Darren Till to fight Yoel Romero at BKFC 94

Two former UFC middleweight title challengers will collide without gloves this fall. Darren Till will have another bareknuckle home game, this time as he headlines BKFC 94 vs. Yoel Romero. The event takes place Sept. 26 at AO Arena in Manchester, England. BKFC president David Feldman announced the m

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Two former UFC middleweight title challengers will collide without gloves this fall.

Darren Till will have another bareknuckle home game, this time as he headlines BKFC 94 vs. Yoel Romero. The event takes place Sept. 26 at AO Arena in Manchester, England. BKFC president David Feldman announced the matchup Monday on "The Ariel Helwani Show

." David Mundell vs. Jack Cullen will serve as the co-main event.

Till (1-0) made his bareknuckle and BKFC debut in May when he defeated former Bellator fighter Aaron Chalmers by second-round TKO. Between his UFC departure in 2023 and his bareknuckle debut, Till went 3-0 in boxing (two exhibitions and one pro bout).

Romero (1-1) has bounced between combat sports disciplines since his PFL departure in 2024, varying

from bareknuckle (boxing and MMA), wrestling in RAF, and Dirty Boxing. Romero, 49, debuted in BKFC in September 2025 with a quick finish of Theo Doukas. He competed in bareknuckle in Russia in March, but lost to Vagab Vagabov.

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