{"id":330499,"date":"2019-11-01T16:29:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T23:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=330499"},"modified":"2019-11-01T16:29:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T23:29:03","slug":"darren-till-reacts-to-kelvin-gastelums-controversial-weigh-in-at-ufc-244","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kelvin-gastelum\/darren-till-reacts-to-kelvin-gastelums-controversial-weigh-in-at-ufc-244\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Till reacts to Kelvin Gastelum’s controversial weigh-in at UFC 244"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former UFC welterweight title challenger Darren Till will square off with Kelvin Gastelum in a middleweight matchup at UFC 244 tomorrow night in New York.<\/p>\n

The proposed middleweight scrap appeared to be in some jeopardy earlier this week, after it was revealed that Darren Till had encountered some visa issues.<\/p>\n

Thankfully all of Till’s travel plans got sorted and the Liverpool native arrived in ‘The Big Apple’ with enough time to cut weight and hit the scales.<\/p>\n

While Till seemingly made the middleweight limit of 186-pounds with a little effort, the same could not be said about his opponent Kelvin Gastelum.<\/p>\n

The former UFC middleweight title challenger, Gastelum, required the use of a towel during his official weigh-in and also appeared to lean on his coach<\/a> while on the scale.<\/p>\n

Gastelum’s actions spawned a ton of negative reactions from fellow fighters and MMA media, but that sentiment was not shared by Darren Till.<\/p>\n

The Englishman spoke with ESPN<\/a>‘s Brett Okamoto following today’s official weigh ins where he shared the following thoughts on Gastelum’s controversial UFC 244 weigh in.<\/p>\n

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Darren also told me he doesn\u2019t care if Kelvin was heavy. I told him, you\u2019d be owed that fine money. He said, he, let him keep it or give it to Walt Harris to help find his daughter.<\/p>\n

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) November 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n