Darren Till

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Darren Till

Nickname“The Gorilla”

Record

18-5-1

Streak

L3

Age

33

Date of birth

Dec 24, 1992

Fighting out of: Liverpool, Merseyside
Born: England
Camps: Team Kaobon·Astra Fight Team
Weight class: Middleweight
Height: 6'0" · 183 cm
Reach: 74" · 188 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Last fight: Dec 10, 2022
Cut risk: 45%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Dricus Du Plessis

#13Dricus Du Plessis

Middleweight · Submission · Neck Crank From Back Control · R3 · 2:43

UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev · Dec 10, 2022

Neck Crank From Back Control

UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev

Derek Brunson

#5Derek Brunson

Middleweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R3 · 2:13

UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till · Sep 4, 2021

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till

Robert Whittaker

#1Robert Whittaker

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till · Jul 25, 2020

UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till

Kelvin Gastelum

#4Kelvin Gastelum

Middleweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz · Nov 2, 2019

UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz

Jorge Masvidal

#10Jorge Masvidal

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 3:05

UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal · Mar 16, 2019

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal

Tyron Woodley

CTyron WoodleyTitle

Welterweight · Submission · D'Arce Choke From Half Guard · R2 · 4:19

UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till · Sep 8, 2018

D'Arce Choke From Half Guard

UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till

Stephen Thompson

#1Stephen Thompson

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till · May 27, 2018

UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till

Donald Cerrone

#6Donald Cerrone

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head In Clinch · R1 · 4:20

UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Till · Oct 21, 2017

Punch to Head In Clinch

UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Till

Bojan Velickovic

Bojan Velickovic

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve · Sep 2, 2017

UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve

Jessin Ayari

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira · May 28, 2017

UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira

Nicolas Dalby

Welterweight · Draw · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs. Smolka · Oct 24, 2015

UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs. Smolka

Wendell Oliveira Marques

Wendell Oliveira Marques

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Elbows to Head From Half Guard · R2 · 1:37

UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Alves · May 30, 2015

Elbows to Head From Half Guard

UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Alves

Outside the UFC

12-0across 12 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 2 sub · 2 decAFC · MSC · Arena Tour 4 · CAMGFC · PCF +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Laerte Costa e Silva14-11-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R4	2:01	MSC	May 9, 2015
W	Guillermo Martinez Ayme10-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Arena Tour 4	Dec 20, 2014
W	Sergio Matias6-5	Submission	Toe Hold	R2	3:05	AFC	Nov 29, 2014
W	Deivid Caubiack0-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:35	AFC	Aug 30, 2014
W	Cristiano Marquesotti0-1	Submission	Inverted Triangle Choke	R1	4:45	CAMGFC	Nov 9, 2013
W	Edson Jairo da Silva1-6	KO/TKO	Retirement	R3	4:00	PCF	Oct 5, 2013
W	Alexandre Pereira4-3	KO/TKO	Punch	R3	2:47	Encontro dos Espartanos 1	Aug 10, 2013
W	Pedro Keller de Souza7-3	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	1:54	Sparta MMA 7	Jun 15, 2013
W	Paulo Batista3-3	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:24	Sparta MMA 6	May 18, 2013
W	Junior Dietz2-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:18	Sao Joao Super Fight	May 4, 2013
W	Muriel Giassi1-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:50	TC	Apr 6, 2013
W	Luciano Oliveira Ribeiro11-13	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Sparta MMA 3	Feb 23, 2013

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

3-0across 3 amateur bouts · 3 promotionsOMMAC 15 · OMMAC 14 · SS

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Gary Smallwood0-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Strikes	R1	0:00	OMMAC 15	Oct 16, 2012
W	Richard Taylor3-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:41	OMMAC 14	Jul 28, 2012
W	Steven McCreadie2-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	SS	Nov 13, 2010

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallC51st

46%375 / 801

Striking accuracy

56%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.01 differential

Landed2.30

Absorbed3.31

63%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head69%44th258
Body14%28th52
Leg17%52nd65

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

76%Standing

Standing76%284
Clinch10%39
Ground14%52

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Darren Till

Darren Till

Landed per 15

Head

D

41st

23.7

41st

Body

F

21st

4.8

21st

Leg

C

49th

6.0

49th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

51st

30.2

51st

Body

B

67th

6.8

67th

Leg

F

13th

12.6

13th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	23.7	258	649	40%
Body	4.8	52	71	73%
Leg	6.0	65	81	80%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	30.2	329	940	35%
Body	6.8	74	113	65%
Leg	12.6	137	182	75%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Darren Till

Darren Till

12 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 163 min

110%

R3 pace · 8 bouts

Till fades (-11% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Till lifts to 110% of round-1 output by round 3 (8 bouts).

Darren Till

Till ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Darren Till

Tilllanded / min

Takedown attempts

Darren Till

Tillattempts / min

Control time

Darren Till

Till% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	2.8	2.3	3.5	0.08	6%	12
R2	3.0	2.2	3.0	0.08	13%	11
R3	3.0	2.6	4.1	0.11	2%	8
R4	1.6	1.5	2.1	0.00	1%	2
R5	2.1	2.1	2.0	0.00	1%	2

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Darren Till

Darren Till

12 resolved UFC bouts · 8 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

61/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

94th

74%

94th

Win quality

D

30th

33%

30th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

5

1

1

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	0-3	0%
Top-5	5	3-2	60%
Contender-level	1	0-0-1	—
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Dricus Du Plessis#13	Champion	87	Dec 10, 2022
L	Derek Brunson#5	Top-5	80	Sep 4, 2021
L	Robert Whittaker#1	Champion	97	Jul 25, 2020
W	Kelvin Gastelum#4	Top-5	83	Nov 2, 2019
L	Jorge Masvidal#10	Top-5	79	Mar 16, 2019
L	Tyron WoodleyCHAMP	Champion	100	Sep 8, 2018
W	Stephen Thompson#1	Top-5	90	May 27, 2018
W	Donald Cerrone#6	Top-5	77	Oct 21, 2017
W	Bojan Velickovic	Building	18	Sep 2, 2017
W	Jessin Ayari	Unproven	8	May 28, 2017
D	Nicolas Dalby	Contender-level	32	Oct 24, 2015
W	Wendell Oliveira Marques	Unproven	8	May 30, 2015

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

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