ULTIMATE Fighting Championship welterweight champion Tyron “The Chosen One” Woodley of the United States stakes his title against Darren ‘The Gorilla” Till of England at “UFC 228” on Sunday (Manila time) at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
His third defense of the title he won in 2016, Mr. Woodley (18-3-1) is out to keep his hold of the 155-lb division gold against Mr. Till (17-0-1), the number two contender in the weight class and undefeated in six UFC fights to date.
Mr. Woodley’s most recent successful title defense was over Brazilian Demian Maia by way of unanimous decision in July last year, where the former frustrated the latter by thwarting every takedown attempt he made on the way to victory.
British Till, meanwhile, was a unanimous decision winner over former number one contender Stephen Thompson in May this year in Liverpool.
Serving as co-main event for UFC 228 is the women’s flyweight title clash between champion Nicco Montano (5-2) of the United States and challenger Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenco (15-3) of Kyrgyzstan.
Other fights in the main card are featherweight Zabit Magomedsharipov against Brandon Davis, women’s strawweight Jessica Andrade versus Karolina Kowalkiewicz, and welterweight Abdul Razak Alhassan vs Nico Price.
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