{"id":263284,"date":"2017-11-07T21:06:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T05:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=263284"},"modified":"2017-11-07T21:06:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T05:06:35","slug":"breaking-ufc-changes-locations-darren-till-fight-former-title-challenger-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/darren-till\/breaking-ufc-changes-locations-darren-till-fight-former-title-challenger-england\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING | UFC changes locations to have Darren Till fight a former title challenger in England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC has changed locations in order to have undefeated welterweight Darren Till fight a former title challenger in England.<\/p>\n<p>Lance Pugmire of The Los Angeles Times was first to break the news reporting that a scheduled February 24 UFC event in Orlando, Florida will be moved overseas in order to have surging contender Darren Till fight in his backyard of England against former two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dana White says he\u2019s moving his UFC card from Orlando, moving it to England so popular Darren Till can fight <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WonderboyMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WonderboyMMA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latimespugmire\/status\/928110933196521473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The undefeated 24-year-old, <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\/\">Darren Till, was most recently seen in action in the main event of UFC Gdansk where he scored a first-round TKO victory over Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The win boosted Till&#8217;s professional mixed martial arts record to an impressive 16-0-1 and marked his first stoppage victory since making his octagon debut in May of 2015.<\/p>\n<p>As for Stephen Thompson, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/stephen-thompson\/ufc-217-results-stephen-thompson-defeats-jorge-masvidal\/\">&#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; was last seen in action this past weekend in New York where he scored an impressive unanimous decision victory over the always tough Jorge Masvidal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, Thompson had challenged Tyron Woodley on back-to-back occasions for the promotions welterweight title, suffering a majority decision loss and majority draw in what were two very closely contested title fights.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will emerge victorious when Liverpool native Darren Till and former title challenger Stephen &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; Thompson throw down in England this February? 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