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Israel Adesanya is still keen to defend his UFC middleweight title against Darren Till, despite Till’s defeat to Robert Whittaker.<\/p>\n
Till put up a brave and determined performance against former champion Whittaker in the main event of the final card staged at UFC’s Fight Island.<\/p>\n
Whittaker was taken the distance by the Liverpudlian and earned scores of 48-47 by all three judges despite having to get off the mat in the final round. He won his first bout since dropping the title to Adesanya in October 2019.<\/p>\n
There is likely to be clamor for Whittaker (22-5-0) to earn another crack at Adesanya, who himself took to social media to state his desire to one day go up against Till.<\/p>\n
“I still wanna fight Till one day,” he posted on Twitter. “His striking is beautiful. Stay up Darren!”<\/p>\n
Till (18-3-1) has now lost three of his past four fights but his performance against Whittaker is unlikely to hurt his stock too much.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old believes he showed he is at championship level and is keen to fight Whittaker again if he does not get the rematch with Adesanya next.<\/p>\n
“There are a few fights there. If Rob doesn’t get a title shot, I’d really enjoy going to New Zealand and fighting him again,” Till said.<\/p>\n
“It was a close fight against a former champion, but I’m up there. I’ve shown how clinically good I am at striking.”<\/p>\n
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