Darren Till has not been having a good day. The headliner of UFC Liverpool found himself in a peculiar situation yesterday at weigh ins. To start with, he was granted late weigh ins due to a family emergency:
Darren Till has been given an extra hour to make weight due to a family emergency according to a UFC official. Molly McCann has been given an extra hour to lose a pound after registering at 127. #UFCLiverpool
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) May 26, 2018
Till was 214lbs the day before
Call me a skeptic, but Darren Till weighed 214 pounds yesterday, so the idea of him staying at/under 188 pounds for tomorrow is far-fetched. I’m preparing myself for the fight to be canceled.
— Jeremy Botter (@jeremybotter) May 26, 2018
In order for the fight to be on Till had to agree to a big list of demands from Stephen Thompson:
Thompson vs. Till is on. Here are the terms of the deal, per sources:
– Till must forfeit 30% of his purse and bonuses to Thompson.
– Till can’t weigh more than 188 lbs tomorrow.
– Weigh in is at 1 pm tomorrow before departing to arena.
– WB’s team can be present at weigh in.— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) May 26, 2018
Previously Mackenzie Dern had to give up similar percentage of her winning due to a weigh in fail – she gave as much as 13.500$ to Amanda Bobby Cooper.
Thompson vs. Till is on. Here are the terms of the deal, per sources:
– Till must forfeit 30% of his purse and bonuses to Thompson.
– Till can’t weigh more than 188 lbs tomorrow.
– Weigh in is at 1 pm tomorrow before departing to arena.
– WB’s team can be present at weigh in.— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) May 26, 2018
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