{"id":330782,"date":"2019-11-04T05:10:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T13:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=330782"},"modified":"2019-11-04T05:10:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T13:10:41","slug":"darren-till-considered-faking-injury-before-ufc-244-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/darren-till-considered-faking-injury-before-ufc-244-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Till considered faking injury before UFC 244 fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight contender Darren Till has admitted that he contemplated faking an injury in order to get out of his UFC 244 bout with Kelvin Gastelum.<\/p>\n<p>Till went head to head with the Ultimate Fighter winner in the co-main event of Saturday night\u2019s co-main event at Madison Square Garden, and he managed to surprise a lot of people by edging out the split decision win against the favourite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Gorilla\u201d was coming into this fight off the back of two devastating losses against Tyron Woodley <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-london-results-jorge-masvidal-kos-darren-till-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">and Jorge Masvidal<\/a>, but after taking the time to heal and move up to middleweight, it would appear as if he\u2019s better than ever.<\/p>\n<p>With that being said, the man himself made quite the admission in the aftermath of his win during an interview with BT Sport.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Incredibly emotional Darren Till post-fight interview! &quot;I gave my heart and soul for this!&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J-4AqA9K62U?start=148&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust to get in there tonight, I tell you,\u201d Till told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/11\/ufc-244-darren-till-considered-faking-injury-before-wakout-didnt-want-go-in-there\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMAJunkie<\/a><\/em>. \u201cI was trying to fake an injury before walking out. I was thinking of an injury to fake because I just simply did not want to get in there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery fight, no matter what any fighter will ever tell you, they will be scared. If they tell you they\u2019re not, it\u2019s a blatant lie. This fighter wasn\u2019t scared; I was terrified. I wasn\u2019t shaking, but I just didn\u2019t want to go. The magnitude of the event \u2013 I was doubting. I was thinking of ways to get out of the fight. This was only today and I\u2019m just so scared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Till\u2019s honesty has received widespread acclaim within the mixed martial arts community, many of whom have praised the Liverpudlian for being able to speak so openly about these issues.<\/p>\n<p>The former welterweight title challenger will now turn his attention towards the top of the division, as he attempts to make a significant run at Israel Adesanya\u2019s belt.<\/p>\n<p><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 11\/4\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight contender Darren Till has admitted that he contemplated faking an injury in order to get out of his UFC 244 bout with Kelvin Gastelum. Till went head to head with the Ultimate Fighter winner in the co-main event of Saturday night\u2019s co-main event at Madison Square Garden, and he managed to surprise a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":289868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[37606,10397,39610,53692],"tags":[43928,4245,11,15],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Darren Till considered faking injury before UFC 244 fight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Darren Till has revealed that he considered faking an injury prior to his UFC 244 co-main event against Kelvin Gastelum this past weekend.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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