Darren Till
During his swift rise to stardom, Darren Till seemed to have an unshakeable confidence in his own ability, but a few losses recently has revealed a more vulnerable side to him.
After a particularly tough KO loss to Jorge Masvidal in 2019 followed by troubles in his personal life Till took time out to deal with psychological issues and worked with a mental health coach, but he had to overcome some ‘demon’s to get back to the Octagon later that year..
“To tell you the upmost truth, I didn’t even want to go out there tonight,” Till said on BT Sport after moving up to middleweight to fight Kelvin Gastelum. “I was thinking of ways to fake an injury. I was terrified, I was scared to go out there.”
Till didn’t let that overcome him though and won by split decision.
