Tag: Ben Askren vs. Darren Till

Darren Till rips Ben Askren in his latest rant about the former ONE welterweight champion. This all comes after him putting Askren on blast through the power of social media. Till has his next fight lined up as he meets Jorge Masvidal in the headliner of the UFC On ESPN + 5 event.

Despite this, he has kept a close eye on what Askren has been saying. Thus, while attending the press conference to promote his next fight, he addressed his issues with the UFC newcomer.

“I’m not on Twitter much, but when I go on, I do cause a stir,” Till said to MMAJunkie. “A lot of people say that I’m drunk, and I’m on drugs when I’m doing it, but I was up at 5 in the morning giving the baby a bottle. So I don’t know, it’s fun for me with Ben because Ben tries to come across on social media as like this clever, intelligent dude – which, listen, I’ve been following Ben for years and years. I remember when I started wrestling in Brazil, my coach, he said, ‘Watch this guy Ben. He’s unbelievable.’ And you know, wrestling, yeah he is. But this is MMA, and his stand-up is absolutely garbage, and he just tries to demean everyone.”

Till is coming off the first loss in his pro-MMA career but is looking ahead. As seen in the main event of the UFC 228 pay-per-view event in Dallas, Texas, Tyron Woodley was able to score a second-round submission victory over Till to retain his welterweight title.

The former title contender continued by stating that when he calls someone out, he’s not attempting to demean their skills. Instead, just firing back.

“When I call someone out, I’m not trying to demean their skills. That’s what he’s trying to do to me. He’s trying to say, like, I’ve basically got nothing. Yeah, I know I need to evolve. I’ve got a lot of things I want to work on, but don’t discredit what I’m doing. He tries to come across all intelligent, so I just say, basically, ‘Shut up.’ Whatever. I can’t really repeat what I say to him, but you get the gist. He’s a wanker.”

UFC On ESPN + 5 is set to take place on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at The O2 Arena in London, England.

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Ben Askren calls for a showdown against former title contender Darren Till in London England.

The former ONE and Bellator welterweight champion spoke on the Rudis Wrestling podcast that he co-hosts about various topics. This included his move from ONE to the UFC where he mentioned who he’d like to face first. This is where Till’s name came up.

Askren made it known that he would like to fight Georges St-Pierre or Khabib Nurmagomedov in his promotional debut. However, he’s a realist and knows that won’t happen.

Instead, he’ll have to prove himself to not only the fanbase but the UFC. Thus, he’ll have to take on a tough challenger. This is where Till steps in.

“Obviously, my number one and two would be GSP [Georges St-Pierre] and Khabib [Nurmagomedov] but I know there’s no way in hell I’m getting either one of those two first round,” Askren said (H/T to MMAFighting). “So I’m hoping to get matched up with this Englishman named Darren Till.”

Till is coming off the first loss in his pro-MMA career but is looking ahead. As seen in the main event of the UFC 228 pay-per-view event in Dallas, Texas, Tyron Woodley was able to score a second-round submission victory over Till.

As a result, he retained his welterweight title. Askren brought this up and reasoning he wants this fight.

“He just fought for the world title, he’s ranked number two. I had a little Twitter fight with him. I think he’s significantly overrated. So I would like to fight him. I’m willing to go to London to fight him, so we will see what happens with that,” Askren said.

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