Tag: Tyron Woodley vs. Darren Till

UFC 228 Headliner Official As Darren Till Makes Weight

After all of the drama leading up to this fight, Till has made championship weight.

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UFC 228 headliner is official as both Darren Till and UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley made weight for their title fight at this show. Once this fight was made official, there was a ton of talk regarding the weight cut of Till. It also brought up questions about whether he could make weight or not at 170 pounds.

UFC officials held the weigh-ins for UFC 228 on Friday morning where Till made weight at 169 pounds while Woodley came in at 170 pounds. After Till had weighed in, he flipped off the media who were present. You can check out the full results here.

Till’s weight as it has been widely talked about because he missed weight the day before he was supposed to fight former title contender Stephen Thomson. He had to stay below 188 pounds until a few hours before the fight in order for the commission to sanction it. He originally weighed in three pounds heavier than the maximum welterweight limit, which is 171. Till would go onto earn a controversial decision win over Thompson.

Woodley suffered a partial labrum tear early in his last title defense over top contender Demian Maia, which he won by decision. Woodley has been a fighting champion as he has defended it twice in 2017 with winning decisions over Stephen Thompson and Maia. This tied with three other fighters for the most active 2017 schedule by a UFC champion.

The UFC 228 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, September 8, 2018 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center.

The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on FX at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET.

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UFC 228 Countdown: Full Episode

The full countdown episode has been released.

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UFC is gearing up for their next PPV event as the UFC 228 show is just less than a week from taking place and the hype is on.

The UFC 228 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, September 8, 2018 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center.

The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on FX at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET.

UFC 228 Card

Tyron Woodley vs. Darren Till in a welterweight title fight will headline this show. Nicco Montaño vs. Valentina Shevchenko in a women’s flyweight title fight will serve as the co-main event.

Rounding out the five bout main card is Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Brandon Davis in a featherweight bout, Jéssica Andrade vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz in a women’s strawweight bout, and Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Niko Price in a welterweight bout. Carla Esparza vs. Tatiana Suarez in a women’s strawweight bout will headline the FX preliminary card.

The UFC has released the full episode of UFC 228 Countdown to their YouTube channel to not only get the fans excited for this upcoming event but to give insight into the background of the current stories revolving around the fighters. You can watch the full episode here:

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Tyron Woodley Offers Bold Prediction For Darren Till Fight

Woodley gave some betting odds for his UFC 228 fight.

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Tyron Woodley offers bold prediction for his next title defense against a rising prospect at the UFC 228 pay-per-view event. The UFC champ will take on Darren Till in the main event of this show.

Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington was supposed to be the next in line for Woodley and the title. However, at the time of the UFC needing the main event for UFC 228, things changed. Covington had recently undergone surgery to correct a nasal issue. Thus, UFC decided they would strip Covington of the belt after he declined a fight at UFC 228.

Title Defenses

Woodley suffered a partial labrum tear early in his last title defense over top contender Demian Maia, which he won by decision. Woodley has been a fighting champion as he has defended it twice in 2017. He won decisions over Stephen Thompson and Maia. This tied with three other fighters for the most active 2017 schedule by a UFC champion.

Tyron Woodley Offers

Woodley was recently interviewed by TMZ Sports where he was asked to give some betting advice to those fight fans who plan on picking a winner. The UFC champion noted that fans should expect him to win by KO in the second or third round.

“You know that’s kind of hard to say. I think he’s going to be cautious in the first round because I usually start out like a bad out of hell. He’s going to try to weather the storm but probably second or third round. That’s what I would say if you want to win some money.”

The UFC 228 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, September 8, 2018 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center.

The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass.

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Tyron Woodley Shuts Down Concern About Darren Till Fight

Tyron Woodley made his feelings known.

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UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley fully understands the concern that some fight fans have about his next title defense against rising prospect Darren Till at the upcoming UFC 228 pay-per-view event.

That concern is Till’s weight as it has been widely talked about that he missed weight the day before he was supposed to fight former title contender Stephen Thomson and had to stay below 188 pounds until a few hours before the fight in order for the commission to sanction it but if you recall, he originally weighed in three pounds heavier than the maximum welterweight limit, which is 171.

As seen in the main event of UFC Liverpool event that aired live on FOX Sports 1 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England, the rising prospect picked up a unanimous decision win over former title contender but it was a close fight that has some people saying Till won while others say that Thompson won the fight.

Woodley shut down that concern by stating recently that he will fight Till even if he does end up missing weight.

“If Till misses weight we’re still gonna fight, it just won’t be a world title fight for him and he’ll have to forfeit a percentage of his purse,” Woodley said recently on his Instagram Live (transcript courtesy of MMA Fighting).“This is a big fight for him. It’s a world title opportunity and my gut says he’s gonna rise to the occasion. Whatever problems he had in the past with making weight, I believe he’s gonna make it. It’s too big of an opportunity for him not to. [And if he doesn’t] I’m not gonna hold up the fight. One or two pounds ain’t gonna really change up the dynamic or outcome of the fight so I’m gonna go into it confident and not worry about that.”

The UFC 228 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, September 8, 2018 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center with the main card airing on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass.

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