Darren Till won’t be making an appearance in any official capacity at UFC London.
The original plan was for Till to confront Chris Curtis and Jack Hermansson on Saturday’s show. Curtis had replaced Till after the English starlet with an injury forced him to pull out of his matchup against Hermansson. Curtis initially proposed the team-up on social media and Till accepted, but on Thursday Till released a statement in which he said that he will not corner Curtis out of respect for Hermansson.
— D (@darrentill2) July 21, 2022
— D (@darrentill2) July 21, 2022
“I won’t be cornering Chris this weekend at UFC London,” Till wrote via social media. “I feel it would be disrespectful to the whole situation after pulling out of the fight to then turn up to the corner of the fight. I wish Chris the best of luck he’s a proper guy and we trained together and he can do good things. Also, I wish Jack all the luck .”
Till also suggested that he may need to make serious changes to his fight preparation to preserve his body for the future. This is the second time that an injury has forced Till to withdraw from of a scheduled bout with Hermansson and an injury also forced him out of a high-profile bout against Marvin Vettori in April 2021.
He has competed just twice since the start of 2020, both losses. Most recently, Till lost by third-round submission to Derek Brunson in the main event of UFC Vegas 36 this past September.
“To all those who messaged me, thank you, but my body has become brittle from years of suffering day in and day out,” Till said. ” I need to take a more controlled relaxed approach in the next 10 years!”
