{"id":323550,"date":"2019-08-26T16:21:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T23:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=323550"},"modified":"2019-08-26T16:21:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T23:21:15","slug":"darren-till-set-for-middleweight-debut-opposite-kelvin-gastelum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/darren-till-set-for-middleweight-debut-opposite-kelvin-gastelum\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Till set for middleweight debut opposite Kelvin Gastelum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Darren Till is moving up to middleweight.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from ESPN&#8217;s Brett Okamoto, the former welterweight title challenger will make his middleweight debut opposite a fellow former welterweight in Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 244. The card goes down on November 2 inside New York City&#8217;s hallowed Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: Darren Till is moving up. Till vs. Kelvin Gastelum at middleweight is a done deal for UFC 244 on Nov. 2 in NYC, per sources. What a fight. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0otT8giprt\">pic.twitter.com\/0otT8giprt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bokamotoESPN\/status\/1166119567589904384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Breaking: Darren Till is moving up. Till vs. Kelvin Gastelum at middleweight is a done deal for UFC 244 on Nov. 2 in NYC, per sources. What a fight.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Brett Okamoto <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bokamotoESPN\/status\/1166119567589904384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Darren Till was seemingly <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/darren-till-still-unsure-of-division-for-next-fight\/\">still deliberating<\/a> a move to middleweight as recently as last week, but evidently, he&#8217;s made his decision.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ryDtrW\">\u201cI haven\u2019t thought about it much,\u201d Till said recently on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/eurobash-episode-48-w-darren-till-ciryl-gane-coach\/id320642139?i=1000446773786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting\u2019s\u00a0<em>Eurobash<\/em>\u00a0podcast<\/a>. \u201cLet\u2019s do middle, let\u2019s do welter\u2014let\u2019s do every f*cking weight because at the end of the day I\u2019m really not scared of any man.<\/p>\n<p id=\"MAX5aS\">\u201cIt would be more like relaxation for my head because I wouldn\u2019t have to worry about the weight; the weight cut won\u2019t be as big because there would be a few less kilos to cut, which I think would be a big weight off my mind. Nothing is set in stone yet, so we\u2019ll see where the end of this year leads me,\u201d Till added.<\/p>\n<p>Darren Till will enter this fight having lost his last two bouts at welterweight, first tapping out to Tyron Woodley in his first bid at UFC gold in 2018, then succumbing to a violent knockout courtesy of Jorge Masvidal earlier this year. Prior to these losses, he had never been defeated in MMA.<\/p>\n<p>Kelvin Gastelum, on the other hand, will be looking to rebound from a competitive decision loss to Israel Adesanya in a 2019 Fight of the Year contender. This loss marked a failed bid to capture the UFC interim middleweight title. Prior to that loss, he was riding high on wins over Ronaldo &#8220;Jacare&#8221; Souza and Michael Bisping.<\/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 8\/26\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darren Till is moving up to middleweight. According to a report from ESPN&#8217;s Brett Okamoto, the former welterweight title challenger will make his middleweight debut opposite a fellow former welterweight in Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 244. The card goes down on November 2 inside New York City&#8217;s hallowed Madison Square Garden. 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