Darren Till returns to the octagon to face Marvin Vettori on April 10, with the UFC confirming that the bout will be on air at prime time for European fans.
‘The Gorilla’ suffered its third UFC loss last time out as midfielder Robert Whittaker’s run in a thin razor decision on Fight Island in July last year.
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Darren Till returns to UFC action on April 10 to face Marvin Vettori
However, the No.4 rankingsman knows that a win over Vettori can boost his chances of winning a title title against mainstream champion Israeli Adesanya once he returns from light pressure.
But Italian competitor Vettori will surely give the Scouser a tough test; earning an impressive victory over Jack Hermansson in his first ever UFC major event to move to 16-4-1 after four consecutive winners.
The main card in the battle for 185lbs European supremacy will be broadcast live on BT Sport in the UK at 8pm BST, with late forecasts starting at 6pm and early predictions from 5pm on UFC Fight Pass .
Adesanya may not have succeeded in his bid to capture Jan Blachowicz’s 205lbs title Saturday night in Las Vegas, but head coach Eugene Bareman has called for ‘The Last Stylebender’ to keep an eye on the fight with a lot of mind.
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Vettori defeated Jack Hermansson at UFC Vegas 16 in his first ever major event
“Marvin Vettori is not there, Paulo Costa is not. Darren Till is there, ”Bareman told Submission Radio. “Darren Till needs to win.
He said: “The problem with moderate pressure right now is that Israel has gotten to a position where it has been cleared out a bit.
“So Robert, who is right there and traveling on his way back, is grinding on his way back. But Darren Till is the first runner there. ”
Instead, Arnold Allen returns featherweight in his first fight from January 2020 while taking on Soqiq Yusuff. The Suffolk-born striker has won nine fights in a row and hopes to double the numbers by becoming the first to finish Yusuff in the UFC.
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Israel Adesanya returns to defend his UFC middleweight title
Welshman Jack Shore will also return to action after battling a return to Sub-Abu Dhabi in the summer of last summer, with the bantamweight taking on the Azure Hunter .
Cage Warriors alumni moved to 13-0 out in the United Arab Emirates and will be hoping to win another statement in the stacked 135lbs division.