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After struggling with the cut down to the welterweight division’s 170-pound limit, and losing his long-awaited title fight with UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, Darren Till says he is headed up to the middleweight division.<\/p>\n

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“I\u2019m a big dude for welterweight to be honest, so that\u2019s probably going to be my last fight at that weight,” Darren Till said in an article he penned for PaddyPower<\/a>. “Welterweight isn\u2019t fully gone for me, but I\u2019m going to be happy going up to middleweight now and I\u2019ll be strong at that weight not having to cut as much weight.”<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m at the pinnacle of my fighting career now, I\u2019m one of the biggest names in MMA right now,” he added. “I\u2019m fighting the best and I am one of the best.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ll have a few fights at middleweight and you never know, down the line if Woodley is still about then I can have another go at him, that\u2019s a rematch I want.”<\/p>\n

Darren Till then added that this move to middleweight isn’t because he can no longer make 170, but because it’s difficult to do so.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s not that I can\u2019t make the weight. I\u2019m just a big lad so I just have to be on such a strict, regimented diet and being honest, I don\u2019t like doing it,” he said. “People might say \u2018he\u2019s not disciplined enough\u2019, but because I have to cut so much weight I can only eat the bare minimum of food and that\u2019s not how I want to be training.<\/p>\n

“I want to be eating nice, healthy, big meals and training hard, smashing my training,” he continued. “The move up will help me keep my head more relaxed over the weight cut and I\u2019ll be training more with a smile on my face, so I\u2019m looking forward to going to middleweight.”<\/p>\n

Do you think middleweight is the right choice for Darren Till?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 10\/2\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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