Ex-UFC fighter shows support for "friend" Daniel Kinahan

Nicola Tallant· Host0:00

[gentle music] Former UFC fighter Darren Till extended his support to his friend Daniel Kinahan during a podcast appearance. Till, who was previously represented by the cartel boss, spoke out following Daniel's arrest in Dubai late last week. Today, I'm talking to Niall Donald about Daniel Kinahan and how his crimes have seeped into the world of boxing. I'm Nicola Tallant, and you're listening to Crime World, a podcast from crimeworld.com. There was one point that a lot of boxers and, uh, friends of Daniel Kinahan were very quick to defend him, to, um, talk about how he had no criminal convictions and that he was basically being misrepresented in the media. One of the kind of chief cheerleaders at that time was the UFC fighter Darren Till, and I found it interesting to watch the podcast he did the other day when he just wasn't quite as forthcoming. Um, of course, since his arrest, he was asked directly about that, and he just sort of said he hopes he's okay.

Niall Donald· Guest1:03

Yeah, I mean, and he also then complained about constantly being linked to him in newspapers, particularly in his home city of Liverpool.

Nicola Tallant· Host1:11

Mm.

Niall Donald· Guest1:11

He's, he basically said, "Every time they talk about me," they bring up the fact that he was, uh, a close friend to Daniel Kinahan. But of course, they only bring it up because he made a point of- He did ... of putting it out there at the time.

Nicola Tallant· Host1:22

And of course, he did that photograph with Kinahan in Dubai. Um, I don't think that Daniel Kinahan had been photographed