{"id":338381,"date":"2020-01-16T22:45:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T06:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=338381"},"modified":"2020-01-16T22:45:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T06:45:30","slug":"darren-till-expected-to-return-at-ufc-248-in-place-of-robert-whittaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/darren-till-expected-to-return-at-ufc-248-in-place-of-robert-whittaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Till expected to return at UFC 248 in place of Robert Whittaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight title challenger Darren Till is expected to return at March\u2019s UFC 248 in place of Robert Whittaker.<\/p>\n<p>Whittaker decided to withdraw from his slated bout with Jared Cannonier earlier this week, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/robert-whittaker\/robert-whittaker-issues-statement-after-pulling-out-of-ufc-248-bout-with-jared-cannonier\/\">citing<\/a> personal reasons for his removal.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\">promotion<\/a> was in search of a replacement opponent and appear to have found one in the form of \u2018The Gorilla\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>According to Amy Kaplan of FanSidedMMA, the UFC is working on finalizing a middleweight bout between Till and Cannonier for UFC 248.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: I have confirmed with multiple sources that a fight between Jared Cannonier and Darren Till is in the works. Cannonier was originally slated to face Robert Whittaker at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC248?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC248<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Amy Kaplan (@PhotoAmy33) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhotoAmy33\/status\/1218046689530892294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBREAKING: I have confirmed with multiple sources that a fight between Jared Cannonier and Darren Till is in the works. Cannonier was originally slated to face Robert Whittaker at<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0UFC 248.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Darren Till made his middleweight debut last fall against Kelvin Gastelum, winning the bout by decision.<\/p>\n<p>The victory snapped a two fight losing streak for The Liverpool native as he had previously suffered stoppage losses to Jorge Masvidal and Tyron Woodley respectively.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-326935\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jared-Cannonier-2.jpg\" alt=\"Jared Cannonier, UFC rankings, UFC Cpenhagen\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jared-Cannonier-2.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jared-Cannonier-2-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As for Jared Cannonier (13-4 MMA), the surging middleweight is currently riding a three fight win streak, with all three of those victories coming by form of TKO.<\/p>\n<p>During that stretch, \u2018The Killa Gorilla\u2019 has scored stoppage wins over David Branch, Anderson Silva and Jack Hermansson.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 248 takes place on March 7 and is headlined by a middleweight title fight between Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will emerge victorious when Darren Till and Jared Cannonier throw down at UFC 248 this March? Sound off in the comments section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on bjpenndotcom January 16, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Stay glued to this site for all of your mixed martial arts news!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight title challenger Darren Till is expected to return at March\u2019s UFC 248 in place of Robert Whittaker. Whittaker decided to withdraw from his slated bout with Jared Cannonier earlier this week, citing personal reasons for his removal. 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