Till vs Thompson

Who won Till vs Thompson?

Darren Till beat Stephen Thompson by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night 130, on Sunday 27th May 2018 at Echo Arena in Liverpool.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Darren Till.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Till vs Thompson stats

Darren Till stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 16 wins, zero losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Stephen Thompson made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Darren Till's UFC record stood at 6-4-1, while Stephen Thompson's came in at 12-7-1.

The stats suggested Till had an advantage in power over Thompson, with a 63% knock out percentage over Thompson's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Till had a slight advantage over Thompson, with a 13% submission rate over Thompson's 7%.

Darren Till was the younger man by 10 years, at 31 years old.

Till was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 years later than Thompson, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 58 to Thompson's 71.

Till vs Thompson form

Stephen Thompson had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Anthony Pettis at UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 23rd March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Darren Till at UFC Fight Night 130 on 27th May 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jorge Masvidal at UFC 217 on 4th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Tyron Woodley at UFC 209 on 4th March 2017 by majority decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had drawn with Tyron Woodley at UFC 205 on 12th November 2016 by majority draw in their 5 round contest in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

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Thompson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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