The black belt in karate and ju-jitsu Stephen Thompson entered this fight with a pro record of 14-2-1 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 welterweight in the world. ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson faced twice current #1 Ufc Ww champion Tyron Woodley between 2016 and 2017: their first bout ended in a draw (Woodley vs Thompson I) while in their second fight Thompson lost by majority decision (Woodley vs Thompson 2); after this bout he has beat Jorge Masvidal (Stephen Thompson vs Jorge Masvidal).
His opponent, the undefeated Darren Till, has an official mma record of 16-0-1 (75% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.14 in the same weight class. The only man who stopped him in a draw was Nicolas Dalby in 2015 (Dalby vs Till), after this fight he has won over Jessin Ayari, Bojan Velickovic and Donald Cerrone (Donald Cerrone vs Darren Till). Thompson vs Till is the main event of UFC Fight Night 130. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC Fight Night 130: Thompson vs Till
Date: 2018-05-27
Where: Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
Division: welterweight (170 lbs, 77 kg)
Thompson’s previous fight: Stephen Thompson vs Jorge Masvidal
Till’s previous fight: Donald Cerrone vs Darren Till
Till’s next fight: Tyron Woodley vs Darren Till
Thompson’s next fight: Stephen Thompson vs Anthony Pettis
Thompson vs Till Fight Video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5wZZ0YgtEc
Official video
Official highlights
What a boring a*s fight but fair play.
Pretty terrible decision for a pretty terribly boring fight with a dude that missed the weight by 3lbs to boot. Yikes.