Former UFC title challenger Darren Until headlined Saturday’s Misfits Boxing 22 combat card in Manchester, England in opposition to former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold.
The 2 had intense face-offs and heated verbal exchanges through the week main as much as Saturday’s showdown. The 2 needed to be separated through the official weigh-ins.
Within the combat, Rockhold had some early success together with his jab however within the closing seconds of the opening spherical, Until despatched Rockhold to the canvas with a left hand. Rockhold struggled to make the depend however survived the spherical.
Within the second body, Rockhold once more was badly harm. Within the third, Until left Rockhold crumbled alongside the ropes bent over backwards from a seven-punch mixture.
Throughout the occasion’s post-fight press convention, Until mirrored on the knockout win and stated, ‘It was too simple.’
“Look, when it is all stated and performed, I put a number of laborious work into this camp. I felt like I wasn’t even pondering in there. My muscle reminiscence was identical to, it is simply coming all collectively,” Until stated.
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“Clearly, the knockout got here. I felt like I may have knocked him out at any level, however I simply wished to check issues, go to the physique and stuff like that. No disrespect, however he felt stiff in there,” Until continued. “To be sincere, it was very easy. It was too simple. I am unable to lie. It was simply really easy.”
With the win, Until moved to 4-0 as a boxer, and 3-0 as an expert pugilist.
