Chael Sonnen always manages to dissect comments from fighters and figure out where they are mentally. He recently took aim at UFC middleweight Darren Till and he did not hold back.
Darren Till recently made some comments on Israel Adesanya and admitted he was not close to the fight. Chael Sonnen recently spoke about it on his YouTube channel and he did not hold back on the UFC middleweight.
“I don’t know where Darren Till’s mind is at right now,” the former UFC fighter said. “I know that he’s doing all of the right things. I know from a marketing standpoint this friendship he’s got with (Khamzat) Chimaev, this is the most unlikely duo that you can’t quit watching. It’s very interesting. Then you’ve got (Michael) Bisping telling stories, and these guys are shopping together and documenting the whole thing. Like it’s really fun. Till is in a really good place. Till’s training has got to be great. We know the stuff that they are doing out in Sweden. We know the sacrifices that Till is going through. I am trusting that you guys follow this stuff online and when they put out these different things on YouTube. I do.”
Chael Sonnen took the compliment sandwich approach as he gave the UFC middleweight a lot of credit for working with Khamzat Chimaev. What he didn't like was the lack of confidence while talking about Israel Adesanya.
“So we know that he is sacrificing, we know that he wants to get better and specifically with Chimaev, that seems to be an offering to the missing piece of Darren Till’s game,” the former UFC fighter said. “So at least, in theory, we are checking a lot of boxes. But then I tell you I don’t know where Darren Till is at mentally. If somebody ever goes through you. Not just you get beat but somebody goes through you. You weren’t ultra competitive. Psychologically you will question yourself. At least in the short term. At least for the next fight and maybe couple of fights. To make sure you’ve done what is needed to close that gap. So it would be very normal if Darren Till is living with those questions right now.
Till just did an interview that had to do with Izzy Adesanya,” the UFC analyst continued. “Now when people talk to Till, they talk to him like a star. The questions keep coming back like a main eventer. The questions he’s getting asked are what you would ask a champion or a main eventer or a number one contender. All of which Till was. And Till for the first time ever gave a response that lacked confidence. The response to Adesanya was ‘that fight is a long ways away but’, he finished with something – I don’t need to hear anything else. I do not have to hear anything else. It’s the first time Till has ever spoke and shown a weakness. And it is relevant. I think he’s questioning himself. That’s all I am saying. It is not a big deal. It would be very normal if he was.”
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