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 as in favor of 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 loses 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 loses and 1 draw, with 7 of those wins by knock out and 1 by submission.

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 30 years old.

Till was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 year later than Thompson, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 58 to Thompson's 69.

Till vs Thompson form

Stephen Thompson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Belal Muhammad at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Gilbert Burns at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beat Geoff Neal at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Vicente Luque at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

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.

Activity check

Thompson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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