{"id":356835,"date":"2020-07-23T11:02:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T18:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=356835"},"modified":"2020-07-23T11:02:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T18:02:44","slug":"pro-fighters-make-their-picks-for-robert-whittaker-vs-darren-till","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/pro-fighters-make-their-picks-for-robert-whittaker-vs-darren-till\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro fighters make their picks for Robert Whittaker vs. Darren Till"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the main event of UFC Fight Island 3, a pivotal middleweight clash headlines the card as Robert Whittaker battles Darren Till. Heading into the fight, the former champion in Whittaker is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestfightodds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a -120 favorite while the Englishman is a +100 underdog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the fight, BJPENN.com reached out to several pro fighters to get their prediction for the scrap. The pros believe it is a super close fight as the odds suggest but the majority lean towards Whittaker getting the job done.<\/p>\n<h3>BJPENN.com Fighter Picks Robert Whittaker vs. Darren Till:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Jack Hermansson, UFC middleweight<\/strong>: That is a pretty interesting one. Both <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/robert-whittaker\/darren-till-and-robert-whittaker-disagree-on-who-holds-striking-edge\/\">are great standup fighters<\/a>. But, I will give Whittaker the advantage due to where he has been and who he has fought. It\u2019s a close fight, but I think Whittaker wins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Dan Ige, UFC featherweight<\/strong>: That is an interesting fight. I like both guys and their styles. It is hard to say because Whittaker has taken a lot of damage, he\u2019s been in some wars, so I\u2019ll lean towards Till. It\u2019s such a close fight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Justin Jaynes, UFC lightweight<\/strong>: This is such a tough fight but I\u2019m going to have to go with Till. Whittaker is coming off the knockout loss and coming back from a KO loss is tough because some fighters start questioning themselves like can I take a punch? He may not want to exchange as much and I think Till will take it to Whittaker and get the job done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Tim Elliott, UFC flyweight<\/strong>: I\u2019m going to go with Whittaker. He has too much power and he will get back into the win column.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Khama Worthy, UFC lightweight<\/strong>: I think Whittaker is the more seasoned middleweight so I think he can get the ball rolling again with a win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Julian Erosa, UFC featherweight<\/strong>: That is going to be a good fight but I have to give it to Robert Whittaker. Darren Till is a big strong dude but Robert is more technical and has been around the game for a long time. The experience at middleweight will give him the edge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Kay Hansen, UFC strawweight<\/strong>: Man, Robert Whittaker is so underrated. People don\u2019t ever like the nice guy and people hate on him. It will be a great fight and I can see either one winning but I think Whittaker will win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>Fighters picking Robert Whittaker: Jack Hermansson, Tim Elliott, Khama Worthy, Julian Erosa, Kay Hansen<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fighters picking Darren Till: Dan Ige, Justin Jaynes<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Who do you think wins, Robert Whittaker or Darren Till?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the main event of UFC Fight Island 3, a pivotal middleweight clash headlines the card as Robert Whittaker battles Darren Till. Heading into the fight, the former champion in Whittaker is a -120 favorite while the Englishman is a +100 underdog. Ahead of the fight, BJPENN.com reached out to several pro fighters to get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":356837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[37606,2674,10582,39610],"tags":[39616],"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>Pro fighters make their picks for Robert Whittaker vs. Darren Till | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ahead of the Robert Whittaker vs. Darren Till, BJPENN.com reached out to several pro fighters to get their prediction for the fight.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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