Darren Till Didn’t Miss The Weight, Woodley Vs Till Remains The Main Event Of UFC 228
Darren Till was barely waiting to silence everybody who was babbling about his weight. Well, he did it! After all those weeks of renunciation and starvation, The Gorilla fulfilled his promise! He passed the scale with 169 pounds. The nightmare is over. Darren Till celebrated the success by showing the middle finger to babblers!
Darren Till hits the scale at 169 lb. Did you see this coming? Watch live #UFC228 weigh-ins: https://t.co/fu7ns1rlBj pic.twitter.com/klFYW4uJiZ
— MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) September 7, 2018
Kamaru Usman can go home now. He won’t step in as a replacement for The Gorilla. The Nigerian Nightmare was planned since Till missed weight at UFC Fight Night 109 and UFC Fight Night 130.
UFC 228 pay-per-view (PPV) event is scheduled for Saturday night, on September 8, 2018. It will be held inside American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas. Unfortunately, Valentina Shevchenko and Nicco Montano won’t fight in the co-main event of UFC 228. Montano is hospitalized due to kidney problems!
Here are UFC 228 early weigh-in results:
UFC 228 PPV Main Event:
170 lbs: UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley (170) Vs. Darren Till (169)
UFC 228 PPV Main Card:
125 lbs.: UFC Flyweight Champion Nicco Montano () Vs. Valentina Shevchenko (124.5) – NO FIGHT
145 lbs.: Zabit Magomedsharipov (146) Vs. Brandon Davis (146)
115 lbs.: Jessica Andrade (116) Vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (115)
170 lbs.: Abdul Razak Alhassan (170.5) Vs. Niko Price (170.5)
UFC 228 FX Prelims:
115 lbs.: Carla Esparza (115.5) Vs. Tatiana Suarez (115)
135 lbs.: Cody Stamann (135.5) Vs. Aljamain Sterling (135.5)
135 lbs.: John Dodson (135.5) Vs. Jimmie Rivera (136)
185 lbs.: Charles Byrd (185) Vs. Darren Stewart (185.5)
UFC 228 Fight Pass Prelims:
170 lbs.: Diego Sanchez (171) Vs. Craig White (171)
155 lbs.: Jim Miller (155.5) Vs. Alex White (155)
135 lbs.: Irene Aldana (135) Vs. Lucie Pudilova (134)
125 lbs.: Roberto Sanchez (126) Vs. Jarred Brooks (125.5)
170 lbs.: Frank Camacho (171) Vs. Geoff Neal (170.5)
170 lbs.: Kamaru Usman (169) – Alternate for UFC 228 main event
We were right when we said Darren Till has the best chances of hitting the scale. Till is full of self-confidence at the moment. Will this be enough to defeat Tyron Woodley?
