Former UFC title challenger Darren Until headlined Saturday’s Misfits Boxing 22 struggle card in Manchester, England towards 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 struggle, Rockhold had some early success along 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 damage. 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 mentioned, ‘It was too simple.’
“Look, when it is all mentioned and achieved, I put quite a lot of onerous work into this camp. I felt like I wasn’t even considering in there. My muscle reminiscence was similar to, it is simply coming all collectively,” Until mentioned.
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“Clearly, the knockout got here. I felt like I might 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 can not lie. It was simply really easy.”
With the win, Until moved to 4-0 as a boxer, and 3-0 as an expert pugilist.
