Welterweight contenders Darren Till and Jorge Masvidal are hard at work promoting their upcoming fight in the main event of UFC London on March 16.
On Wednesday afternoon, the two all-action welterweights took to the stage in London for a brief press conference, which culminated, as per tradition, with a staredown.
See Darren Till and Jorge Masvidal engage in their first staredown in the video at the top of this post.
Darren Till will enter the UFC London main event having not fought since September, when he was submitted by UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in his first UFC title shot. Prior to this fight, he had never been beaten. Highlights of his impressive undefeated run included triumphs over Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson. He’s 17-1-1 in sum.
For Jorge Masvidal, UFC London will mark the end of a lengthy absence from the cage. “Gamebred” has not fought since November of 2017, when he gave up a decision to the aforementioned “Wonderboy.” This setback was preceded by a controversial loss to Demian Maia and a knockout defeat of “Cowboy.” Since his last fight, he’s been busy participating on a Spanish language reality television show. He’s 32-13 overall.
Who do you think will come out on top when Jorge Masvidal and Darren Till duke it out at UFC London?
This article first appeared on BJPENN.COM on 1/30/2019.
UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev has hit out at Conor McGregor following the latter’s recent loss in court.
This week, Conor McGregor was found liable for sexual assault in a case relating to an incident back in 2018. The incident in question took place two months following Conor’s defeat at the hands of Khabib Nurmagomedov who defeated him to retain his UFC lightweight championship. Now, that same belt is held by his close friend Islam Makhachev.
UFC star Conor McGregor has lashed out at Nikita Hand following the verdict in his sexual assault civil case.
As many of you would’ve heard, Conor McGregor lost his civil case against Nikita Hand in Ireland. The verdict noted that McGregor was found guilty, meaning he will have to pay damages to the victim.
The Octagon returned to China for today’s UFC Macau event and four fighters walked away with $50k performance bonuses.
The thirteen-bout fight card was headlined by a highly anticipated men’s bantamweight contest between Petr Yan and Deiveson Figueiredo. The fight proved to be a solid scrap. Although Petr Yan was able to outland Deiveson Figueiredo for the majority of the fight, the former flyweight champion still had some moments, including dropping ‘No Mercy’ in the fourth round. However, Yan’s striking and grappling was on point tonight and after twenty-five minutes it was clear he had done more than enough to earn a unanimous decision victory.
Today’s UFC Macau event was headlined by a key men’s bantamweight bout featuring Petr Yan taking on Deiveson Figueiredo.
Yan (18-5 MMA) was returning to the Octagon for the first time since defeating Song Yadong by unanimous decision at March’s UFC 299 event. That win had snapped a three-fight losing skid for the former bantamweight champion, as ‘No Mercy’ had previously dropped three straight decisions to Aljamain Sterling, Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvilli respectively.
We have you covered for all of today’s UFC Macau results, including the strawweight co-main event between Yan Xiaonan vs. Tabitha Ricci.
Xiaonan (19-4 MMA) will be returning to action for the first time since suffering a decision loss to Zhang Weili in a fight for the flyweight title at UFC 300. Prior to that setback, ‘Fury’ was coming off back-to-back wins over Mackenzie Dern and Jessica Andrade (see that here).
We have you covered for all of today’s UFC Macau results, including the light heavyweight bout between Carlos Ulberg and Volkan Oezdemir.
Ulberg (11-1 MMA) will be competing for the first time since knocking out Alonzo Menifield at May’s UFC St. Louis event. That victory marked ‘Black Jag’s’ sixth in a row, with five of those six wins coming by way of finish.
Scary scenes in Macau after Feng Xiaocan was taken out on a stretcher following her brutal head kick knockout loss to Shi Ming.
Ming entered the contest as big betting underdog and throughout the opening two rounds, she struggled to find her range against her much taller opponent in Xiaocan.
The Octagon returns to China for today’s UFC Macau event, a thirteen bout fight card headliner by Petr Yan vs. Deiveson Figueiredo.
Yan (17-5 MMA) will be returning to action for the first time since defeating Song Yadong by unanimous decision at March’s UFC 299 event. That win snapped a three-fight losing skid for the former bantamweight champion, as ‘No Mercy’ had previously dropped three straight decisions to Aljamain Sterling, Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvilli respectively.
