{"id":343990,"date":"2020-03-10T11:23:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T18:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=343990"},"modified":"2020-03-10T11:23:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T18:23:44","slug":"darren-till-reacts-to-israel-adesanya-vs-yoel-romero-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/darren-till-reacts-to-israel-adesanya-vs-yoel-romero-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Till reacts to Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Darren Till was as disappointed by the UFC 248 main event as the rest of us.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC 248 card, which went down last Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada, was topped by a middleweight title fight between champ Israel Adesanya and challenger Yoel Romero.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the top contenders in the UFC middleweight division, Till had more interest in this fight than most. Regrettably, the fight wound up being a bit of a dud, as Adesanya and Romero threw less than 90 combined strikes over their 25-minute fight, which Adesanya won by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/2wJ7NMR\">MMA Fighting\u2019s\u00a0<em>Eurobash<\/em> podcast<\/a>, Darren Till gave his take on this undeniably slow affair.<\/p>\n<p id=\"MKPAxK\">\u201cI just think it was stale,\u201d Till said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2020\/3\/10\/21173353\/darren-till-issues-pass-ufc-248-snoozer-yoel-looked-dead-heavy-izzy-was-running-away\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Mania<\/a>). \u201cYoel looked dead heavy, he didn\u2019t look as explosive. Izzy was sort of running away and stuff like that, but [you] can always give them [a break] for one fight, you give them a bypass. That\u2019s it really, there\u2019s not a lot to comment on because there wasn\u2019t a lot happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the UFC 248 main event didn&#8217;t do much for Darren Till, the co-main event absolutely did.<\/p>\n<p>In the card&#8217;s co-headliner, strawweight champion Weili Zhang picked up a razor close split decision win over the former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk. The bout instantly stood out as one of the best in MMA history.<\/p>\n<p id=\"MMHusB\">\u201cGive them two girls five million dollars each,\u201d Till said. \u201cBecause they deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of these comments from Darren Till? What are your thoughts on the two title fights that topped the UFC 248 card last Saturday?<\/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 3\/10\/2020. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darren Till was as disappointed by the UFC 248 main event as the rest of us. The UFC 248 card, which went down last Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada, was topped by a middleweight title fight between champ Israel Adesanya and challenger Yoel Romero. 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