{"id":314744,"date":"2019-05-27T12:32:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T19:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=314744"},"modified":"2019-05-27T12:32:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T19:32:20","slug":"stephen-thompson-welcomes-rematch-with-darren-till","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/stephen-thompson-welcomes-rematch-with-darren-till\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Thompson welcomes rematch with Darren Till"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2018, welterweight contenders Stephen Thompson and Darren Till battled for five tense and competitive rounds. At the end of their 25 minute meeting, England’s Till was named the winner via decision \u2014 though many fans disagreed with that verdict.<\/p>\n

At the time of their meeting, Thompson and Till stood out as two of the top contenders in the UFC welterweight division. Today, however, the pair are both riding brutal, one-punch knockout losses. Thompson came up short more recently, after absorbing a bomb from former lightweight champ Anthony Pettis. Till tasted defeated just before that, when he was thumped by Jorge Masvidal.<\/p>\n

Given his history with Darren Till, and the fact that they’re both looking to bounce back from tough knockout losses, Stephen Thompson says he’d be willing he’d be willing to fight the Brit again.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth of those guys are some of the best fighters in the world, which a lot of people just don\u2019t understand,\u201d Thompson told\u00a0MMA Fighting\u2019s\u00a0Eurobash<\/em> podcast,<\/a> discussing Till’s loss to Masvidal (transcript via MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cYou get the average fan watching these fights and they don\u2019t understand that these are the best fighters in the world right now. I actually predicted that Darren Till was winning that fight. I expected him to do what he was doing in the first round for all five rounds. Again, this is the sport we compete in and anything can happen.<\/p>\n

“He got caught just like I got caught,\u201d Stephen Thompson added. \u201cI was beating Anthony Pettis. I know nine times out of 10 I would have defeated him. It\u2019s just that one time you barely get clipped and down you go. I had Darren Till winning that fight, but in the end Masvidal ended up putting it on him. Then again, Masvidal is a veteran of the game, so you\u2019ve got to be ready at all times, just like Anthony Pettis was.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d love to step back out there with my man Darren Till. I think we put on a show last time, so of course, I would love to [fight him again]. To be honest, any one of those guys that I\u2019ve stepped in the Octagon with \u2014 Darren Till, Anthony Pettis, Tyron Woodley \u2014 I would love to step back in the Octagon with those guys.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf that happens, heck yeah,\u201d Thompson concluded, referencing a Till rematch. \u201cWe\u2019re both coming off knockout losses. You never know, things could line up that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Does a rematch between Stephen Thompson and Darren Till interest you?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 5\/27\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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