As fans clamored for Darren Till’s London opponent to be announced, Gunnar Nelson was one of the top names floated for the task before the Liverpudlian was booked for main event duties alongside Jorge Masvidal.
It was the second time in less than a year that an outcry for the welterweight matchup was noted, the first of which came when Till was still without a dance partner for his Liverpool homecoming back in May.
Nelson was later booked to compete against Paradigm stablemate, Leon Edwards, but he admitted that he did not know that a fight with “Rocky” was in the cards until later in the matching process.