Jorge Masvidal made a huge statement on Saturday in the main of UFC Fight Night London and now he wants a title shot.
Masvidal took the best betting favorite Darren Till had to offer, withstood several cracking left hands and eventually knocked Till into orbit. After a relatively uneventful night of action, Masvidal’s thrilling knockout of Till sent the MMA world into a frenzy because it seemed like it wouldn’t happen. Masvidal had been landing clean punches on “The Gorilla’s” head on numerous occasions, but none of them seemed to faze the larger Brit at all.“Darren is so tough,” Masvidal said after his triumph. “Before I dropped him, I hit him with some bombs and the dude just smiled at me like, like I do to other people.”
Masvidal’s knockout eventually came, though.
Masvidal cracked Till with a powerful left hook clean on the jaw and the Englishman’s knees buckled. Masvidal missed a follow-up right hook, but his next punch – another left hook – didn’t. I…