Darren
Till and
Dricus Du
Plessis have agreed to a middleweight bout at
UFC 282.
ESPN was first to bring word of the pairing, which is close to
being finalized. UFC 282 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las
Vegas on Dec. 10 and is expected to feature a light heavyweight
championship rematch between
Jiri
Prochazka and
Glover
Teixeira.
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Till has yet to compete in 2022 after being forced to
withdraw from a proposed matchup against
Jack
Hermansson in July due to injury. The former welterweight title
challenger has lost four of his last five Octagon appearances and
is coming off a third-round submission defeat to
Derek
Brunson at UFC Fight Night 191 in September 2021.
A former KSW champion, Du Plessis is 3-0 thus far in UFC
competition. Most recently, the South African defeated
Brad
Tavares via uanimous decision at UFC 276 to run his
professional mark to 17-2.