UFC 244 features a middleweight bout between two former number one title contenders, Kelvin Gastelum and Darren Till. Kelvin Gastelum is coming from a tough loss to Israel Adesanya while Darren Till will be making his middleweight debut after two consecutive losses in welterweight division.
After his unsuccessful attempt at capturing the welterweight title and the brutal KO loss to Masvidal, Darren Till will be looking for a fresh start in the middleweight division. While Kelvin Gastelum will be looking to get another shot at the middleweight title. Let’s see how these UFC fighters react and predict Darren Till vs Kelvin Gastelum.
Former welterweight number one title contender, Stephen Thompson is leaning towards Kelvin Gastelum to get the job done at MSG. Thompson said:
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“I have never seen Darren Till in that weight class. I heard a few weeks ago that he was walking around even heavier than he was before. I don’t know if this cut is going to be easier or harder for him. But Kelvin Gastelum has been on top of the game in that division for a long time and got ground game. He will knock you out in a heartbeat. Daren Till, unless he has made some changes we will see the same guy. Goes out there, throws his hands up, tries to set something up to throw that left hand. I think Kelvin Gastelum got the W on this one.”
UFC welterweight, Ben Askren is also favoring Gastelum to get the job done: “Gastelum is good man. He fights really hard. He can strike and he can get the takedowns.“
UFC lightweight, Dan Hooker gave his verdict on this fight and picked Gastelum to get the job done.
“Kelvin Gastelum, his ability to make guys work and make guys scramble, Darren Till would have to have some pretty good improvements in his work rate and output. He likes to control the pace of the fight whereas Kelvin likes to come with his own pace and really likes to press a hard pace. I would have to go with the work rate of Kelvin.”
UFC welterweight, James Vick also picks Gastelum to win this fight and says:
“Till is a big 170 and so is Gastelum. Till is not going to be undersized in that. I think I am gonna take Gastelum. I am curious to see how many other southpaws Till has ever really fought, I know Gastelum has fought a few several southpaws. So he is probably more used to fight southpaws.”
UFC light heavyweight title contender, Dominick Reyes is picking Darren Till to have a successful middleweight debut at MSG on UFC 244. Reyes said:
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“I am gonna go with Till. I think Till can knock him out.”
UFC lightweight, Kevin Lee who makes his lightweight return on UFC 244 also picked Gastelum to beat Till. Lee said:
“I think Gastelum. He has got more experience. He has got better hands. I don’t see but no other way but Gastelum.”
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Darren Till vs Kelvin Gastelum is not the only fight in UFC 244 that fans are excited to watch. This is arguably the best PPV of the year with some exciting fights such as Masvidal vs Diaz, and Anderson vs Walker. With all these great fights on the card, it’s safe to assume that there will be fireworks at MSG on UFC 244.
