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Former UFC champ Robert Whittaker praises Darren Till for ‘beautiful’ performance at UFC 244

Darren Till earned a much needed win at Madison Square Garden this past Saturday, beating Kelvin Gastelum via split decision in the UFC 244 co-main event to cement himself as a legitimate contender in the UFC’s talent-stacked middleweight division.

Although it wasn’t the most entertaining bout in the world, former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker credited ‘The Gorilla’ for executing a near flawless gameplan and putting on a ‘beautiful’ performance in his 185-pound debut.

“Till was landing a lot of clean shots,” Whittaker said on a recent episode of his podcast, Grange TV (h/t BJPenn.