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Alex Volkanovski, Robert Whittaker and Niko Pajarillo discuss Darren Till parting with the UFC on Fight Week Australia.

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[@samblack5313]

Whittaker professionally dismissed Strickland as any form of threat. 😂

[@Mr-E.]

LOL I smiled when he responded how he did.

[@spenceabroad7960]

Whittaker destroys Strickland

[@cloudlight9784]

I mean Strickland doesn't really deserve to fight him in the first place. Rob would have to fight him because hes bored lol

[@tomohara4433]

@@spenceabroad7960 100%

[@go_rizzo_grow]

He's not a threat

[@DaAlibaba]

Whittaker is such a professional, wish him continued success.

[@User-is2kf]

Feed Whittaker Strickland so he can take his anger out

[@dannytq]

He does seem frustrated

[@georgesed3417]

If he wins his next fight vs Costa then hopefully Whitaker will fight him and beat the living crap out of him

[@jacobross735]

It would be battle of the decision machines both are boring lol

[@OnAeeir]

@@jacobross735 so why are u here

[@__D-B__]

@@jacobross735 Whittaker is the opposite of boring. Is Jon Jones boring? He has like 3 finishes in the last 13 years.

[@Soul_Searching_Russell_Levrets]

Hes gonna get out of USADA and beef up like McGregor. He'll be back at 265 looking like British Brock Lesner!

[@fjcc9]

Nah he is finished

[@mikemichaels2914]

British Cyclops

[@m4n1czg]

Mate, calling an Aussie British 😅

[@Soul_Searching_Russell_Levrets]

@@m4n1czg Till isnt an Aussie?

[@m4n1czg]

@Flammenwerfur27 only after posting I figured out you were talking about Till 😄

[@dirkdiggler3009]

Whittaker even once your fighting career is long over please continue to be a face for this sport. You have what it takes to be a Bisping or Cormier.

[@whyareyoualllying2592]

Freaking Legends..... inside and outside the cage

[@elijohnson6761]

These 2 are so good together we need more

[@QlockworkOrange]

Darrens Knee injury is why he's had terrible takedown defense & essentially why he's lost his last 5 fights. Funnily enough, Whittaker is the one who caused Tills knee Injury with an oblique kick, so he knows exactly whats going on 😂🤣😂

[@dannytq]

Needs some stem cells and HGH to help repair it.

[@johnnymac972]

No, he just has shit takedown defense

[@lake0417]

i believe he had at least 1-2 knee surgeries before whittaker hes also a big welterweight but average sized middleweight so the time off he will probably jump on some substances and get healthier and bigger to make return. I guess it will be up to time if thats enough.

[@JamesKP17847]

He’s also lazy as hell got to fat for ww and doesn’t have a bit of muscle at 185

[@pops9087]

blaming an injury for FIVE lost fight in a row is straight delusional

[@OneThomasBlack]

Volk: "You had your chance, you didn't take it seriously, you didn't apply yourself, and now you're DUHN"

[@stefanm2731]

Obviously, he didn't Stand up for himself

[@ntsika9533]

Ngl, the Volk and Bobby Knuckle’s duo is awesome!

[@KS-ud8pg]

Darren needed to be released. Unsure what went wrong in his career, but he needs a change. May even need to just get out of the fight game entirely.

[@krb0123]

Agreed. Something clearly ain’t right. You can take one look at him and his recent performances and it’s obvious

[@badm.d]

@@krb0123 He looked great every fught except the last. They were all great and close fights. He needs surgery.

[@krb0123]

@@badm.d You think he looked great against Bunson?? He was fat and out of shape and looked like an amateur the second the fight hit the floor.

[@bugze666]

Whittaker and Volk are class acts

[@DodgeyHodgey]

Congrats to Alex for securing the role as penguin in the next batman

[@nashkar6561]

We almost had that Till Vs Perry Main event awhile back..😤

[@robras2850]

Till vs Perry in bkfc is now a possibility 🤷‍♂️

[@garethchesters1520]

Both of these guys always conduct themselves so well. Very likeable.

[@tmm_2455]

Plastic men. You’ll never get their real feelings from them.

[@skinnyWHITEgoyim]

I like Sean Strickland a lot but if he fights Bobby Knuckles he will get murkd. Costa/Strickland makes way more sense. Rob needs to fight up the rankings. Not down the rankings

[@captaindeadpool2655]

Rob is the top of the rankings. The only reason he's not Number 1 contender anymore is because Alex beat Adesanya so Adesanya being the former champ immediately goes to number 1 contender. Rob literally can't fight upwards because they're rematching.

[@KillyJoe]

He’s trying to make money and that’s a money fight

[@georgesed3417]

Whitaker vs cumshot, what are we waiting for, Ramadan??!!

[@samblack5313]

It’s a tough one. When Alex ends Israel’s career, Rob might get a shot, but Dana will likely find a way to avoid it.

[@ashhammer2415]

Whittaker reminds me of the typical Aussiea bloke you'd have a beer with at your local. Bloody legend.

[@zacharymcneely6039]

Till is one of my fav fighters i dont care!

[@jayluis189]

🤔 What do you even like about him???? Seriously. I don't understand the hype, never did. Every 90 seconds: Left Cross + Front kick to the body, bounce around on his toes -> Repeat for 15 to 25 minutes. His last 2 wins were 2 controversial decisions against Wonderboy (he missed weight) and Gastelum (who is undersized at MW) in the *last 5 years.* And before that, he beat a washed up Cowboy (Lightweight) 6 years ago. THE most overhyped UFC fighter, EVER. 😒

[@gazzyb7571]

He’s useless Pub fighter with no skills

[@jesusg853]

You’re probably a 12 year old

[@danielcorrea1905]

If Dricus beats Brunson or Dolidze beats Vettori those are two new potential opponents for Whittaker

[@abdiyusuf8561]

What about khamzat

[@emreoral4385]

He is fighting against Brunson, even though he beats him, the timeline doesn't match for the fight against Dricus. Khamzat or Sean are the names that makes sence. And when he beats either of them, he gets a title shot. He dominates everyone that he fights against. Second fight with izzy was super close, if peirera wins in the rematch, no doubt he must get a shot at the title.

[@damonarchary1582]

​@@emreoral4385 ill tell you this mate..he will never dominate dricus..trust me..hes got better cardio than dricus ..and more technical striking .but dricus has him beat most other places

[@thecri9432]

No way Vettori losing to Dolidze🤣

[@marcv9311]

@@damonarchary1582 I think he would absolutely pick dricus apart

[@WillOnYT]

With Till being cut we could actually get him vs Mike Perry now 🔥🔥🔥

[@samblack5313]

In BKFC.. old skoooool rules.

[@WillOnYT]

@@samblack5313 a proper SPAr

[@WS-bk7uu]

Funnily enough, one of the reasons Till has had to pull out of so many fights is because Whittaker stomped his knee so badly. Till also gave Bobby Knuckles a bit of a trophy in the form of that scar on Bobby Knuckles head.

[@pluog]

i hope he wins when he comes back, he HAS to win

[@Marwan-uv1fc]

Both amazing fighters 🔥👌

[@Kampf0r]

Gastelum and Garbrandt must be shaking in their boots

[@Alex-ms8mb]

2 fav fighters right here

[@PengxueYG]

the funny thing is why isnt anyone bringing up costa secret juice ad lolol

[@chrismurray3890]

Rob would absolutely merk Strickland

[@ibexdnb2879]

Can't grumble that Till was cut. That's the game.

[@Galactic123]

Two class-act guys who happen to be champion-caliber fighters.

[@charlieruisseau2476]

I would love to see the press conference with Strickland. Those two are amazing. The fight, ... well I like Sean and that would probably a carnage...

[@Jack-ur7mq]

Sad to see but wish till stayed at Welterweight. Middleweights were too big.

[@jacobsl3499]

Totally agree. Although there was a certain illusion to Till in that he didn't´t face very steep competition before he got to title contention (Wonderboy was a controversial win at best).

[@PullThatUpJamie]

Till couldn’t make 170 anymore tho which is sad

[@samblack5313]

He kept missing and was only getting bigger as he developed into a man.

[@adanhamza5360]

Damn man I was shocked to see this that Darren Till has been released!

[@d.castillo9495]

I still think Till got pushed too fast by the UFC.

[@Viral_culture]

Why bro you really think it would be different had he not fought Woodley later? You really think if he stalled facing tougher competition he'd be better then he is now 🤣🤣🤣🤣 gtfoh

[@chrispraz877]

Dana in such a desperate search of his next McGregor rushed Till, and has had to settle for Pimblett...ouch.

[@tjen7929]

What you talkin bout Willis? He beat Wonderboy. Woodley was the next logical step. He even beat Gastellum after that. The problem with Till is he's not focused and you never know which version of him will show up. That's why he hooked up with Chimaev - an attempt to solve those problems, at least image-wise.

[@d.castillo9495]

@@tjen7929 You make some good points, Arnold. Maybe not being rushed, Till wouldn’t have needed Khamzat.

[@xwhite2020]

@@chrispraz877 He was 17 and 0 and looked great. So many pansy boys want to cry about Dana this and Dana that.

[@johnmcanelly8560]

Oh, Rob. You're too honesty for this game. One of the best!

[@Yohaney01]

Whitaker has always had a great personality; hopefully when he retires he'll take on commentary in the future.

[@spec8782]

rob should be a commentator when he decides to put his gloves away

[@newvannoplan756]

Both these guys are class and great fighters, volk in my mind is the best pound for pound fighter in the world, despite the narrow loss in a heavier weight class.

[@stinky4473]

Now Till & Mike Perry can finally settle their old twitter beef. At BKFC. 🤣

[@jacobsl3499]

Hahaha what a fantastic idea. Who knows, maybe that's exactly what could be good for Till!

[@MrWackozacko]

I remember the first i ever heard of Rob Whittaker was at work when all the boys were saying "he's not even that big" back when he was just starting to stop coming to work and we started seeing him on tv.

[@cameronjameslive]

Facts

[@samblack5313]

He could fight at WW and be champ there, but the dude likes to eat. Pretty impressive when most guys are literally killing themselves to have a size advantage.

[@TheZellaCatalyst]

@@samblack5313 he fought at WW. Seemed like his chin suffered from the cut.

[@Gematrinator]

what shoes rob wearing? anyone know

[@bubbaluv6487]

volk has a heavyweight head

[@bodymechanic14]

I'm calling leon😄

[@poker5147]

Anyone know what sneakers Whittaker is wearing?

[@potatoexpress]

How’s Strickland even ranked

[@leonhughes9014]

Career was over 3 fights ago... lazy with diet and spending too much time playing about on Twitter!

[@barrys8503]

Not looking fwd to Khamzat vs Rob as I like both of them would like to see Rob vs Alex Pereira

[@evan937]

Now I was see Rob fight Strickland! 💯😄

[@emreoral4385]

He is fighting against Brunson, even though he beats him, the timeline doesn't match for the fight against Dricus. Khamzat or Sean are the names that makes sence. And when he beats either of them, he gets a title shot. He dominates everyone that he fights against. Second fight with izzy was super close, if peirera wins in the rematch, no doubt he must get a shot at the title.

[@mra4955]

But where is khamzat? Who's he fought.

[@MrSamrobz]

Uncle Dana needs to stop worrying about that turd of a creation Power Slap and get Bobby Knuckles a fight already.

[@thenjmway]

FKN hate Power Slap It’s so Fucking cringe with all the nicknames and shit Who’s watching the crap?

[@sneakyjedi]

If you have the belt and lose you should have to work your way back up the rankings. No matter what. The immediate rematches are lame and hold up divisions. Who cares how long they were a champion. Make them work there way back up.

[@TeslaDanser]

Australia are lucky. They have 2 great role models for the kids to look up to

[@neverenoughguitars8276]

It's such a shame about Darren Till. As a fighter all of the top guys are walking this fine line between complete failure and tremendous success and there's so much luck that determines which way they fall.

[@TheMrBig8]

These two are a class act. Whittaker Chimaev would be a banger

[@slimdogrick4610]

Darren Till vs Mike Perry boxing is about to happen!!

[@MOOKZONE]

when he was first training and being in khamzats camp im thinking till is gonna be back and better than ever...idk he dropped the ball on a perfect opportunity

[@southernmomma5832]

Love Bobby Knuckles ♥️👊🏼

[@conor7179]

good guys these 2

[@tristanwardle3928]

Both Rob and khamzat need an opponent

[@krb0123]

I don’t think the UFC is willing to risk a potential megastar losing a lot of his hype. Bobby knuckles is no fucking joke and the UFC knows he has a high probability of winning that fight. They want to be smart with their investments

[@jesusg853]

Sadly they won’t fight eachother cause khamzat is scared of someone who has decent wrestling 🤣

[@samblack5313]

Khazmat is only getting easy opponents with fixed judging until the UFC has done why they need with him.

[@NateBrownsMix]

Whittaker vs strickland would be wild

[@krb0123]

IMO Reaper would absolutely piece him up and put on a clinic like he did against Vettori.

[@jmact1977]

Thought Till had some great moments in his last fight especially in round 2. If its performance related Pimblett should have been dropped a few times now...Jesus

[@samblack5313]

As soon as paddy gets a real opponent, I’m sure he will get dropped a few times at least.

[@aziznmnm587]

Rob looking fresh

[@MrJol420]

Oblique kicks FTW. If you ever get into a street fight. Learn to kick there. No one expects it.

[@rhylmart]

I heard Till was going to boxing for a while...?

[@henrybullock4514]

Let Robert run through Dricus Du Plessis while he waits for either Adesanya or Pereira

[@negativegains4883]

I need Rob as a commentary guy when he retires lol

[@caspar_gomez]

class act this robert guy

[@Kayluv101]

The ufc pushed darren too soon he never should’ve fought woodley that soon..Sucks because he truly had the potential to become world champion.. He lost his confidence and lost his passion... Hope he finds it and comes back even better

[@nctrnlmjsty8719]

Some people are ready for the moment, Till wasn't

[@astroslots5005]

He had a straight left and that was it 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@TransitionedToAShark]

Well he beat Wonderboy so of course he got title. Wonderboy won that fight that’s all

[@jacobsl3499]

Totally. That is a risk when you push people too hard. I'm speculating that is why they are not pushing Khamzat too hard atm.

[@calcifiedinnerbaldur]

He didn't even know what a darce choke was...

[@leonjames197]

We need Bobby knuckles v pereira

[@edwardestrada2427]

Bro dont even wanna mention khamzat....thts fights right there and thts the biggest fight they can make with rob at the moment

[@samblack5313]

Because he’s a multi time world champ at the top of his game and Khazmat is an unranked welterweight?

[@vercingetorixavernian8978]

RC from DC&RC said it best: “Darren Till has shown me nothing that says he belongs in the UFC in the first place”

[@tristanwardle3928]

Why doesn’t Rob fight khamzat?

[@jesusg853]

He’s down to fight khamzat but khamzat is the one ducking him. Khamzat said he doesn’t want to fight him because he’s a “nice guy” but we all know khamzat is scared to fight anyone who has good wrestling

[@karlgaffney5554]

Nice pun volk. He did hit that nail on the head

[@jasontrammell4674]

Win , Lose Or Draw a Darren Till Fan

[@devanman7920]

Considering it was Bobby Knuckles who ruined Tills knee the 2 boys know exactly what's going on 😅🤣

[@jonesbee6152]

“Rob” selling fellow fighters down the river as usual.

[@dubsentertainment3724]

Rob would smoke strickland

[@DoctorMorgenstein]

where can i watch this in full outside of aus? if there was a weekly half hour-hour long show of you talking to these 2 about mma news, i would watch that religiously

[@benpuljak2304]

you probably can't unfortunately mate. even here you have to pay for cable to watch it, who wants to pay bloody $80 a month now for cable when you have so many streaming services + 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[@DoctorMorgenstein]

@@benpuljak2304 your country produced 2 whole respectable people in the sport AND they're compelling and good speakers, we're stuck with bisping. he's alright nowadays I guess.you could even get tai on here, this could be great shit

[@benpuljak2304]

@@DoctorMorgenstein tai has been on the show with both of them before actually, but he's definately funnier doing his own thing. bisping has mellowed out in his old age and tom aspinall seems like a good lad

[@DoctorMorgenstein]

@@benpuljak2304 we would need a tom aspinall in every town in the country to do anything at this point mate

[@C-24-Brandan]

Not surprised they let Till go. He hasn't won in a long time, isn't competitive in the division he fights in, has had injuries etc. End of the day the UFC is a business & if they want to stay on the roster have to win, sell tickets & stay healthy etc

[@Ballentyne817]

Till just dont cut the mustard his time has come and gone and he didn't make the ost of it.

[@Lousasshol]

I thought till would have turned around training w chimaev

[@ziigzagg42o63]

Rob should just go up to 205. A lot more opportunities there

[@higgy5499]

He’s a small middleweight I think better to go lower

[@samblack5313]

That’s truly a terrible idea. He can make WW, he has no business at 205. Ask much bigger MW’s who went up how it worked out for them. Weidman and Rockhold are both 6’3” and desperately struggle to cut to 185, they got obliterated at 205. Israel lost to Jan, a guy Jones would put away in a round.

[@das7820]

Whittaker would wipe the floor with Strickland but I’d love to see it

[@henryc2549]

Ozzies are just sound blokes..

[@awguitarroom8033]

Whitaker vs Khamzat for the Izzy and Pereira winner

[@klefthoofrobert787]

And both are saying "Welp, time for Gastelum to join him as well, isn't he also a pull out merchant that lost 5 of his last 6 in boring and embarrassing fashion?" cause that's all i'm hearing. Jokes aside, Darren Till actually does not belong in the UFC with his current skillset, he has been doing MMA for 10 years, and there are people who did 1-2 years of grappling and are better than him on the ground :P he is a pull out/excuse merchant and is the butt of most jokes between MMA fans. On top of that, his striking, somehow, got even worse :)) unless you're a Rafael Fiziev type striker, or Israel Adesanya type striker, you won't make it a specialist in 2023 MMA, and unfortunately he ain't, and he is doing absolutely nothing to Remedy that. The only thing is excuses, always saying "I got enough time lad, i'm young" "Look at Bisping, he won the title at 38"...Yeah darren, you're gonna be 31 this year, so not young anymore, you're reaching your prime, where you should be "better" but somehow you are considerably worse. Yes indeed Bisping won the title at 38, you know something that Bisping did not do until his retirement fight? He never lost 2 in a row his entire career, until his retirement fight, you losing 3 in a row in embarrasing fashion (in your prime no less) while having much, much worse grappling than Bisping...man, future does not look good for Darren. Lastly, if you check Darren's record you will realize: 1. He's been in the UFC for 7 years, and only fought 12 times, even belt holders with an ego fight more often than Darren. 2. He finished only 2 people as a striker in all of his 12 fights, extremely unimpressive. 3. The only people he did finish is a dude without a wiki page, and Cowboy Cerrone whom is a lightweight (darren is a 2 division above at middleweight and he was a gigantic welterweight) 4. Hasn't finished a fight since 2017 when he fought lightweight Cerrone. 5. He lost 5 out of his 12 UFC fights, only winning 6, the 7th being a draw. 6. In 4 out of his 5 loses, he got finished. So if you check and read through my comment, you will realize Darren is a mediocre dumbass who got carrier to stardom by his personality and nothing else, who should be happy UFC is covering for him by saying they didn't fire him, when we all know the truth. But don't worry, Gastellum is fighting next month, if he loses, he will be joining your broke ass in PFL :))

[@BrushworkNL]

Till had his shot, He had a deteriorating Woodley and didnt land a SINGLE meaningful strike in 6 or 7 minutes of fighting. He was never as good as the UFC hyped him to be and its s shame looking back at his career.

[@Ravishrex1]

Dricus is coming

[@j_the_don5160]

Sean Strickland is literally fish food for Rob. It’s empty calories and he’s gonna make light work of it

[@mattdoliver1984]

Talk about kicking a man when he’s down, Tills struggling at the min and he’s young, I think it’s a shame

[@Dumbassr]

Volkanovski's feet don't touch the ground. 😂😂. Just swinging there like a 7 year old

[@robertgallacher7214]

Whittaker is desperate to get a shot at Pereira ,he knows he has the game to give him all the trouble he needs.

[@zacharymcneely6039]

give till a nother chance

[@iorilamia]

Why

[@captaindeadpool2655]

Till said he asked to be released. So he's not been abandoned. It's supposed "mutual"

[@paddygreen3266]

I bet we seem til vs perry bare knuckle next

[@offtheroadoli5189]

Rob needs to humble Khamzat

[@quintfl]

Whittaker reacts to Robert Whittaker release announcement

[@notorioustitaniumleg]

NEWS: Till joined slap league and got kod

[@bodymechanic14]

u r evil😁

[@DankOfNorthAyrshire]

Whittaker’ style is a problem for anyone in that division. Most unique style in the whole sport.

[@micahbodha6129]

Till doesnt have that 'dog' in him to be a top level fighter.

[@richardjohn1016]

Hard when your thrown up against battle tested veterans so soon.

[@curtharakaly4620]

@@richardjohn1016 You acting like Till is some new fighter with 2 fights under his belt. Till has 24 pro fights, his last 4 fights were against Dricus-20 pro fights, Brunson-31 pro fights, Whittaker-31 pro fights and Gastelum-25 pro fights. How is that being thrown up against "battle tested veterans". Just because Till sucks and never got better after any of his fights has nothing to do with the level of competition. Only 2 of his 4 fights at MW were against guys that had more fights than him, Brunson and Whittaker, and if Till wasn't garbage he should have beat Brunson easy. If Till only fought cans until he was 50-0 he would still be trash because he is the most predictable one dimensional fighter there is...feint and throw a left. He has trained Muay Thai his whole life yet uses no muay thai in any of his recent fights lol. He is 6-5-1 in the UFC...Till is garbage. His first 12 "pro" fights, all in Brazil shouldn't count either because they are HIGHLY SUSPECT to so the very least.

[@richardjohn1016]

@@curtharakaly4620 that’s a whole lot of words just to say you’re a hater.

[@maverickmafi1451]

Give Whittaker khamzat or du plessis I think he just wants someone to fight tbh

[@GregoryMcStevens]

Strickland would be a good conference but he'd get minced in the cage

[@princessperfect8578]

I’d like to see Whittaker humble Bo Nickal