Darren Till on Usman Nurmagomedov's slap on Merab: 'Just get the f*ck over it who cares'

The Liverpool fighter said "2000 years ago it wouldn't have been a slap it would have been an arrow" and told everyone going on about it: "Ur boring".

By Combat Sports UK Staff · Published Fri 13 Nov, 02:47 UK · AI-assisted reporting

Darren Till in the UFC Octagon — Photo: via MMA Weekly

Darren Till has told everyone to stop going on about Usman Nurmagomedov's slap on Merab Dvalishvili, writing on X on Thursday night: "We're fighters so just get the f*ck over it who cares."

The Liverpool fighter opened the post with: "Guys... I know Usman might of f*cked up giving Merab a slap. It's bad. But let's not go on and on about it."

Till then gave his own version of what happened. "Merab slapped one of his team, Usman slapped Merab. Social media making it bigger than it is," he wrote. "2000 years ago it wouldn't have been a slap it would have been an arrow so be thankful that we now live in a peaceful society."

He went on: "Is everyone going to stop crying or? It's a little slap. Slap slap slap. Sometimes we deserve it. I probably am due for a little slap to the face. Everyone now and then needs a little slap. It wakes u up. Stop going on will u all. Ur boring..."

Nurmagomedov slapped Dvalishvili in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday while Dvalishvili was giving an interview, days before RAF Abu Dhabi. Members of Nurmagomedov's team joined in before the fighters were pulled apart. Read our report on the brawl.

Others have been harsher. Daniel Cormier has said Nurmagomedov is in big trouble because of it, and UFC CEO Dana White was asked about the brawl at the UFC 334 press conference on Thursday and called it ridiculous.

Till left the UFC after a loss to Dricus du Plessis at UFC 282 and has since won back-to-back BKFC fights over Aaron Chalmers and Yoel Romero. Derek Brunson has called him out for a bare-knuckle rematch.

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