UFC Fight Night 191 poster: Darren Till gets primetime showdown with Derek Brunson
Darren Till may not be making the walk in front of his home nation’s fans, but he’ll get to compete in primetime.
Till (18-3-1 MMA, 6-3-1 UFC) meets Derek Brunson (22-7 MMA, 13-5 UFC) in the UFC Fight Night 191 main event on Sept. 4, which was briefly linked to London before moving to the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Despite the location change, the event will be primetime in the U.K. and Europe.
Currently enjoying a career resurgence, Brunson has won his past four in a row, most recently a lopsided decision win over Kevin Holland in the main event of UFC on ESPN 21 in March.
Meanwhile, Till will look to get back to the win column after splitting his first two appearances at 185 pounds. The Liverpool native is coming off a competitive unanimous decision loss to former champion Robert Whittaker in July 2020 and was scheduled to face Marvin Vettori in the UFC on ABC 2 main event in April before a broken collarbone forced him to pull out of the fight.
Check out the official poster for the event headlined by Brunson vs. Till below (via Twitter):
15 Days until @DerekBrunson vs @DarrenTill2
Your official poster has dropped! pic.twitter.com/RS06HSZmQB
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) August 20, 2021
The latest UFC Fight Night 191 lineup includes:
- Derek Brunson vs. Darren Till
- Paul Craig vs. opponent TBA
- Tom Aspinall vs. Sergei Pavlovich
- Mandy Bohm vs. Ariane Lipski
- Paddy Pimblett vs. Luigi Vendramini
- Molly McCann vs. Ji Yeon Kim
- Zviad Lazishvili vs. Jack Shore
- Charles Jourdain vs. TBA
- Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Dalcha Lungiambula
- Sergey Khandozhko vs. David Zawada
- Modestas Bukauskas vs. Khalil Rountree
- Jonathan Martinez vs. Marcelo Rojo
- Alex Perez vs. Matt Schnell
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