UFC President Dana White has announced Darren Till’s next opponent, Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson. The news broke on Twitter via Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times;
Dana White says he’s moving his UFC card from Orlando, moving it to England so popular Darren Till can fight @WonderboyMMA
— Lance Pugmire (@pugboxing) November 8, 2017
The date is Feb. 24 for Till-Wonderboy.
— Lance Pugmire (@pugboxing) November 8, 2017
The event, UFC on Fox 28 was originally scheduled to be held in the Amway Centre in Orlando Florida but has now been moved to England, the venue and city have yet to be confirmed. Until now no fights had been announced for the card so the move has been to specifically accommodate the main event. With that in mind I think it would be a massive miss on part of the UFC not to hold this event in Till’s hometown of Liverpool. However, the Echo Arena in Liverpool is currently scheduled to host Cage Warriors 90 on that night in an event that will see Till’s fellow Liverpudlian and lightweight standout, Paddy Pimblett fight.
Darren Till is fresh off a round 1 TKO victory over Donald Cerrone in Gdansk Poland last month. There was a lot of buzz to see the Scouser face Mike ‘Platinum’ Perry, who was cage side for the event, after the two had a back and forth during Till’s post-fight interview. However, I don’t think the fans who wanted to see that fight will disappointed in the slightest that it isn’t happening.
Thompson is just four days removed from an impressive unanimous decision win over Jorge Masvidal at UFC 217 and a win over the fast-rising Till could see him right back in title contention. A kempo karate expert, Wonderboy is somewhat of a throwback to the early days of the UFC when it was specialist vs. specialist, displaying some of the most disciplined and deadly striking in the sport.
Till is no slouch as a striker either, a master in Muay Thai and a perfect 44-0 record as a kickboxer (33 KOs), and that is what makes this contest so tantalising. Together, the two men have been responsible for 17 KOs in professional MMA competition and 73 KOs in professional kickboxing. This one is sure to be a high level striking competition that could be over in the blink of an eye for either man. Till has previously hinted at this fight taking place;
Just gonna put it out there, but imagine the chess game of striking me and wonderboy would have? 🤔#HighLevelStriking 🦍
— D (@darrentill2) October 24, 2017
One other thing to celebrate is the UFC will be coming to England two months in a row, with this card in February and the promotion coming back to London for a 10th time in March. Tickets for the latter are set to go on general sale Feb. 2nd.
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Thompson is injured according to his dad
Calum Spence
That will be some fight mate
Calum Spence I know be quality
Frazer Rice Frankie McGowan Scott Mcinnes William Mcinnes yous up for it ??
It’s alot a shite supposedly mate no even been announced would go if it gets confirmed but ?
What a scrap it wid be if it gets announced ?
Reece Snowden
oh yesss this is the date im getting tickets for??
Luke Trainer I like this
Wayne Powell
apparently its fake news Wonder boys camp saying they agreed to nothing and then UFC sent an email saying London will be 17th March
Wayne Powell I thought I read liverpool
Boo lol
Keigan Lang
Good shout
Only thing till will win
Keigan Lang nah nah nah nah
We’ll see
If true I don’t care Jason Anderson we gotta go ??
Oh aye
Wonderboy said this isn’t true
Fake news
Elliott McDonough Wasim Javed shall we go?
Yes definitely
Wonderboy has bottled it he said he doesnt want to fight Darren next
Oh has he. That’s wank!
He’ll still fight that date just not against Wonderboy
Anton Obrien Andrew Thomson sum fight a hink wonderboy will put him in his place tho
Dont think its a done deal yet but if it gets done will be a good fight
Jesus…. Talk about a step up! Gonna be a real interesting fight!!!
Stephen Geddes Jack Armstrong
Liverpool would be bloody handy!
Big fight 2!!!
That’s my birthday!
It’s always about you Steve isint it ?
My birthday is THE MOST IMPORTANT thing that weekend Dave and don’t forget that.
Jamie Robertson that’ll be class ?
Great match up that. Like that Thompson as well…
Darren Rowlands till vs wonder boy in the echo? Must be up for that mate be quality
10000000% sort tickets kid… Kelly Elizabeth will be up for this as well xx
Try get them defo will keep looking x
Clayton Esela
This would be a classic not sure why Wonderboy would take the fight tho could just be a rumor
Never know. Wonder when the fookin irishman is gonna fight
Lewis Gayler till is going to be golden if he wins this
Talk about a jump in competition Jarrod Griffiths
Interesting if it happens!
Why not just have this as the main event in London.
Adam Johnson
Now THATS a fight worth watching!!!!!
Alan Palmer David Erchie Paterson
Fake news it has not been announced shit page ?
Phil Patrick
Jamie McNulty wit about this
Uuft ? thts gonna b fuckin awesome bro ??
Am.choking to go to a ufc event this would be a classic
Road trip ?
No even that far tbh
Matt Brown how good would this be
Might try and get tickets ??
I know a few people trying to get tickets, I might have a look myself
you can register with UFC and get first dibs, they still go quick tho, I tried it for London in march and was only VIP left for crazy money.
Registered, get 24 hours before they go on sale
Daniel McAuley
Am goin
Might go maself ?
If your struggling for Xmas ideas. ?? x. Ringside. Obv xx
Pud Miller
Some scrap that pal
Connor Weston
Joshua Taylor
Matt Proctor fancy it?
Might not be here bro, but if I am I’m in
Ah forgot you wur heading back? i know where id rather be!
Beautiful Birmingham? Haha
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That’s a great fight giggsy bhoy ?
Yeh fancy a roady?
Of course, but I thought paddy day was in london??
This fights in Feb
Or could do paddys? Paddys wid be better in London. Go the THE CHURCH for a sesh the next day!
That’s what I’m saying…but if McGregor headlines no chance of a ticket! Hopefully gets announced soon! I l like watchong that Thompson also though
Aye same. Hes an absolute gent anaw. Doesny seem like a fighter when he speaks but hes mintit. Defo up for a roady!
If it’s London the trains the way ahead though ?
Aye defo. Swally aw the way doon?
**sleep you mean ??
Ill be sleepin for preston??
? Heavy fresh when we get there
Lets see whos figtin in London n make a decision?
Ya man paddys day dynamite anywhere in the world as he know ??
? herewegoooo
Alan Brown Ryan Griffiths
Wonder boy for me
Me too. Wouldn’t mind going that though with it being Liverpool
Phil Knapper they still show it in the early hours though don’t they for US viewing?
Not too sure mate. I know they have in the past
Be a good fight this
Daniel West
Alexandro Morais
Dan Palethorpe
Jacob Symons check out Darren till on you tube. Absolute animal !!! This’ll be a fight to watch !!! Wonder boy highlight reel as well. They are both crazy good !!!
Declan Marshall Nathan Lettice
Harry McTaggart
Cody Leiper Ryan Widdows
Seen this earlier on twitter, we now have a dilemma
London or Liverpool
well bisping could be london but if that wonderboy till gets confirmed for liverpool im all over that?
Steven Wilson
Liam Kaye
Jimmy Mckeever
Jonathan Dubberley
Just seen this pal, be a decent fight that!
Shaunboy Croarkin
Lewis Mogg
Paul Hughes
Russell Collins Jnr James Harris
Taylor Hyslop who will win this
My boy till all the way !! Care tae bet ??
Ay!?!?
Taylor Hyslop wonderboy won ufc 217 and is always underestimated but so is till man, im not sure what way im going with this, gonna see the build up before i put money where my mouth is ?
James Estlick
Sean McAuley
It’s beautiful
Gage Harrison Shaun Ingle Jack Purvis Lee Leonard Christopher Edwards fancy going to this?
Na
Do one ya mug
Am already going x
Am coming x
Me grant bacon Barry devlin Rossi n all that going to go
Am game
Sam Thom Zachary Cieslik Colin Cripps we get to see the American Zachary
Paul Mckerry James Connolly book it off work were going.
What a fight that will be !
Lewis Perry
Love this David McIntosh hope till eats him
Heard this earlier. If wonderboy keeps the distance and picks his shots, maybe he can take it to dec. But tills power is just crazy so im definitely betting till by ko
Andy Wiseman
Stephen Canning, John McMullan Darren Kelly wee trip to Liverpool??
Would be lethal mate!!!
Fletcher
Paul McCallion
Zac Ballard broooooooooooo!!!!!
Jamie Dunn Ricky Scott Liverpool???
Seen on Twitter wonderboy isn’t interested so duno if it’s true man
is it not the London card
London is March 17th lad. Be some fight if it happens id be well up for that
Can’t wait for this! Mike Simnett fancy coming round for this? Up and coming English fighter.
Sounds great, let’s put it in the diary
Jon Nicholson
Stephen McClelland
Luke Keward eeesh
Paul Darragh
Richard Till Wonderboy in Liverpool. Could be a shout son
Scott Hurst ?
decent that
Fancy it
James Bell yeah i will go mate
See if we can get a few tickets eh will gan fast I can imagine
James Bell yeah see what we can sort pal
Cage warriors is booked for this date in the echo arena so how ufc gonna get around that?
Prob be in London
El Guigsyo
Ninight Till ????
Michael Marshall Paul Sloey Andy Torrance
Jesus wept
Thompson gunna merk him
Jo Seph
Wit
Some fight wee boy
Pish
Thomas Cairney
Ossssss
Phil Starrs
Be up for it that darren till good too
Ye see him fight cerone?
N.a. man
Wull Tee
Cal Pacino should go to this
I’ll come mate Defo x
Definitely 100%
Just read the article it’s not even booked just someone is presuming it’s at Liverpool. But someone commented saying cagewarriors has the arena booked for that date
Josh Dow all we know is Dana has Confirmed it will be in England that night
Manchester then probably
I reckno they’re gonna swap the London dates around…
I saw London like?
Russell Tuffley this is a great fight
Are we going then
Gavin Lee Lloyd
Game!!!
D Von Dutchie
I am defianlty going to this
Allan Webster
Alex White Kierran Youngs Scott Fountain trip???
Lee McOwen
Gerry Mcginty
We goin aye
Yaaaaa ?
Robbie Humphries
Let’s do it
Alex Farrahi need to go
Back to India.
Jimmy Bamborough you’re gonna the immigrant soon
Garry Thomson Declan Mcgurk
Wow how hard would it be to check if their was an event in the echo arena that night before writing such shite
Thompson all day
Nah Ryan Merrilees cos woodley might need an op on his shoulder so would be interim
Sam Watson
We going
Jason Dunne Bruce Wilkie Óg
Seen wonderboy father just said it’s not happening at the minute ?
Ah here be some fight lad
I think it may happen down the line would be great scrap
Jonas Jak
Shakir Bhutta r u mad
Kieran Young Liverpool?
????
Cieran i might get tickets
It’s in London not liverpool
Craig MorrisLogan Cameron
Decent see if this boy’s the real deal or not
Craig Morris he’s quality mate
Aye looked the part against Cowboy. Should look into tickets when venue is announced
That’s gonna be a quality fight
Hernan Xavier super pelea
eso va a estar bueno. Ese pelado le.gano al cowboy. Y no ha perdido! La ufc necesita pulirlo mas
Peter Mccafferty David Smith This needs to be us
Aye mate ????
Joe Waters
Let’s go
Adam Boots road trip!
Yes please
Chris Napier
Good fight
James Williams
Ned Byrne would ya go to this? Weekend job
Some scrap that too!!
I like Darren Till something about him
Paul Callanin Chris Jones ??
What a birthday pressie this would be Catherine. X
???
Luke Tweedale Matt Bateman
???
Si Harris Oliver Kneale if Liverpool I’m 100% in
aye why not
Definitely mate ???
Don’t get to excited as they will merge this card with London. Watch this space.
Liam Smith
this be awsome
Martin Roberts
Oooooh
Dom Barstow
Mate thats a great fight. How do you see it going?
Couldn’t tell you mate Darren Till looked mint and in England he could pull it off, wby?
Hmmm I can see it being a tough night for Till. He doesnt have terrifying power in his hands, and I don’t think he’s shown enough of a leg kicking game for me.
Ask yourself this, is Till a better fighter than Rory Macdonald? Or even Masvidal? I would probably say no.
I would agree but he’s British and they aren’t so I’m being very optimistic here ?
Ryan Maunder
Benjamin Worth want wait!!
No way!! That’ll be sick ?
Jac Jac Campbell
Yeah man sound when they go on sale??
Carnt find when on sale mate
Robbie McNab
David Taylor
Can’t wait to that one ?
Why not the 17th March in London FFs
Agreed!!
Marc Manning!!!?????????
OMFG GET IN LADSSSSSS
Dave Pennycook Steven Stitt
Am TEAM till on this
Ufc London ?
Wonderboyyyyyyyy
Steven Stitt boring shite
Darren Cree fancy this?
Cash will be tight next year mate ? will see how the next few months go
Aye it’ll be a dear one I think. Be surprised if ye can get near tickets when they’re announced anyway.
Dave Pennycook
Liam Johnson looks true
Mad two cards in UK within 3 weeks
Glasgow??
I’ve not been to any in Liverpool yet so I’ll be going there I think
Mason Thomson
Hyder Salman, Chris Mcgivney
yeh man can’t wait for this one you going lee
Joe Rogan was talking about a potential fight between Bisping vs Yoel Romero in London
im up for it mate. First Ufc in Liverpool
ano it’s about time the amount of fighters in liverpool is a joke it’s should of been ere years ago ?
totally agree mate
Chris Mcgivney it won’t be the echo cage warriors is the same date 24th Feb will have to be somewhere else mate
seen that before kev it’s defo gona happing soon tho
Ryan Toole
Darren till is gona smash wonderboy Ryan Merrilees
U think sky bet has a price boost Darren till to be welterweight champion by the end of 2018 7/1 ?
Matthew Lees
thats one
Daniel Fagan
Adam McGowan
Sounds absolutely amazing
Aaron Khalid
Ranald Falconer Kevin Craig Steel
A dangerous one for Wonderboy. He’s better but prone to getting clipped with his hands down.
Till will be relentless. Hes hungry,hes young and hes scouse haha
David Dunwoodie
Collier Tokyo Curtright
…..dreams come true
Jack McFall good match up
Adam Shaw
Richard Wood
Just heard wonderboy has no interest in the fight
Daniel Fawkes??
Yep
cool, I’ll look into it when they confirm the venue
Craig Mulgrew
Darren Connor
ThRobert
RėdBull GivesYou huge
Brendan Armstrong
Johnny Bello
Liam Watkins
Stuart Peter Mcneil
Andrew Ross Lewis Ross
Paul Martin Michael Martin Del Mccurry are we going ?
Jordan Macphee
Defo going to this
Karl T Jewitt let wu go n see this
Aye I will like
Ohhhh shit!!
Alexei Roberts Jacob Charles Wise
Lee Commanda Jamie Judd Simon Judd what you sayin shall we go
Big fight that is in on it
Yeah don’t mind, day before my bday
im onnit if u lot are watch the fight n beak ay mate ???
Ryan Mcfarlane
Oft!!
Konnor Kwapisz
Thompson will either catch him early or Till will get right through him. No way going the distance
Chrissy Robertson Regan Kidd
Emma Stranney Xmas and bday sorted there
Ryan Smith
That’ll be a war, fancy that aswell then? Eliot Ardrey Michael Mcglade
Liverpool be better night out
Depends on the card, London could be Bisping
True
Jack Shanks
Danny Naismith
That’s a different card from the London one the cunts. You home then?
No I am no supposed to fly until the 1st of march, if it gets confirmed in the next couple of weeks I will sort something tho before I book my flights x
Kev Macaulay
Let’s get tickets for it!
Sandy Steedman
Tom Hughes what about this one?
Up to you mate.. I’m game for which ever event
Rikki Stephens this lads got talent
Will be cracking fight, both undefeated kick boxers
Conor Vegas Mckane
We going?
Scott David Higgins
Rick Buckley Lee Dobson fancy this
It would be awesome..ill have to tell Kimberley Buckley im working away for the weekend ??
Leila Button Not London though. Maybe Liverpool!
Cage warriors 90 is booked in at the Echo in Liverpool on that day, they won’t be on same day in UK has will clash on bt sports and UFC fight pass etc?
Unless Cage Warriors re schedule I can’t see it happening in Liverpool
Manc ?
Seen this floating about..
https://twitter.com/TheMMABible/status/928267017999839233
Ross Wallace everywhere mate
Ohh well Liverpool here we come ???
Jannick skal vi ikke ta afsted
Nick Lawrence Downs legit
Decent main event that! Tempting to drive down for it
Ashley Banner
Interesting! Vicki Banner bday weekend as well ?
Brandon Birmingham Mike Davis
Two ufc events taking place next year. Should get some tickets