Darren Jake Till is an English professional mixed martial artist and former Muay Thai fighter. He currently competes in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of July 4, 2022, he is #9 in the UFC middleweight rankings.
Is Darren Till still in the UFC?
On 26 August, it was announced Till was returning to the middleweight division to face Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 244 on 2 November. He won the fight via split decision. Till faced Robert Whittaker on 26 July 2020 at UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Till.
He began training in Muay Thai at the age of 12. He dropped out of high school at the age of 14 to focus on the sport, turning professional a year later and beginning to train in MMA with Team Kaobon at the age of 17.
During his teenage years, he would live in different places such as his gym and relatives’ houses after an incident he had with his mother which got him kicked out of the family home. In August 2012, he was stabbed twice in the back after confronting a large group of men at a party. The knife missed his main artery by 1 mm, with doctors calling him lucky to be alive.