{"id":272696,"date":"2018-03-18T08:42:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T15:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=272696"},"modified":"2018-03-18T08:42:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T15:42:28","slug":"leon-edwards-continues-to-rag-on-darren-till-after-post-fight-callout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/leon-edwards\/leon-edwards-continues-to-rag-on-darren-till-after-post-fight-callout\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Edwards continues to rag on Darren Till after post-fight callout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, amid the UFC&#8217;s thrilling return to London, England, rising British welterweight contender Leon Edwards picked up a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/paul-craig\/mma-community-reacts-to-paul-craigs-insane-last-second-comeback-against-magomed-ankalaev\/\">last-second<\/a> TKO win over Peter Sobotta. Shortly after this win, Edwards made a clever callout of Darren Till, who has been hunting for an opponent for the UFC&#8217;s upcoming debut in Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media post-fight, Edwards elaborated on this callout of Till. Apparently, he&#8217;s not buying the hype that surrounds his fellow Brit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike I said before: I\u2019ve beaten top-ranked guys, guys better than Till fought on the come-up,\u201d Edwards told the reporters on-scene in London (h\/t <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/03\/ufc-leon-edwards-on-darren-till-callout-not-second-coming-of-god\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cSomehow he leapfrogged me to get the [Donald] Cerrone fight. So it is what it is. I feel like I\u2019m the No. 1 welterweight in the world. He thinks he\u2019s the No. 1 welterweight in the world. So let\u2019s prove it come May in Liverpool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edwards also had some critiques of Till&#8217;s game, suggesting that the striking specialist is dangerous when he&#8217;s leading the dance, but not when he&#8217;s pressured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom what I\u2019ve seen, Darren is good on his front foot. He\u2019s only good when he\u2019s coming forward. When you back him up he\u2019s not as good. I\u2019ve never seen him on his back, so I\u2019ll test that out as well&#8230; There\u2019s nothing that\u2019s amazing to me when I watch Till. Everyone else thinks he\u2019s the second coming of God, but I don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Edwards doesn&#8217;t get Till, he&#8217;s prepared to fight another top welterweight stateside. Whatever the case, he feels his current streak has earned him a big name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive-fight win-streak, there\u2019s not many guys in the welterweight division who are on a five-fight win-streak,\u201d Edwards said. \u201c100 percent. If not Till, I\u2019ll push for the July [7th] card; DC-Stipe in Vegas [at UFC 226]. Get a fight in the states.\u201d<\/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 3\/18\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, amid the UFC&#8217;s thrilling return to London, England, rising British welterweight contender Leon Edwards picked up a last-second TKO win over Peter Sobotta. Shortly after this win, Edwards made a clever callout of Darren Till, who has been hunting for an opponent for the UFC&#8217;s upcoming debut in Liverpool. 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