Credit:Gleidson Venga/Sherdog.com
Credit: Gleidson Venga/Sherdog.com
Credit:Gleidson Venga/Sherdog.com
Credit: GleidsonVenga/Sherdog.com
Darren
Till and Marvin
Vettori are expected to square off in the headliner of an
Ultimate Fighting Championship event on April 10.
ESPN was first to report the middleweight booking. Till and
Vettori have verbally agreed to the contest, but contracts have not
yet been signed. A location for the UFC card has not been
announced.
A former welterweight title challenger, Till is 1-1 since moving up
to 185 pounds. After taking a split decision against Kelvin
Gastelum in his middleweight debut at UFC 244, “The Gorilla”
dropped a closely-contested five-round verdict to former champion
Robert
Whittaker in the UFC on ESPN 14 headliner this past July. Till
was supposed to face Jack
Hermansson on Dec. 5 but was forced to withdraw from the bout
due to injury.
An emerging star in the middleweight division, Vettori has won four
consecutive bouts in UFC competition. Most recently, he replaced
Till against Hermansson in the UFC on ESPN 19 headliner and
captured a five-round decision triumph. “The Italian Dream” notably
dropped a split-decision to reigning middleweight champ Israel
Adesanya at UFC on Fox 29 in April 2018.