Former UFC title challenger Darren Till headlined Saturday’s Misfits Boxing 22 fight card in Manchester, England against former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold.
The two had intense face-offs and heated verbal exchanges during the week leading up to Saturday’s showdown. The two had to be separated during the official weigh-ins.
In the fight, Rockhold had some early success with his jab but in the closing seconds of the opening round, Till sent Rockhold to the canvas with a left hand. Rockhold struggled to make the count but survived the round.
In the second frame, Rockhold again was badly hurt. In the third, Till left Rockhold crumbled along the ropes bent over backwards from a seven-punch combination.
During the event’s post-fight press conference, Till reflected on the knockout win and said, ‘It was too easy.’
“Look, when it’s all said and done, I put a lot of hard work into this camp. I felt like I wasn’t even thinking in there. My muscle memory was just like, it’s just coming all together,” Till said.
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“Obviously, the knockout came. I felt like I could have knocked him out at any point, but I just wanted to test things, go to the body and stuff like that. No disrespect, but he felt stiff in there,” Till continued. “To be honest, it was really easy. It was too easy. I can’t lie. It was just so easy.”
With the win, Till moved to 4-0 as a boxer, and 3-0 as a professional pugilist.
