UFC 228: 4 reasons why Darren Till will beat Tyron Woodley

#2: He’s got a size advantage

Till appeared to have a size advantage over Woodley in a recent staredown

Now, this is somewhat of a controversial area to point at as an advantage for Till, as it’s a well-known fact that he struggles to hit the 170lbs limit for the Welterweight division and in fact missed weight twice recently – he only managed to make 176lbs for his May 2017 fight with Jessin Ayari and then missed by 4lbs this May against Stephen Thompson.

Assuming he can make the weight, though – and admittedly, that’s a big if – ‘The Gorilla’ should live up to his nickname and have a large size advantage over Woodley come fight time. Till has already pointed out in a recent interview that he was surprised by how much bigger than the champion he appeared to be during a staredown between the two at the UFC’s recent 25th Anniversary press conference, and although he admitted Woodley is a “big dude”, he still expects to be bigger in the cage.

Realistically, this should be the first time that Woodley’s been faced with a bigger foe inside the Octagon during his UFC tenure. He’s faced long and rangy Welterweights before like Carlos Condit and Dong Hyun Kim, both of whom had a reach advantage, but they weren’t as broad as Till. The Englishman, in fact, might be the biggest fighter in the division right now, period.

Woodley is a great wrestler, but can he really expect to physically overpower a fighter as big as Till, even with his clear grappling advantage? If he can’t, it could mean trouble for him on Saturday.