Darren Till couldn’t think what he was enjoying on Saturday in his battle sports return.

The one-time UFC title opposition completed for the very first time considering that December 2022 when he made his boxing launching in a four-round exhibit match versus Mohammad Mutie at Social Knockout 3. While Till eventually emerged triumphant, that wasn’t the most significant story. Instead, a strange scene unfolded after Mutie experienced a punch to the back of the head midway through the 2nd round, causing a disorderly brawl surpassing the ring.

“Mate, you’re an MMA fighter and you’re a fighter. This shit happens,” Till stated Monday on The MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Hour. “You’re rolling around on the floor for 20 minutes? Like, paramedics in there? And I’m just looking in disbelief, I’m like, ‘Is this really happening in my return?’ I just couldn’t believe it. I just think he just wanted a way out. He just felt my power in there, he knew I was finding my range, I was probably going to knock him out in that round. That’s what I was thinking in my head. And then, yeah, get the win off that, and then hell ensued.”

Till, 31, validated he unintentionally struck Mutie in back the head throughout a punching exchange however stays baffled by the scene that followed.

After wallowing appearing distress in the center of the ring, Mutie stood and strongly charged at Till. The Liverpudlian snapped out a left hand to keep Mutie at bay, and things rapidly degenerated from there, with both groups hurrying into the ring and beginning a wild fracas. At one point, Mutie even battled Till to the canvas with a single-leg takedown. The contest was eventually called a second-round TKO in Till’s favor.

“I’m just chilling. I’m just watching him on the floor, just like rolling around. I’m like, this guy’s not a fighter, he’s just a coward,” Till stated. “And then he comes by to me, he’s like, ‘I wanted to fight, the ref didn’t let me combat.’ I resembled, ‘Mate, save it.’

“I said, ‘I don’t want to hear it. I don’t want to hear excuses. Just jog on. See you later.’ And then he started shouting stuff and that. I said, ‘Mate, look, I think you’re a coward.’ And then I think he thought that, like, people were going to hold him back. He ran at me, and as he ran at me, I just went back to the striking days.”

According to Till, both the promoter of the occasion and the regional cops in Dubai called Mutie “a disgrace” for the fiasco. Till stated somebody even kicked him in the middle of the insaneness and he’s not delighted about it, however at the end of the day, all that matters is he emerged unharmed.

After accepting the bout on a lark as a way to get his damp feet in boxing and leap back into action after his July 20 bout with Julio Caesar Chavez Jr. failed, Till is selecting to take a look at his viral launching through the lens of all press being excellent press in the battle video game.

“You know what? The guy probably did us a favor, because look online,” Till stated. “The universe is discussing it, so it’s an advantage. It’s not a bad thing. Darren Till is constantly in the middle of some shite.

“But shit happens, mate. I’ve been brawls all my life. I’ve been amongst the chaos all my life. So look, it’s just another day in the office. Got the first [boxing] win … and now all these big fights, what I’ve been campaigning for, they’re going to come. So all in all, mate, bit of a mad week, last-minute fight, all good.”

Among those possibly huge battles, Till continued to call out Mike Perry and Jake Paul. He likewise drifted fellow UFC veterans Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal as possible challengers for his next getaway in the sweet science.

Notably, Diaz and Masvidal fulfilled in the boxing ring on Saturday also, with Diaz winning a 10-round bulk choice. That battle was Masvidal’s very first boxing match considering that 2005.

Of course, Till has his own history with Masvidal, having actually formerly suffered a knockout loss to “Gamebred” in the UFC back in 2019.

But despite where he goes from here, there’s one name Till undoubtedly won’t be dealing with in his next boxing endeavor — which’s the “coward” Mutie himself.

“There was a definitive winner, mate. The guy was rolling around for 20 minutes on the floor,” Till stated when inquired about a rematch. “He’s had his five minutes of fame. That was just a get-me-out-quick thing. He was never, ever going to win the fight. He was never going to do anything. He knows that as well. Even before the fight, he knew that.”