{"id":262137,"date":"2017-10-22T09:14:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T16:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=262137"},"modified":"2017-10-22T09:14:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T16:14:54","slug":"darren-till-explains-considers-toughest-fight-welterweight-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/darren-till\/darren-till-explains-considers-toughest-fight-welterweight-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Till explains who he considers the toughest fight in the welterweight division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday afternoon, in the main event of the UFC&#8217;s latest stop in Poland, rapidly rising UFC welterweight contender Darren Till burst into title contention with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-fight-night-118\/ufc-fight-night-118-results-darren-till-stops-donald-cerrone-round-1-video\/\">a first round mauling of Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone<\/a>. At the event&#8217;s post-fight press conference, Till discussed a possible future title shot, and made the somewhat surprising admission that he doesn&#8217;t consider UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley to be the toughest fight in the division. Instead, he believes Demian Maia, who Woodley recently defeated, to be the toughest test at welterweight.<\/p>\n<p>Till&#8217;s words:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I think, really, the hardest person in the welterweight division is Demian Maia. I do. We&#8217;ve seen time and time again, it&#8217;s mad being in that world of the ground [with him].&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;[Grapplers like Maia]\u00a0 just bring you into this crazy world of false sense of security, and when they&#8217;re ready they just strangle the life out of you. Demian does that. Demian doesn&#8217;t come in to punch or whatever. He thought he was a striker a few years ago, and now he&#8217;s gone back to what he knows, and he is, to me, I think he&#8217;s the biggest challenge for anyone. I know Colby [Covington] is fighting him now, and Colby is a relentless wrestler. But I believe that Demian is the hardest fight in the welterweight division.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With his defeat of Cowboy, Till moved to a flawless 16-0-1. The only thing close to a hiccup on his record is a draw with Nicolas Dalby.<\/p>\n<p>Maia, meanwhile, recently came up short in his long-awaited bid for the UFC welterweight title, giving up a tepid decision opposite Woodley. This loss was preceded by impressive defeats of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/jorge-masvidal\/\">Jorge Masvidal<\/a> and Carlos Condit.<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5RN-Um3WL10\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Do you think Demian Maia is a tougher matchup for rising welterweights than Tyron Woodley? Is Darren Till right? Join the conversation in the comments section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 10\/22\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday afternoon, in the main event of the UFC&#8217;s latest stop in Poland, rapidly rising UFC welterweight contender Darren Till burst into title contention with a first round mauling of Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone. 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