Things got crazy after Till punched Mutie on the back of the head one too many times, but somehow ‘The Gorilla’ still walked away with the win.
Darren Till earned a bizarre TKO win at Social Knockout 3 in Dubai after his opponent refused to continue their fight and then kicked off a wild brawl moments later.
Till was originally set to fight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on the undercard of a Jake Paul card on July 20th. Till would end up being pulled from the Chavez Jr. fight due to visa issues. But “The Gorilla” could still travel to Dubai, so he secured himself a last-minute fight against Mohammad Mutie on Social Knockout 3.
Till’s boxing debut lasted a round and a half and featured a lot of clinching and dirty boxing … so dirty that the referee warned Darren repeatedly about punches to the back of the head. In the second round, Till landed another illegal punch which caused the referee to pause the fight. Mutie went down to the canvas and it looked like the fight would be waved off.
Darren Till and his opponent just got into a brawl after the fight was stopped pic.twitter.com/u8YvIdWax7
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As everyone waited for a decision to be made, Mutie started yelling at Till’s corner and then confronted him about the illegal blows. Things quickly descended into anarchy with people flooding the ring as Till and Mutie punched and grappled in the middle of a moving pile of bodies.
Drama at #BattleOfMemes #SocialKnockout3
Former #UFC title contender Darren Till made his boxing debut against Moh Mutie. The match ends in a brawl with Darren Till getting taken down by Mutie. #Boxing #MMA #DarrenTill #MohMutie #Dubai pic.twitter.com/hZJaH9KOSW— Armaan (@armaanyounis) July 6, 2024
After calm was restored, Till was surprisingly awarded a TKO win. Usually if you hit someone with an illegal punch and they’re unable to continue, you lose via DQ or the fight is declared a ‘No Contest.’ But Mutie’s brawling behavior in the ring made organizers think he was over-selling his injuries.
“I’m neutral. Muhammad is my brother, so is Darren,” a Social Knockout 3 promoter said of the decision. “The fight, [Muhammad] didn’t want to continue, and then he attacks [Till], what do you expect?”
Sometimes these things happen in influencer boxing.
“This is fighting, you get hit,” Till said about the illegal blows. “If you don’t want to continue fighting, don’t be a fighter. He’s not a real fighter, he’s a coward. And then when I’m minding me own business he comes and attacks me. I’m so sorry for this s—, I’m not that guy. I’m a respectful guy, I love the sport … but I’m standing there minding me own business and he attacked me with his team, I gotta defend myself.
“I took this fight on five days notice against this coward. It wasn’t much, he didn’t want to fight. I just wanted to get into the ring and play about. But there are people I do really want to fight: Jake Paul, Tommy Fury, Mike Perry. They’re all running, they’re scared cowards.”
“They do not want to fight me, I promise you,” Till declared. “I am not a four-round two-minute fighter. I’m an eight-round three-minute fighter and I will f—ing decapitate them.