[New post] ‘I’ll be back’ – Darren Till confirms his release from the UFC following long losing streak and injury nightmare
Jordan Ellis posted: " Darren Till has confirmed he is no longer a UFC fighter. Rumours about the charismatic Liverpudlian's future in MMA's premier promotion began to swirl on Tuesday evening when he was removed from the UFC's rankings pool. On Wednesday" talkSPORT
Darren Till has confirmed he is no longer a UFC fighter.
Rumours about the charismatic Liverpudlian's future in MMA's premier promotion began to swirl on Tuesday evening when he was removed from the UFC's rankings pool.
Till is no longer a UFC fighterIt was assumed Till had been released by the UFC when he was removed from the rankings
On Wednesday morning, the 30-year-old confirmed he's left the UFC after asking UFC president Dana White and Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell for his release.
Till tweeted: "What's happening everyone, Me, Dana & Hunter are still cool as f***.
"I asked UFC 2 remove me just 2 sort some other shit for the foreseeable, They happily agreed to release me out of contract which I appreciate. I'm not going anywhere, got big plans to execute & I'll be back."
Till suffered his third consecutive defeat when he was tapped out by Driscus du Plessis in the third round of their fight at UFC 282 in Las Vegas on December 10.
Prior to that, he was beaten by Derek Brunson and Robert Whittaker during a run that has seen him lose five of his last six fights in the UFC with his only win coming by split decision against Kelvin Gastelum in November 2019.
The downturn in Till's career has coincided with a spate of injury issues.
Till tapped out in round 3 at UFC 282'The Gorilla' has suffered a ton of injuries in recent years
After suffering a knee injury against Whittaker in 2020, Till has never looked the same and he claimed to have injured it again during his latest loss to du Plessis.
Post-UFC 282, Till insisted that he is not done with fighting but will be taking a break from the UFC, saying: "I'm not retired, this is not a retirement speech. I'm 29, that would be stupid to decide.
"I'm on a bit of a losing skid at the moment, I really am. I ain't finding my right way at the moment, and it's crazy because when I'm in the gym sparring with the best guys in the world, I really am in my element, and then I step in the Octagon, and I just can seem to put things together.
"Now, I don't know what to do properly, but I think I'm going to have a little time off from the UFC, I don't know, and just rethink stuff.
It appears Till was serious about taking some time away from the UFC and they are happy to allow him to do that as a free agent after eight successful years of working together.
'The Gorilla' has been one of the UFC's biggest British stars since he joined the organisation in 2015 and he even headlined when they held their first and only show in Liverpool.
Till walks away from the UFC with big wins over Donald Cerrone, Stephen Thompson, and Gastelum – he'll be hoping to add more to his 18-5-1 record when he returns.
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