Things were heated between former UFC fighters Darren Till and Luke Rockhold ahead of their boxing match at Misfits Boxing 22 next month.
Till and Rockhold, along with Tony Ferguson and Salt Papi, took part in Wednesday’s press conference. After some fiery verbal exchanges between the two fighters, Till and Rockhold faced off, with Dan Hardy serving as the mediator. Hardy lost control pretty quickly as Till and Rockhold went chest to chest, before clinch fighting, some pushing and shoving, and a whole bunch of trash talk took place.
Check out the fiery faceoff between the headliners below.
After parting ways with the UFC, Till has found a career resurgence on the influencer boxing scene. “The Gorilla” earned a pair of stoppage wins — including a TKO win over Anthony Taylor in the main event of Misfits Boxing 20 in January — along with a unanimous decision win over fellow UFC vet Darren Stewart at Misfits Boxing 21 in May.
Rockhold has competed twice since his UFC career came to a close. The former UFC middleweight champ was stopped by Mike Perry at BKFC 41 in April 2023, and then bounced back with a knockout win over Joe Schilling at Karate Combat 45 a year later.
Misfits Boxing 22 takes place Aug. 30 at AO Arena in Manchester, England.