{"id":284200,"date":"2018-09-03T07:30:49","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T14:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=284200"},"modified":"2018-09-03T07:30:49","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T14:30:49","slug":"darren-till-discusses-future-move-to-middleweight-says-hes-not-interested-in-fighting-yoel-romero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/darren-till\/darren-till-discusses-future-move-to-middleweight-says-hes-not-interested-in-fighting-yoel-romero\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Till discusses future move to middleweight, says he&#8217;s not interested in fighting Yoel Romero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, in the main event of UFC 228, undefeated Brit Darren Till will attempt to swipe the UFC welterweight title from the waist of reigning champion Tyron Woodley. From the sounds of it, this could be one of Till&#8217;s final fights in the welterweight division.<\/p>\n<p>Though Till assures he will defend the title if he wins it at UFC 228, he also admits that a move to the 185-pound middleweight division is probably inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>Even if he is the welterweight champion at the time of his move to 185, however, he&#8217;s in no rush to battle for that division&#8217;s title. He&#8217;s happy to work his way through the rankings. He&#8217;s just hoping he doesn&#8217;t have to fight Yoel Romero.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly a few more fights at welterweight and I\u2019m done,&#8221; Darren Till told the media at a press event last week in Las Vegas (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/9\/3\/17793550\/darren-till-i-want-to-earn-my-stripes-at-middleweight-before-fighting-for-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p id=\"VjZ7V9\">\u201cI\u2019ve said I want to go to middleweight,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It\u2019s just\u2026 I see a lot of guys and they\u2019re chasing money fights. They\u2019re winning titles and they\u2019re calling either the higher or the lower category or they\u2019re calling for that super fight.<\/p>\n<p id=\"HQ3xK8\">\u201cWhen I take that belt, I want to defend that belt and then I want to go up to middleweight, but that doesn\u2019t mean that I want to go up and challenge the champion. I would like to earn my stripes in that division too. I feel there are a lot of good guys in that division.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"vB6IuY\">\u201cThere\u2019s one guy that I wouldn\u2019t like to fight,\u00a0Yoel Romero. I\u2019m glad he\u2019s gone up, he\u2019s a fucking beast,\u201d Till added with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u3hGom\">\u201cI believe in life you have to earn your stripes. If I did go to middleweight in the UFC and they offered me the title I\u2019m not going to say no. But I\u2019m saying I\u2019d love to earn my stripes, fight the top five, top ten. For me, going up to middleweight, I\u2019m not focusing on the belt because I know I\u2019m the best; I know I\u2019ll win that belt as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, Till reiterated that, for now, his focus is on winning the welterweight title and then defending it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"v5A1Wq\">\u201cI just want to win this belt. I want to defend it; I just want to be able to say that I\u2019ve defended it. You could be looking at two or three fights at welterweight and then that\u2019s me done. I\u2019m 25, I\u2019m not putting my body through this for much longer.<\/p>\n<p>How do you think Darren Till will perform in the UFC middleweight division?<\/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 9\/3\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, in the main event of UFC 228, undefeated Brit Darren Till will attempt to swipe the UFC welterweight title from the waist of reigning champion Tyron Woodley. From the sounds of it, this could be one of Till&#8217;s final fights in the welterweight division. 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