Darren Till has a new fighting home in BKFC.
The UFC veteran and former welterweight title challenger has signed with the bare-knuckle promotion with his expected debut to come as early as May when BKFC returns to England.
BKFC officials confirmed the signing to MMA Fighting on Wednesday following an initial report from Yahoo Sports.
In the past, Till had resisted making the move over the bare-knuckle fighting despite a simmering rivalry with BKFC star Mike Perry. Till explained his reservations when
addressing a potential fight against Perry back in 2025.
“Look, I’m 32, I’m half a good-looking person,” Till said. “I’m good looking, I wouldn’t like to do the bare-knuckle. Not because I’m scared of that, mate. I’ve had many fist fights. My nose is scarred from the other month, I had a fight in Liverpool on the street, which was a very unnecessary fight. That doesn’t mean I caused it, I was just in the middle of it. I’m not really too asked about bare-knuckle, but I just don’t want my face getting smashed up.”
Obviously his opinion has changed with Till now signing a multi-fight deal to join the roster at BKFC.
As far as Till possibly clashing with Perry in the future, BKFC president David Feldman just recently told MMA Fighting that he had something huge in the works for “The King of Violence” but he ultimately took a fight against Nate Diaz instead.
Perry faces Diaz on the Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano card headed to Netflix on May 16.
Feldman never revealed the opponent he had in mind for Perry, but he’s attempted to sign Till numerous times in the past to specifically match him up against Perry.
“I had something in the works, and they chose to do [the Nate Diaz fight] instead, because they had the one out on it,” Feldman said. “They chose to do this instead. I had something really big planned, huge planned for them, and they chose to do this instead.”
Perry still has multiple fights left on his BKFC deal so it’s possible he finally faces Till sometime after his bout against Diaz is done in May.
