Sorry, Dublin: UFC heading to Liverpool for first time for UFC Fight Night 130; Darren Till headlines

Come together, Liverpudlians: The UFC is coming to your city for the first time.

UFC Fight Night 130 is set for the birthplace of The Beatles, Liverpool, England, at Echo Arena on May 27. The promotion announced the card today.

Although no main event has been anounced, welterweight standout Darren Till (16-0-1 MMA, 4-0-1 UFC), a Liverpool native, will headline against an opponent still to be determined. The Sunday event is expected to air on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

Although the event had not been officially announced by the UFC prior to today, it was expected to take place at 3Arena in Dublin before this shift to Liverpool.

Counting UFC Fight Night 127, which takes place Saturday in London, the UFC has held 18 events in England. Ten have been in London, four in Manchester, two in Birmingham and one each in Newcastle and Nottingham. But never before has the promotion touched down in Liverpool.

Liverpool is the fifth largest metro area in the United Kingdom and the city is more than 800 years old.

Echo Arena, which opened 10 years ago, has a capacity of 11,000 and regularly has played host to MMA promotions like Cage Warriors, which has held six events there. Included in that mix is Cage Warriors 90, which took place there in February.

Till stayed unbeaten this past October when he stopped Donald Cerrone in the first round of the UFC Fight Night 118 main event in Poland. It was his biggest-name opponent to date. Till left Liverpool in 2012 and moved to Brazil, where he fought 12 of the first 13 fights of his career. He never has fought in England, let alone his home city of Liverpool.

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