‘I’ve been suffering for the past two years’ — Darren Till explains request for UFC release

Darren Till during the press conference for UFC 282.When Darren Till announced he requested a release from the UFC, the only reason he gave for doing so was to ‘sort some other s—t [out] for the foreseeable’.

Though originally vague on what ‘some other s—t’ was, Till has since revealed that injuries he has been dealing with since his loss to Robert Whittaker at UFC Fight Island 3 nearly three years ago are still plaguing him. At the time, the ‘Gorilla’ expected to get surgery to repair a torn MCL, but that was only the first of several injuries he’s had to endure.

“Basically I’ve been suffering for the past two years, and it’s no secret I think now, at this point,” said Till in a recent…