UFC Fight Night 129 - Maia vs. Usman --- UFC Fight Night 131 - Rivera vs. Moraes
UFC Fight Night 130: Thompson vs. Till is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on May 27, 2018, at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England.
Fight card
Main card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight Stephen Thompson vs. Darren Till
Welterweight Neil Magny vs. Craig White
Featherweight Arnold Allen vs. Mads Burnell
Featherweight Jason Knight vs. Makwan Amirkhani
Bantamweight Davey Grant vs. Manny Bermudez
Middleweight Eric Spicely vs. Darren Stewart
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight Cláudio Silva vs. Nordine Taleb
Middleweight Dan Kelly vs. Tom Breese
Welterweight Brad Scott vs. Carlo Pedersoli Jr.
Women's Flyweight Gillian Robertson vs. Molly McCann
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Middleweight Elias Theodorou vs. Trevor Smith
Women's Bantamweight Gina Mazany vs. Lina Länsberg
Background
The event was initially expected to take place in Dublin. However, at the pre-fight press conference for UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov, the promotion indicated that the event would be contested in Liverpool. While the UFC has hosted many events across England, the event will be the first contested in Liverpool.
A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Stephen Thompson and Darren Till has been slated to headline the event.
A welterweight bout between Neil Magny and Gunnar Nelson was expected to take place at this event. However on April 28, it was reported that Nelson pulled out of the fight due to a knee injury. On May 15, promotional newcomer Craig White was announced as Magny's new opponent.
Promotional newcomer Don Madge was briefly linked to a bout with David Teymur at the event. However, Madge pulled out of the fight in late April with an undisclosed injury. As a result, Teymur was removed from the card entirely and rescheduled to face Nik Lentz the following week at UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes.
Salim Touahri was scheduled to face Brad Scott at the event. However, Touahri pulled out of the fight in mid-May citing a knee injury. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Carlo Pedersoli Jr.