{"id":297904,"date":"2023-11-29T18:24:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=297904"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:24:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:24:08","slug":"karate-combat-open-negotiations-with-darren-till-over-a-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/mma\/karate-combat-open-negotiations-with-darren-till-over-a-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Karate Combat open negotiations with Darren Till over a deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former UFC welterweight title challenger Darren Till is being targeted by Karate Combat for a potential middleweight title fight against current champion Ross Levine.<\/p>\n
The rising promotion is hoping Till – who now competes in the 185-pound division – will take Levine on at some point in 2024 after his potential opponent faces\u00a0former middleweight slugger ‘Smile’N’ Sam Alvey.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As it stands,\u00a0Levine is scheduled to fight Alvey as part of the Karate Combat event on December 15, with\u00a0Anthony Pettis and Ben Henderson’s trilogy bout headlining the bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, Levine has made it clear he would be interested in fighting Till – claiming they could have a ‘great all-striking fight for his\u00a0Karate Combat Middleweight Championship’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Speaking about the potential bout, Levine said:\u00a0‘Darren Till made some tweet about how he could demolish the entire Karate Combat roster in one night \u2014 I was like great, I’ll take care of that.<\/p>\n
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Former UFC welterweight title challenger Darren Till is being targeted by Karate Combat for a potential middleweight title fight against current champion Ross Levine<\/p>\n
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The rising promotion is hoping Till – who now competes in the 185-pound division – will take Levine on at some point in 2024 after his potential opponent faces Sam Alvey (right)<\/p>\n
‘I think we match up amazingly and he’s got crazy good striking skills. He’s only ever really had problems with guys that can wrestle. We’d have an all-striking fight and it would be great.’<\/p>\n
Levine finished by saying: ‘Obviously I am happy to put my Karate Combat Middleweight Championship on the line for him as well. Immediate title shot, come and get it!’.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Karate Combat President Asim Zaidi told Daily Star Sport. ‘We’ll return to negotiations in 2024 and hopefully get that fight made early in the new year.’<\/p>\n
Till is currently a free agent following his release from the UFC earlier this year. His departure from the promotion came after three straight losses, with the Brit citing a desire to recover from ongoing injury problems and pursue other avenues in combat sports.<\/p>\n
Till continues to train and a photo of him following a training session did the rounds on social media on Monday. However, the response was not an entirely positive one with fans saying he looked old, unwell and out of shape.<\/p>\n
Till quickly took to Twitter to hit back at the feedback, sharing another photo of himself looking much healthier and writing: ‘It’s all good, it was just after a hard session in the gym this morning.<\/p>\n
‘This is me about an hour ago after food. Feel like I am not looking bad to be fair. I read all the comments for once as well and none of you have a clue. I live a clean life. Injuries is what has been my burden.<\/p>\n
‘It’s just an after training photo, I look that f***** cos I worked my ass into the ground this morning,’ he continued. ‘As I do every day. Ur gonna look f***** if you train hard and dedicate hard and evolve hard. These people have no clue what so ever\u2026 it’s mental!\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Fans both mocked and expressed concern over this recent photo of Darren Till\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Till has now shared this photo in response to the negative reaction on social media\u00a0<\/p>\n