Darren Till teases UFC 248 stand-in for Israel Adesanya vs Yoel Romero headliner after Jared Cannonier pulls out
- Middleweight contender Cannonier announces he will undergo pectoral surgery, blames Till for ‘dodging the fight’
- Till retweets fan question about standing in for the Adesanya vs Romero in Las Vegas in March
Darren Till’s chances of scheduling a fight at UFC 248 are all but over after rumoured middleweight opponent Jared Cannonier announced he will undergo immediate surgery to fix a torn pectoral.
American Cannonier (professional record 13-4) – whose original opponent Robert Whittaker pulled out of the March 7 Las Vegas event for personal reasons – had been teasing a replacement bout against British contender Till (18-2).
“Darren Till I’m happy you found some courage and finally decided to accept the fight. On Monday,” the 35-year-old Cannonier said in an Instagram post. “But only two days after I tore my left pec completely.
“When it happened on Saturday 7th February, I was in Houston to talk about how you wouldn’t accept the fight. Now had you said yes when they offered, instead of dodging the fight presumably, I would have been in [Phoenix] gettin ready to beat you ass.
