Darren Till admits he only signed with BKFC because 'massive' offer was 'irrefusable': 'You can't be doing 10 fights in this'
New BKFC signee Darren Till still isn’t overly thrilled about the concept of gloveless combat.
After years of teasing a run in bare-knuckle boxing, Darren Till is BKFC-bound. The one-time UFC title challenger is set to take off the gloves at BKFC 90 on May 30 in Birmingham, England , facing fellow MMA veteran Aaron Chalmers. Till, 33, signed with the promotion earlier this month.
The news signaled the end of Till's run with Misfits Boxing, where he went undefeated in his three appearances in 2025. Till said Tuesday on “The Ariel Helwani Show” that his relationship with Misfits is still intact, but BKFC ultimately delivered a “massive” three-fight deal Till simply couldn’t pass up. "The reason bare-knuckle happened is because I couldn't turn down the offer,” Till told Uncrowned.
“It was irrefusable. The offer got laid to me, and you know what, I'm like, ‘Hey, I'm just signing on the dotted line. Let's fight.
’ The art of fighting, it doesn't matter who you fight. "It excited me. It got my juices flowing.