{"id":277302,"date":"2018-05-28T05:56:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T12:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=277302"},"modified":"2018-05-28T05:56:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T12:56:54","slug":"darren-till-feels-stephen-thompson-deserves-title-shot-before-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/darren-till\/darren-till-feels-stephen-thompson-deserves-title-shot-before-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Till feels Stephen Thompson deserves title shot before he does"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday afternoon, in the main event of UFC Liverpool, hometown hero Darren Till picked up the biggest win of his career, defeating two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; Thompson with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/stephen-thompson\/mma-community-reacts-to-stephen-thompson-vs-darren-till\/\">a controversial unanimous decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his win over Thompson, Till feels that Thompson should still be ahead of him in the contendership line. Till explained why he feels this way at the card&#8217;s post-fight press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/darren-till\/darren-till-explains-ufc-liverpool-weigh-in-miss-still-unsure-wonderboy-fight-will-happen\/\">I missed weight<\/a>, so I don\u2019t feel I deserve a title shot anyway,\u201d Till told the media after his win (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/05\/ufc-liverpool-darren-till-stephen-thompson-deserves-title-shot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a>). \u201cI missed weight. So there you go, right away. I don\u2019t deserve it. I feel like Stephen deserves it. Whoever wins out of the interim [title fight between Rafael dos Anjos and Colby Covington at UFC 225 should fight] maybe Stephen or [Kamaru] Usman. They deserve it more&#8230; I still want to beat them all in the division. I want to come back and put that weight thing behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like my win could be a little bit more right now if I\u2019d made weight,\u201d Till said. \u201cI\u2019m taking a bit off. No matter what \u2013\u00a0win, lose or draw \u2013 I\u2019m taking a bit off. Because I\u2019m ashamed. I am a professional, and I\u2019m a big guy for the weight, and I\u2019ve got to get it more under control. I\u2019ve made weight before \u2026 I\u2019ve just got to get it more under control now. Adversity, good or bad, I\u2019ll take it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Stephen deserves a go with the interim more than I do myself,\u201d he continued. \u201cI know I\u2019ve just beat him in a close fight, but give it to Stephen. He made weight and is still No. 1 and has beat more guys than me. Give it to him. I\u2019m a realist. I\u2019m not going to sit here and bullshit anyone. I\u2019m not going to bullshit myself, and I\u2019m certainly not going to bullshit you. Give [the shot] to Stephen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A classy outlook from Darren Till, to say the least.<\/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 5\/27\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday afternoon, in the main event of UFC Liverpool, hometown hero Darren Till picked up the biggest win of his career, defeating two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; Thompson with a controversial unanimous decision. Despite his win over Thompson, Till feels that Thompson should still be ahead of him in the contendership line. 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