Jabs by Till are once again met with a kick to the body from Thompson. He gets an elbow as they break and reset in the center of the cage. Till gets a body lock and pushes Thompson to the fence. Left hand by Thompson glances off Till’s forehead. Round 4: Thompson comes over the top with the 1-2 again, Till counters with a knee to the body. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Thompson. Still not much to score through three rounds. Wild spinning attack by Till misses, but they both let go with a flurry of strikes in the closing seconds. Left hand lands for Till, but Thompson pushes him back with a side kick. Goddard calls for a pause in the action and the fight resumes almost immediately. Thompson gets in with the 1-2, but Till is reacting like his eye was poked. Another counter-punch connects for Thompson. Till ducks in and catches a counter-punch from Thompson. Till getting more aggressive but he can’t track Thompson down. Jab up top by Thompson, then a body punch. Round 3: Till walks Thompson all the way over to the fence and “Wonderboy” just runs out of there before Till can start throwing. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Till. Side kick by Thompson, a follow-up spin kick to the head misses. Till darts his head forward and tries to goad Thompson into a mistake, then dodges a head kick. Punch to the body by Thompson, Till clinches up as they get in close and he lands a knee to Thompson’s side. They trade head kick attempts, neither getting caught. Round 2: Till looking for the big left hand early Thompson dodges out of the way. Both men hesitant to throw and the round ends with little major strikes of note connecting. Till attempts a spinning backfist, but it doesn’t land clean. He darts forward and scores again with a straight punch. Mostly feeling each other out with half a round to go. It’s Till who’s holding the center of the Octagon with Thompson searching for an angle as he darts around him. Both men light on their feet to start, probing with low kicks. Round 1: The referee for this main event bout is Marc Goddard. Thompson, check out the play-by-play courtesy of MMA Fighting’s Alexander K. Catch the video highlights below.įor more on Till vs. UFC welterweight contender Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson (14-3-1) took on Liverpool native Darren Till (17-0-1) in the night’s main event, which aired live on FOX Sports 1. Till took place May 27 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. Stephen Thompson full fight video highlights from UFC Liverpool’s main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
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