Darren Till says he’d be on EA Sports UFC 4 cover if he stuck to game plan vs Jorge Masvidal
- ‘The Gorilla’ laments reckless approach in final welterweight fight in the UFC when he was knocked out by Masvidal
- ‘I sort of overlooked Masvidal because he was a bit tiny,’ says Till, who admits it took ‘a long time’ to build himself back up
Darren Till is by all accounts happy and hungrier than ever after moving up to the UFC’s middleweight division.
But bowing out at 170 pounds the way he did against Jorge Masvidal on home soil at UFC London in March 2019 remains a regret for “The Gorilla”, who had been coming off a second-round submission loss by then-champion Tyron Woodley.
“I think we’re going to stick to the game plan,” Till (18-2-1) told a virtual media day ahead of Sunday’s bout against former middleweight champ Robert Whittaker (21-5) at UFC Fight Island 3 in Abu Dhabi. “Maybe a little bit more added aggression inside the Octagon. But yeah, you know, always stick to the game plan.
“If only I would have done it against Masvidal, I would probably be on the cover of EA Sports right now.”
It was revealed last weekend at UFC 251, the first event on Fight Island, that “Gamebred” Masvidal (35-14) will adorn the cover of EA Sports’ upcoming UFC 4 video game alongside middleweight champ Israel Adesanya.
Masvidal’s knockout of Till began his rise to MMA superstardom, accelerated by a five-second flying knee KO of Ben Askren, and then by beating fellow fan favourite Nate Diaz for the “BMF” belt at Madison Square Garden last November.
