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Till is a very talented fighter, that is clear. He is young and has every indication of being a future champ.
But This is a case of being pushed too early.
The UFC WOULD NOT make this fight of they thought Till would lose. The fight is in the UK, against the number 1 ranked guy, with Till being only ranked 8 and having 1 top 10 win I believe.
UFC knows people don't want to see wonderboy v tyron 3. They made this fight because they want to get rid of wonderboys claim to a title shot and insert Till as the new UK star since Bisping is older and Conor is MIA.
However, this has already backfired. Till showed he struggles to make weight. And going by this, it is safe to assume that he might not make weight if he gets a title shot.
So now we have a situation where, if till loses to wonderboy, it will crush UFCs plans to rid wonderboy of title contention. However, even if till wins, he has proven he needs to move to MW, and Wonderboy just like that is back in the WW title picture with no Till to worry about.
UFC strikes gold sometimes with this. An example would be Cody vs Dom. Other times they fuck up, example Francis vs Stipe.
Point is that ufc clearly made this fight to kill 2 birds with one stone: get rid of wonderboy and make a star out of till.
And god forbid the fight doesnt happen, which is a big possibility.
But This is a case of being pushed too early.
The UFC WOULD NOT make this fight of they thought Till would lose. The fight is in the UK, against the number 1 ranked guy, with Till being only ranked 8 and having 1 top 10 win I believe.
UFC knows people don't want to see wonderboy v tyron 3. They made this fight because they want to get rid of wonderboys claim to a title shot and insert Till as the new UK star since Bisping is older and Conor is MIA.
However, this has already backfired. Till showed he struggles to make weight. And going by this, it is safe to assume that he might not make weight if he gets a title shot.
So now we have a situation where, if till loses to wonderboy, it will crush UFCs plans to rid wonderboy of title contention. However, even if till wins, he has proven he needs to move to MW, and Wonderboy just like that is back in the WW title picture with no Till to worry about.
UFC strikes gold sometimes with this. An example would be Cody vs Dom. Other times they fuck up, example Francis vs Stipe.
Point is that ufc clearly made this fight to kill 2 birds with one stone: get rid of wonderboy and make a star out of till.
And god forbid the fight doesnt happen, which is a big possibility.