It doesn’t happen very often that we hear a fighter anti-campaigning for a title shot. But that’s just what Darren Till did Sunday. After his unanimous decision win over Stephen Thompson in the UFC Fight Night 130 main event, which came in front of his home fans at Echo Arena in Liverpool, England, Till flat-out said he shouldn’t be next in line for a welterweight title shot. Why? For starters, Till (17-0-1 MMA, 5-0-1 UFC) missed weight the day before, and he thinks that alone ought to show someone else should be ahead of him in the queue – even if that means it’s Thompson (14-3-1 MMA, 9-3-1 UFC). That was the inspiration for our latest Daily Debate.
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