Derek Brunson Advices Darren Till After Getting A Win

UFC middleweight contender Derek Brunson scored a brilliant win over fellow division prospect Darren Till. At UFC FIGHT NIGHT 191, Derek Brunson defeated Darren Till via submission. The duo fought at middleweight and the winner was about to become the next contender for the title. The fight was a back and forth battle in the early half. Till was the aggressor as he landed the heavy shots. But in the third round, the tire shifted as Derek took Till down. He landed some heavy ground and pound shots. Takedowns and grappling were the keys to victory for Brunson, who extended his winning streak to five fights with his performance. Derek submitted Till in the third round of the fight via rear-naked choke at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The loss put Till on a two-fight losing streak. Derek is now riding a five-fight winning streak and is just one or two fights away from a title shot. Though he fought against Israel Adesanya previously, Derek is now an improved and different fighter. He is looking to get the loss back against the champion Israel Adesanya.

Derek Brunson Praises Darren Till

After the fight was over, there was no bad blood between the two fighters. Derek was impressed by Till’s power and had good things to say about his opponent. He was also giving a few pieces of advice to Till on how he may improve his game plan.
“I feel bad for Till,” Brunson told the media at the UFC Fight Night 191 post-fight news conference. “I really like the guy. I think he thinks he’s like a badass kid who says edgy things on Twitter or Instagram, but I think overall he’s like a good person. He’s really, really, really funny.”

“I think the guy can put it together. It’s just small things. He’s really explosive, really good on the feet. He has really good feints, very confident. It’s just the small things he has to address – maybe even thinking about 170, or just fine-tuning some of the wrestling things that are defensive. If he’s able to keep it on the feet, he can do a lot better.”

Derek Talked About His Gameplan

“His takedown defense was OK,” Brunson said. “I’ve got good finishes with the chain wrestling. I can’t say his takedown defense was really bad, I just chain the attempts together (and) attacks really good. I know what it takes to take somebody down. There’s some things he can look back and improve on. Get back and work on those things and be better for his fights going forward.”

“He’s as good as some of the other guys,” Brunson said. “Him and Whittaker had a pretty decently close fight. He dropped Robert Whittaker in their fight. It went five rounds and nobody got finished there. I was able to impose my will and get the finish. So you’ve got take something from that fact that Whittaker’s fighting for a title and his last fight was against Whittaker and it went five rounds and he had some good moments in that fight.”