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UFC: Darren Till insists he’ll hurt ‘ork’ Marvin Vettori for five rounds and says ‘see you soon’
- Injured Till says Vettori’s dominant win over Kevin Holland was evidence ‘he couldn’t strike with me’ had their original fight gone ahead
- ‘The Gorilla’ also offers olive branch to struggling welterweight Mike Perry, whose UFC contract ran out after loss on weekend
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Middleweight contender Darren Till was not impressed by Marvin Vettori’s takedown-heavy win at UFC on ABC 2 on Saturday.
“The Gorilla” Till (18-3-1), who was scheduled to fight Vettori (17-4-1) in Las Vegas but was replaced by Kevin Holland on short notice after sustaining a broken collarbone, said the performance was a clear indicator “The Italian Dream” was not prepared to stand and strike in the Octagon had they met.
“As for [Marvin] … sorry ork,” the 28-year-old Englishman tweeted after the fight.
“It wasn’t the prettiest win but a wins a win and it means so much to him you can see. That fight told me he knew he couldn’t strike with me so he was going to try take me down. Even if he were to succeed in takedowns he wouldn’t of been able to keep me.”
Till, who is likely to spend months out recovering from his injury sustained in training camp, lost his last fight to former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker via unanimous decision last July. He had beaten Kelvin Gastelum via split decision in November 2019. His last two opponents are preparing for a headline bout at UFC Fight Night next week.
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