Till misses weight ahead of UFC Liverpool main event
Darren Till failed to make weight Saturday ahead of UFC Liverpool, tipping the scales 3.5 pounds above the 171-pound limit.
UFC officials gave him an extra hour to shed the excess weight because of a family emergency, according to Jim Edwards of MMA NYTT, but it made no difference. Till is still scheduled to meet Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson in the main event of his hometown card, but with a few stipulations.
Thompson vs. Till is on. Here are the terms of the deal, per sources:
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- Till must forfeit 30% of his purse and bonuses to Thompson.
- Till can’t weigh more than 188 lbs tomorrow.
- Weigh in is at 1 pm tomorrow before departing to arena.
- WB’s team can be present at weigh in.
Thompson, the UFC's No. 1 welterweight contender, is determined to get in the Octagon on Sunday, even after watching Till badly miss weight.
"I came here for a fight and I won't let the fans down," he told Edwards.
On the undercard, fellow Brit Molly McCann also missed weight. Her manager told Simon Head that her bout with Gillian Robertson will go on as planned if she meets a weight restriction Sunday at the arena.
Here are the full weigh-in results, courtesy of MMAFighting.com's Bryan Tucker:
Main Card
- Stephen Thompson (171) vs. Darren Till (174.5)
- Neil Magny (171) vs. Craig White (171)
- Arnold Allen (146) vs. Mads Burnell (146)
- Jason Knight (146) vs. Makwan Amirkhani (146)
- Claudio Silva (170) vs. Nordine Taleb (171)
- Eric Spicely (186) vs. Darren Stewart (186)
Preliminary Card
- Dan Kelly (186) vs. Tom Breese (186)
- Brad Scott (171) vs. Carlo Pedersoli Jr. (170)
- Gina Mazany (135) vs. Lina Lansberg (135)
- Gillian Robertson (125) vs. Molly McCann (127)
- Elias Theodorou (186) vs. Trevor Smith (186)