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On May 27, when the UFC touches down in his native Liverpool, England, Darren Till has the chance to propel himself to the uppermost reaches of the UFC welterweight division, as he’s set to battle fellow striking specialist and two-time former welterweight title challenger Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson.<\/p>\n

While the evermore popular Till will be fighting in front of a partisan crowd, he believes the majority of fight fans are hoping he comes up short to Wonderboy in Liverpool.<\/p>\n

\u201cMate, I can tell you right now that 90% of people can\u2019t wait for me to lose on May 27 to Wonderboy,\u201d Till said on the TSN MMA Show<\/a> (via MMANytt<\/a>). \u201cThey want the so-called hype train to stop. I can\u2019t tell you how many happy faces there are going to be if I get beat, but do you think I give a f**k about them? I couldn\u2019t give a f**k about what anyone thinks, what my Mum thinks, what anyone [thinks].”<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m putting in the hard work and putting my body through pain and pressure, so if people want to see me lose, ok, if people want to see me win, ok, it doesn\u2019t matter as long as they tune in to see an absolute war.\u201d<\/p>\n

While it’s possible that a win over Wonderboy could earn Darren Till a crack at the UFC welterweight title, he understands it might not happen. The Brit realizes there are many other viable contenders in line at this juncture, and he’ll be satisfied as long as he matched up with one of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWonderboy has beaten everyone, so if I beat him, obviously it looks like I\u2019m in line for a title shot, but I\u2019m not really bothered if the UFC book it or they don\u2019t,\u201d Till said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are other guys that deserve it before me, so I just want to beat Wonderboy and let the welterweight division take it\u2019s course because sooner or later I know it\u2019s going to end up with me having the belt.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I beat Wonderboy I feel like I want to take on Colby [Covington], [Kamaru] Usman, [Rafael dos Anjos], [Jorge] Masvidal<\/a>, one of those guys,\u201d he continued. \u201cWhen I beat Wonderboy those are the guys that I\u2019m looking at next.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the guys I\u2019ve called out are real, hard guys. At the end of the day, in order to be the best in the world, you have to fight the best. Those guy are the best so they\u2019re all in my sights. They\u2019ve got a target on their back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who do you want to see Darren Till fight next if he gets passed Wonderboy?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 4\/4\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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