{"id":110444,"date":"2025-09-01T08:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T08:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/110444\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T08:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T08:57:17","slug":"darren-till-seals-ko-boxing-win-over-ex-ufc-champion-luke-rockhold-and-calls-out-carl-froch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/110444\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Till seals KO boxing win over ex-UFC champion Luke Rockhold and calls out Carl Froch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n

Your support makes all the difference.Read more<\/p>\n

Darren Till<\/a> continued his fine boxing<\/a> form on Saturday, as the former UFC<\/a> star emphatically knocked out Luke Rockhold<\/a> in Manchester.<\/p>\n

The Liverpudlian, 32, dropped the American, 40, in the second round before doing so again in more brutal fashion in the third frame, leading the referee to wave off the bout with Rockhold folded over in the corner.<\/p>\n

Rockhold\u2019s pedigree in mixed martial arts (MMA) in fact trumps Till\u2019s, with the former having held the UFC middleweight title<\/a>, while Till unsuccessfully challenged for welterweight gold. But Till has looked a fighter reborn<\/a> since making his professional boxing debut in January. <\/p>\n

Competing under the banner of Misfits, the promotion headed up by YouTuber KSI<\/a>, the Liverpudlian has now gone 3-0<\/a>. He first stopped Anthony Taylor, before outpointing fellow UFC alum Darren Stewart in May.<\/p>\n

Then came Saturday\u2019s knockout of Rockhold<\/a> at Manchester\u2019s AO Arena, a result that the American accepted gracefully.<\/p>\n

\u201cS*** happens, it\u2019s all love @darrentill2.0,\u201d Rockhold wrote on Instagram. \u201cAll the best to you brother.\u201d Accompanying his words were two photos of the fighters drinking beer together.<\/p>\n

\"Darren<\/p>\n

open image in gallery<\/p>\n

Darren Till (left) breezed through his boxing match with fellow ex-UFC star Luke Rockhold (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Rockhold\u2019s defeat followed a knockout win in a karate match last year, and a TKO loss in a bare-knuckle boxing match in 2023 \u2013\u00a0in which he suffered a nasty injury to his teeth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rockhold retired from MMA in 2022, ending a career in which he held the middleweight title from 2015 until 2016. While he recorded no successful defences of the belt, he does hold wins over former champions Lyoto Machida, Chris Weidman, and Michael Bisping \u2013 the latter of whom ultimately dethroned Rockhold in their rematch.<\/p>\n

\"Rockhold,<\/p>\n

open image in gallery<\/p>\n

Rockhold, 40, was finished by Till, 32, in the third round in Manchester (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Till also last fought in the UFC in 2022, though he has long kept the door open for a return. After unsuccessfully challenging for the welterweight title in 2018, Till\u2019s next five fights proved his final five in the UFC, with the Scouser going 1-4.<\/p>\n

\"DAZN<\/p>\n

Enjoy 185+ fights a year on DAZN, the Global Home of Boxing<\/p>\n

Never miss a fight from top promoters. Watch on your devices anywhere, anytime.<\/p>\n

Buy Now<\/a><\/p>\n

ADVERTISEMENT. If you sign up to this service we will earn commission. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent.<\/p>\n

\"DAZN<\/p>\n

Enjoy 185+ fights a year on DAZN, the Global Home of Boxing<\/p>\n

Never miss a fight from top promoters. Watch on your devices anywhere, anytime.<\/p>\n

Buy Now<\/a><\/p>\n

ADVERTISEMENT. If you sign up to this service we will earn commission. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent.<\/p>\n

His final four bouts in the promotion took place at middleweight, culminating in a submission loss to Dricus Du Plessis, who went on to become champion in the division.<\/p>\n

After stopping Rockhold, Till called out former super-middleweight boxing champion Carl Froch, 48, who was sat ringside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-110444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}