{"id":277739,"date":"2018-06-03T10:32:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T17:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=277739"},"modified":"2018-06-03T10:32:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T17:32:07","slug":"rafael-dos-anjos-doesnt-think-darren-till-will-last-long-at-welterweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/rafael-dos-anjos-doesnt-think-darren-till-will-last-long-at-welterweight\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael dos Anjos doesn&#8217;t think Darren Till will last long at welterweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, in the main event of UFC Liverpool, Darren Till picked up the biggest win of his career thus far, scoring a close decision victory over two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; Thompson. Regrettably, Till&#8217;s win was shadowed in controversy, as <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\/\">he missed weight for the bout<\/a>, tipping the scales three and a half pounds over the 171-pound limit for non-title welterweight fights.<\/p>\n<p>In the opinion of Rafael dos Anjos, who will battle <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/darren-till\/colby-covington-reacts-to-fat-fk-darren-tills-weigh-in-miss-accuses-him-of-cheating\/\">Colby Covington<\/a> for the UFC interim welterweight title in the co-main event of UFC 225, Till&#8217;s struggles with the scale will probably eventually force him up to the 185-pound welterweight division. The recent\u00a0 behind-the-scenes footage of Till&#8217;s weight-cut was all the proof dos Anjos needed to this end.<\/p>\n<p id=\"clGJqt\">\u201cHe didn\u2019t make weight, after all that,\u201d dos Anjos said at a UFC 225 media lunch (transcribed by Marc Raimondi for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/6\/2\/17418902\/rafael-dos-anjos-darren-till-wont-be-in-welterweight-division-much-longer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cAnd we could not even watch the whole video, right? And he was 3-1\/2 pounds over \u2014 off the extra pound. If he would fight for a title, it would be 4-1\/2 pounds. He\u2019s a great fighter, a young guy. But he\u2019s going to go to 185 eventually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rafael dos Anjos UFC 225 Media Lunch Scrum - MMA Fighting\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KIs_pgr5XLg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dos Anjos, of course, can sympathize with Till&#8217;s struggles to make weight, as he once endured an extremely taxing cut to the lightweight division&#8217;s 155-pound limit.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Ape7LC\">\u201cI passed out three times and I went out and went back,\u201d dos Anjos said. \u201cI did that probably three times. One of the times, I was out for three minutes. I almost, when I fell back on the bathtub, I almost hit the back of my head on the sink. I could have died. And that was a fight that I shouldn\u2019t fight. But everything happens for a reason. I did it and I lost and I learned a lot from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Rafael dos Anjos&#8217;s comments on Darren Till?<\/p>\n<aside id=\"9Ls1kw\">\n<div class=\"c-read-more\">\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 6\/3\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, in the main event of UFC Liverpool, Darren Till picked up the biggest win of his career thus far, scoring a close decision victory over two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; Thompson. 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