Darren Till has admitted that he still gets the itch to return to the UFC despite heading into his biggest boxing fight yet.
The previous middleweight contender last competed within the octagon at the top of 2022, giving eventual champion Dricus Du Plessis arguably his hardest UFC fight to that time. Now, he’s Misfits Boxing’s biggest star and set to headline on pay-per-view against Luke Rockhold on Saturday night.
While he currently is specializing in the boxing ring, he remains to be considered a serious threat within the octagon after leaving the UFC on his own terms.
Darren Till still eyeing UFC return after Misfits Boxing run
Speaking with Bloody Elbow ahead of his headline fight this weekend, Darren Till admitted that he still finds himself wanting to return to the octagon at times. Nevertheless, he would want to return to MMA training and undo some habits he has learned for his boxing profession.
“I don’t know,” Till replied when asked if his profession within the cage was officially finished. “I still have the itch for it sometimes. So every time I’m done with Misfits we’ll see… I do think I’ve still got it in me there’s just a number of things I’d must focus up on.
“So obviously I’ll must take a while, focus up on those things after which who knows? I believe the story just isn’t over.”
Darren Till and Luke Rockhold have had heated feud
The rivalry between Till and Rockhold has been growing in intensity to a boiling point ahead of today’s ceremonial weigh-ins. The Brit has even formed an unlikely alliance with Dillon Danis, who allegedly hurt the previous middleweight champion in a scuffle at weigh-ins.
Yesterday’s press conference took an extended time to even start because the principal event duo couldn’t stop going after one another violently. Several members of security were doing their best to stop Till and Rockhold from attacking one another.
The previous UFC middleweight champion was attempting to hop over tables to get to his next opponent. Till then tried to go around them but needed to accept barking insults at Rockhold from a secure distance and cameras cut away from the ugly incident for a number of moments to permit things to calm down.