{"id":266073,"date":"2017-12-19T05:59:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T13:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=266073"},"modified":"2017-12-19T05:59:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T13:59:35","slug":"darren-till-gives-thoughts-matchups-rda-lawler-ponzinibbio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/darren-till\/darren-till-gives-thoughts-matchups-rda-lawler-ponzinibbio\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Till gives thoughts on matchups with RDA, Lawler and Ponzinibbio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday night, in the main event of UFC on Fox 26, former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos asserted himself as one of the top contenders at welterweight by taking out former champion Robbie Lawler. While dos Anjos&#8217; performance dazzled <em>most<\/em> of the MMA community, however, it didn&#8217;t do much for rising contender Darren Till. In fact, Till believes he would have dominated the versions of dos Anjos and Lawler that fought on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p id=\"TfAuzm\">\u201cHe&#8217;s good, mate, but, I just don\u2019t see where \u2018RDA\u2019 beats me,&#8221; TIll said on The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/12\/18\/16788466\/the-mma-hour-with-randy-couture-justin-gaethje-yoel-romero-darren\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Hour<\/a>\u00a0(h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2017\/12\/18\/16793002\/ufc-darren-till-knockout-robbie-lawler-rafael-dos-anjos-welterweight-contender-time-is-up-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAMania)<\/a>. &#8220;His striking, he\u2019s got nothing. He is half my size&#8230;. Lawler, he\u2019s just fucking taking shots for fun nowadays. I just don\u2019t think those two fights are [difficult] fights for me. If them two were to ever fight me, I think I wold put them straight to sleep in the first round. That\u2019s just me being confident and not cocky. Robbie is an ex-champion and so is Rafael. But, you know, their time has come. They have been around for a long time and it is time for the young ones to step up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Till also gave his thoughts on Santiago Ponzinibbio, who defeated Mike Perry by unanimous decision on Saturday&#8217;s main card.<\/p>\n<p id=\"RB6QW6\">\u201cHe\u2019s good, mate. He\u2019s a good striker, he\u2019s a brown belt on the ground and he\u2019s got decent wrestling,\u201d he said. \u201cBut, it goes back to the style, I\u2019m far superior and far more intelligent. I\u2019m not the strongest or a power puncher, but I\u2019m just too intelligent for them, striking wise. If they manage to take me down, I just bounce right back up and they zap a lot of energy. I\u2019m just a real pain in the ass for someone to fight me, mate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;None of [these welterweights] are going to beat me in the welterweight division. You should be questioning whether I am going to be the light heavyweight champion, not middleweight or welterweight.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>How do you think Darren Till will do against the welterweight division&#8217;s top fighters?<\/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 19\/12\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday night, in the main event of UFC on Fox 26, former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos asserted himself as one of the top contenders at welterweight by taking out former champion Robbie Lawler. 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