes. … I do not have the same ritual for every fight and this time it cost me everything.
Till watched his girlfriend, the subject of much concern about previous comments that he made about his singular focus leading to the fight.
"Because it is, it's even more important than you," he said. "No, it's a joke. I should not repeat it. "
Laughter helped ease the pain felt by Till. But eventually, he said that there was no way to scream what had happened. He was not the best man Saturday night against Woodley.
Till did not say anything about what the champion did on the night of the bout was a surprise to the young challenger. Yet he was caught with a punch that plastered him and ended the move. It eats it.
"I will always be the biggest," he said. "I know it, all the big boys have lost and this is my first loss tonight, I still agree, but I'm just upset.
Later, Till added, "He is not a better fighter than me, but tonight he was better. And it kills me inside, it does.
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