{"id":272875,"date":"2018-03-21T08:21:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T15:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=272875"},"modified":"2018-03-21T08:21:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T15:21:47","slug":"darren-till-ready-to-devastate-stephen-thompsons-life-if-he-ever-signs-the-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/darren-till\/darren-till-ready-to-devastate-stephen-thompsons-life-if-he-ever-signs-the-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Till Ready to &#8216;Devastate Stephen Thompson&#8217;s Life&#8217; if He Ever Signs the Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock. We still have awhile before UFC Liverpool, but the UFC did their big, snazzy announcement package with Darren till front-and-center yet he still doesn&#8217;t have an opponent. Till has been eyeing number one contender Stephen Thompson, but he may not be fully healed by May 27th. Regardless, that won&#8217;t stop Darren Till from calling him out.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I made it all happen. I worked hard and believed in myself. People can climb on this train or jump off. I do not care. I did it all. I asked to face Robbie Lawler or Jorge Masvidal [at UFC Liverpool]. I know they talked to Masvidal, but he said he would not be in shape in time. I do not know who my opponent will be, but I do not care.\u00a0Stephen Thompson is a great striker. He\u2019s smart, he\u2019s not a brawler. His style is very well thought out, just like mine is as well.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">May 27th! Where you going to be?!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/darrentill2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DarrenTill2<\/a> demands you&#8217;re at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCLiverpool?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCLiverpool<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wOW9CULoud\">pic.twitter.com\/wOW9CULoud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCEurope\/status\/975104325306347520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I know I can be smarter than him in the Octagon. I don\u2019t want to beat him after five rounds. I want to knock him out. I want to devastate his life. Even if I beat Thompson I won\u2019t grab the microphone and ask for a title shot. I want to prove I\u2019m the best and not be like Colby Covington who defeated some guys and wants to force his way into a title shot because he knows he\u2019s not good enough. I want to defeat everybody, put the belt around my shoulder and think, \u2018Now what? Who can beat me?\u2019 I want no shortcuts on my way to the belt. If I\u2019m bested on my way there, screw it.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/sportv.globo.com\/site\/combate\/noticia\/darren-till-elogia-thompson-mas-dispara-quero-nocautea-lo-devastar-sua-vida.ghtml\">Darren Till speaking to Combate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It may not be that bad though, with Thompson and Jorge Masvidal both not able to make it to UFC Liverpool, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kamaru-usman\/kamaru-usman-puts-the-welterweight-division-on-blast-darren-till-responds\/\">Kamaru Usman has recently rose to the occasion<\/a>. He and Till have gone back and forth talking trash to each other, so let&#8217;s hope they&#8217;ll get booked into an incredible and high ranking welterweight battle.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 3\/21\/2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock. We still have awhile before UFC Liverpool, but the UFC did their big, snazzy announcement package with Darren till front-and-center yet he still doesn&#8217;t have an opponent. Till has been eyeing number one contender Stephen Thompson, but he may not be fully healed by May 27th. 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