Darren Till

Darren Till breaks his silence on his recent UFC release.

According to Till, he asked the UFC to release him from his current contract because he has to “just 2 sort some other sh*t for the foreseeable” and has plans to return. [removed from the UFC roster](https://twitter.com/UFCRosterWatch/status/1630716501199134720), the popular middleweight went to social media to confirm the news that he has parted ways with the UFC. [Darren Till](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3278/darren-till) is no longer with the UFC - for now.

According to Darren Till, he asked for and was granted a release from his UFC contract.

Just another setback for “The Gorilla,” who now seems to have a mysterious big plan to sort himself out and get back into UFC contendership. You know, if he went out there and got destroyed in the first round, like it looked like it was gonna happen, but it did the exact opposite, he weathered that storm, stayed out of submissions. Then he comes back and you think he’s gonna win the fight.” Indeed, it’s been five long years since “The Gorilla” was a 16-0-1 prospect on a four fight winning streak in the UFC. According to the bot — which tracks the addition and removal of fighters from the promotion’s ranking list — Till was removed alongside Zubaira Tukhugov and Jose Johnson. “What’s happening everyone,” Till wrote on Twitter.

Darren Till states that he is 'cool' with UFC president Dana White and Hunter Campbell following his release from the UFC .

He suffered a third-round submission in his last fight against Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 282. 'I'm on a bit of a losing skid at the moment, I really am. Since then, Till has struggled to reach the top of the pile. Woodley would go on to submit Till in the second round to retain his title. I'm 29, that would be stupid to decide. They happily agreed to release me out of contract which I appreciate.

Speculation arose when algorithm-based Twitter account, UFC Roster Watch tweeted that Till's name has been removed from the UFC database on Tuesday. However, ...

The former welterweight-turned-middleweight contender is off the UFC roster.

They happily agreed to release me out of contract which I appreciate. I asked UFC [to] remove me just [to] sort some other s—t out for the foreseeable. From there, Till fought Nicolas Dalby to a majority draw before rattling off four consecutive wins, including a unanimous decision against Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson. Shortly after UFC Roster Watch posted his release, the former welterweight title challenger confirmed he was out of the promotion — by choice. In his first appearance, the Team Kaobon representative finished Wendell de Oliveira by second-round KO. UFC president Dana White praised the ‘Gorilla’ after his ‘Fight of the Night’ awarded performance, saying his stock has not ‘dropped at all’.

The automated Twitter account UFC Roster Watch tweeted on Tuesday (28 February), “Fighter removed: Darren Till,” leading to speculation that the middleweight ...

Darren Till has confirmed he is no longer a UFC fighter.Rumours about the charismatic Liverpudlian's future in MMA's premier promotion began to sw.

“I’m on a bit of a losing skid at the moment, I really am. I’m 29, that would be stupid to decide. I’m not going anywhere, got big plans to execute & I’ll be back.”