Darren Till fought Derek Brunson at UFC Vegas 36 with a ‘completely torn ACL’ in his right knee.
The injury was revealed by UFC color commentator Michael Bisping, who was told about it immediately after the fight. Colin Heron — the head coach of Till — has now confirmed the injury to Brett Okamoto of ESPN on Wednesday and explained how it happened as well as why the Team Kaobon product made the decision to fight on.
“It happened about nine weeks out, wrestling,” Heron told Okamoto. “We got it scanned, looked at properly.