Darren TIll says he would beat Anthony Joshua in a fight

[TheGman]

To be fair, hes done what many boxers couldnt at the echo and hes only starting out. If Till beats Stephen Thompson this weekend, (and personally I don't think he has a prayer) then he will become a huge name. Thompson is 4/7 to win and I think that's a bargain but I expect scouser money to come on till and Thompson might end up close to evens.

As I said on another thread the demand for tickets isn’t purely down to Till. The UFC near always sells well in the U.K. (usually at least 15k at the O2/Manchester Arena) regardless of the main event plus it’s the first time they’ve come to Liverpool. There are a lot people (myself included) who just go to every card whenever the UFC comes over. Given the Echo is only set up for 9k, even if Till wasn’t on the card I’d have expected it to sell out quickly.

Gotta agree with you about it selling out regardless of who is on the card,a few years ago they were going to come to liverpool or nottingham,think it was around the time they had paul kelly mark scano terry etim and paul taylor from liverpool fighting in the ufc(cant remember anyone else from liverpool). Terry had just come back and smashed someone in 18 seconds so there was loads of hype around him then they threw him on a card in Brazil against edson barboza and terry just didnt look himself. There are thousands of fight fans on merseyside regardless of mma or boxing

[Deserter]

[There are thousands of fight fans on merseyside regardless of mma or boxing

But what surprises me is that it appears MMA comfortably outsells boxing in Liverpool. To be clear, I've got no horse in this race, so I'm not saying that in terms of point-scoring, I'm just genuinely intrigued by it.

[leejonesjnr]

[There are thousands of fight fans on merseyside regardless of mma or boxing

But what surprises me is that it appears MMA comfortably outsells boxing in Liverpool. To be clear, I've got no horse in this race, so I'm not saying that in terms of point-scoring, I'm just genuinely intrigued by it.

Perhaps there simply are more MMA fans, or perhaps its a question of supply and demand - reduce the supply and increase the demand. There are many more boxing shows at all levels relative to MMA shows so it could simply be a reflection of that. It could also be that boxing fans are a little more followers of particular boxers rather than the sport as a whole so whereas the lineup directly affects the ticket sales, MMA and more specifically UFC shows sell almost regardless of who is appearing?

[TheGman]

[There are thousands of fight fans on merseyside regardless of mma or boxing

But what surprises me is that it appears MMA comfortably outsells boxing in Liverpool. To be clear, I've got no horse in this race, so I'm not saying that in terms of point-scoring, I'm just genuinely intrigued by it.

I dont know the numbers but dave price was selling out the echo before pimblett and till,also paul smith vs tony dodson and the other tony from liverpool,keep forgetting his second name,they both sold out the echo. Could be to do with tv,if bellew, the smiths, price,dodd wasnt on sky or any other tv station would more ppl turn out to watch them live? Most mma cards arnt on tv so if you dont watch it live you will find out the result before its on t.v,as for ufc like a few ppl have said there are fans of ufc in general so ppl from across britain will come to watch it at the echo because its ufc not for any particular fighter

[CharlesListon]

[There are thousands of fight fans on merseyside regardless of mma or boxing

But what surprises me is that it appears MMA comfortably outsells boxing in Liverpool. To be clear, I've got no horse in this race, so I'm not saying that in terms of point-scoring, I'm just genuinely intrigued by it.

I dont know the numbers but dave price was selling out the echo before pimblett and till,also paul smith vs tony dodson and the other tony from liverpool,keep forgetting his second name,they both sold out the echo. Could be to do with tv,if bellew, the smiths, price,dodd wasnt on sky or any other tv station would more ppl turn out to watch them live? Most mma cards arnt on tv so if you dont watch it live you will find out the result before its on t.v,as for ufc like a few ppl have said there are fans of ufc in general so ppl from across britain will come to watch it at the echo because its ufc not for any particular fighter

Quigley.

His family/friends were rivals to friends and family of the Smith's outside of Boxing too.

[TheGman]

But what surprises me is that it appears MMA comfortably outsells boxing in Liverpool. To be clear, I've got no horse in this race, so I'm not saying that in terms of point-scoring, I'm just genuinely intrigued by it.

I dont know the numbers but dave price was selling out the echo before pimblett and till,also paul smith vs tony dodson and the other tony from liverpool,keep forgetting his second name,they both sold out the echo. Could be to do with tv,if bellew, the smiths, price,dodd wasnt on sky or any other tv station would more ppl turn out to watch them live? Most mma cards arnt on tv so if you dont watch it live you will find out the result before its on t.v,as for ufc like a few ppl have said there are fans of ufc in general so ppl from across britain will come to watch it at the echo because its ufc not for any particular fighter

Quigley.

His family/friends were rivals to friends and family of the Smith's outside of Boxing too.

Thats the one mate,ye quigley had a younger brother too,he was a decent enough

[mickey1975]

No show has sold like this before. I genuinely believe they could have filled Anfield.

[Wa1nuts]

[There are thousands of fight fans on merseyside regardless of mma or boxing

But what surprises me is that it appears MMA comfortably outsells boxing in Liverpool. To be clear, I've got no horse in this race, so I'm not saying that in terms of point-scoring, I'm just genuinely intrigued by it.

I dont know the numbers but dave price was selling out the echo before pimblett and till,also paul smith vs tony dodson and the other tony from liverpool,keep forgetting his second name,they both sold out the echo. Could be to do with tv,if bellew, the smiths, price,dodd wasnt on sky or any other tv station would more ppl turn out to watch them live? Most mma cards arnt on tv so if you dont watch it live you will find out the result before its on t.v,as for ufc like a few ppl have said there are fans of ufc in general so ppl from across britain will come to watch it at the echo because its ufc not for any particular fighter

Who did pricey sell the echo out against? Thompson fights were in Aintree weren't they? Doubt he sold arenas out after them

[TheGman]

But what surprises me is that it appears MMA comfortably outsells boxing in Liverpool. To be clear, I've got no horse in this race, so I'm not saying that in terms of point-scoring, I'm just genuinely intrigued by it.

I dont know the numbers but dave price was selling out the echo before pimblett and till,also paul smith vs tony dodson and the other tony from liverpool,keep forgetting his second name,they both sold out the echo. Could be to do with tv,if bellew, the smiths, price,dodd wasnt on sky or any other tv station would more ppl turn out to watch them live? Most mma cards arnt on tv so if you dont watch it live you will find out the result before its on t.v,as for ufc like a few ppl have said there are fans of ufc in general so ppl from across britain will come to watch it at the echo because its ufc not for any particular fighter

Who did pricey sell the echo out against? Thompson fights were in Aintree weren't they? Doubt he sold arenas out after them

Both thompson fights in the echo arena,audley and skelton was in aintree mate

[dirk2686]

No show has sold like this before. I genuinely believe they could have filled Anfield.

Trouble is you'd get 42,000 leaving for the bar when the main event comes on.

[nitro5912]

No show has sold like this before. I genuinely believe they could have filled Anfield.

But is it him, or is it down to the UFC show rolling into town.

If WWE rolled into town and sold out an arena, noone would say the undertaker is doing it.

From my limited knowledge of UFC, most shows seem to be more about the whole event, whereas boxing is usually geared toward the main event.

[PredatorHayds]

No show has sold like this before. I genuinely believe they could have filled Anfield.

Trouble is you'd get 42,000 leaving for the bar when the main event comes on.

[black panther]

MMa is hardly unrestricted fighting either.

In a street fight if some guy goes for a single leg on you, you elbow them on the back of the head or in their back and if it’s going badly consider gouging their eyes out out. Or if they are grabbing at your legs while they on the floor you knee them in the head. None of this is allowed in MMA.

AJ would pummel the back of this guys head as soon as he went for a takedown (if the guy wasn’t ko’ed on his feet first). Not to mention it’s not exactly easy to takedown someone with such a huge size and strength advantage.

Sometimes I question if all these MMA guys have actually been in many street fights - the so called “real fighting” they like to refer to so often. I do like this Darren Till guy though. Hope he does the business against Wonderboy.

[mickey1975]

No show has sold like this before. I genuinely believe they could have filled Anfield.

Trouble is you'd get 42,000 leaving for the bar when the main event comes on.

I know you’ve been getting a hard time on here recently, but if you’re referring to the Quigg fight when AJ was on the undercard, people came OUT of the bar when the main event (Quigg) was on.... let’s not go there again, please.

[maverick23]

No show has sold like this before. I genuinely believe they could have filled Anfield.

There’s a big difference between shifting 9k at the Echo to doing 55k at Anfield. All recent England based UFC shows have done c.15k (including arguably the greatest ever Anderson Silva against Bisping and Bisping vs Henderson which was a big rematch and the first time a Brit defended a UFC title) but the resale market didn’t go crazy for them like they did for Till as the supply of tickets was higher.

I think the Till card could have done 20k but not enough to fill up Anfield.

[maverick23]

No show has sold like this before. I genuinely believe they could have filled Anfield.

But is it him, or is it down to the UFC show rolling into town.

If WWE rolled into town and sold out an arena, noone would say the undertaker is doing it.

From my limited knowledge of UFC, most shows seem to be more about the whole event, whereas boxing is usually geared toward the main event.

It’s mainly the UFC and the fact that it’s in Liverpool for the first time. The last show at the O2 did 16k tickets with a main event no-one was massively interested in (Werdum v Volkov).

[mickey1975]

No show has sold like this before. I genuinely believe they could have filled Anfield.

There’s a big difference between shifting 9k at the Echo to doing 55k at Anfield. All recent England based UFC shows have done c.15k (including arguably the greatest ever Anderson Silva against Bisping and Bisping vs Henderson which was a big rematch and the first time a Brit defended a UFC title) but the resale market didn’t go crazy for them like they did for Till as the supply of tickets was higher.

I think the Till card could have done 20k but not enough to fill up Anfield.

The resale is still very strong. It’s mad it’s not in Manchester at the very least.

[nitro5912]

No show has sold like this before. I genuinely believe they could have filled Anfield.

There’s a big difference between shifting 9k at the Echo to doing 55k at Anfield. All recent England based UFC shows have done c.15k (including arguably the greatest ever Anderson Silva against Bisping and Bisping vs Henderson which was a big rematch and the first time a Brit defended a UFC title) but the resale market didn’t go crazy for them like they did for Till as the supply of tickets was higher.

I think the Till card could have done 20k but not enough to fill up Anfield.

The resale is still very strong. It’s mad it’s not in Manchester at the very least.

but that isn't down to the headline act. It is down to the UFC show rolling in.

The UFC went to Scotland and sold over 10k

[maverick23]

There’s a big difference between shifting 9k at the Echo to doing 55k at Anfield. All recent England based UFC shows have done c.15k (including arguably the greatest ever Anderson Silva against Bisping and Bisping vs Henderson which was a big rematch and the first time a Brit defended a UFC title) but the resale market didn’t go crazy for them like they did for Till as the supply of tickets was higher.

I think the Till card could have done 20k but not enough to fill up Anfield.

The resale is still very strong. It’s mad it’s not in Manchester at the very least.

but that isn't down to the headline act. It is down to the UFC show rolling in.

The UFC went to Scotland and sold over 10k

I don’t disagree Mickey - they likely could have filled the MEN.

I went to the show in Glasgow - it was a stronger show than the Liverpool card this weekend and the place was near packed from the first fight to the last. There was a really good atmosphere throughout. For anyone who has a slight interest in the UFC I’d certainly recommend going to a live show.

[mickey1975]

I know UFC does well anyway, and is popular in Liverpool but Till has a great backstory and it must have helped fighting Wonderboy top of the bill!

[maverick23]

I know UFC does well anyway, and is popular in Liverpool but Till has a great backstory and it must have helped fighting Wonderboy top of the bill!

Yeah - it would have helped and is a much better main event than the recent one at the O2 but it’s an average card in comparison to the Bisping vs Henderson one from 18 months ago.

[TheGman]

Till doesn’t exactly need attention.

Doesn't need attention amongst people who follow mma.

Your man in the street doesn't know him from Adam.

Or anyone else in sport barring a few names. Till broke all records at Echo Arena recently.

If the ufc rolled up with ross pearson main eventin against diego sanchez it wpuld of broke records,you must understand by now that its the brand that sells not the fighters headlining. UFC is a massive organisation and there is only about 10,000 tickets available anyway,people will be coming from across britain to watch THE UFC so its not exactly till breaking records its THE UFC. Wonderboy will beat till anyway i think.

[TheGman]

No show has sold like this before. I genuinely believe they could have filled Anfield.

Premier league darts sells like that

[gregregegg]

darren till is 6 foot tall and 200lbs (cuts massivly to 170) , not tiny. would beat AJ in a fight more often than not.

[mickey1975]

No show has sold like this before. I genuinely believe they could have filled Anfield.

Premier league darts sells like that

It doesn’t, nowhere near. Maybe over hours. This was done in seconds. Premier league darts you’ll get for face value on resale, last time I looked £40’s were doing £200. Down from £300.