Luke Rockhold’s recent ring name indicates that tomorrow night’s clash is likely to be a nasty one for Darren Till.
The previous UFC middleweight champion is a heavy underdog to beat ex-contender Till, who’s eight years his junior and a more renowned boxer. That tag, nevertheless, has done next to nothing to dampen his enthusiasm for the competition.
Each men have needed to be dragged away from one another during an intense series of media engagements, and have yet to face face-to-face without hordes of security around them. They finally get to throw hands tomorrow night.
Luke Rockhold reveals recent ring name ahead of Darren Till fight
At today’s ceremonial weigh-ins, fighters were introduced to the Manchester crowd with walkout music and ring names. Luke Rockhold was infamously one in every of the few UFC fighters of his era who just went by his name, as a substitute of adding a nickname like his compatriots.
Nevertheless, that modified at today’s open workouts as he was referred to by ring announcer Hus Ragip as ‘The Gorilla Killer’. This, in fact, plays off Darren Till’s long-time nickname ‘The Gorilla’, which he has even immortalized in tattoos on his body.
The pair clearly haven’t any love lost, with their teams even going back-and-forth during one of the vital heated and legitimately aggressive fight weeks in Misfits Boxing memory. Their co-headliner incorporates a much cooler pairing of Tony Ferguson and Tik Tok star Salt Papi.
Luke Rockhold and Darren Till can’t stop brawling
It has been an intense fight week between Rockhold and Till, who’ve needed to be held apart by security on multiple occasions through their build-up. Today was no different, as Rockhold declared he would “put Till down like a dog” amid an eight-man effort to maintain the pair apart.
“I’m going to f—ing k— you,” a shirtless Till screamed, before swatting away security and host Ben Davis who attempted to place a microphone in his face through the offended exchange. The pair were ultimately held apart, and their fight will go ahead as planned tomorrow.