Darren Till wants to set the record straight on what went down in, and outside of, a hotel in the Canary Islands in April.

A month after he was knocked out by Jorge Masvidal at UFC London, reports surfaced that Till allegedly had engaged in a wild night of illegalities that landed him in jail. The original report from The Daily Mail alleged Till and four friends were arrested for trashing a hotel room and stealing a taxi while the driver loaded their belongings into the trunk.

Till and his friends had been asked to leave the hotel’s premises after allegedly smashing furniture and emptying a fire extinguisher. According to the report, the group’s members then went to a second hotel, where they were denied entry before the alleged taxi theft ensued.

In an interview with Fighters Only released Monday, Till detailed his side of what went down that night in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands off the coast of Spain. It is the first interview Till has done since he lost to Masivdal, and the first time he has publicly spoken on the taxi incident.

“Truthfully and honestly, we went on a lad’s birthday and we booked it for the while,” Tell said. “We were gone for two days and we were out there having a good time. It’s a nice place.

“Then we were in the hotel, and there were these other guys in the room. And we weren’t having trouble, but just a little bother broke out – not fights and whatnot. Obviously, the hotel didn’t get trashed. There was no criminal damage. But things got thrown and whatever.”

Till confirmed an incident that involved a stolen taxi, but claimed he was not in the vicinity until after the vehicle returned and the authorities had arrived. As soon as the police recognized the UFC star, Till said he knew what was coming next.

“I won’t name no names, but a taxi was not stolen – well, it was stolen and drove around the block a few times,” Till said. “I went (to) the scene. I was somewhere else. I had left the hotel, as well. Then when the police were rounding everyone up, they (saw) me. Straight away, the police was like, ‘Darren Till.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah,’ and I knew what was going on. I was like, ‘It’s all going to fall on me.’”

Shortly thereafter, Till and company were taken to a local jail. Despite the unfortunate situation, Till said the police at the jail went above and beyond to see his stay was as comfortable as possible – in exchange for an Instagram follow.

“Then they took me and my friends to the cells,” Till said. “It was funny because when you’re in there, you’re meant to be in the cells. One of the policemen trains jiu-jitsu. He’s like, ‘Follow me on Instagram and I’ll bring you some food in there.’ He actually brought me some chicken and rice and he was a nice guy. He kept my time good there.”

After he paid a fine, Till was released from jail. The 26-year-old welterweight was not happy with the amount of money he paid to get out.

“Then they made me pay a real, real scandalous fine,” Till said. “Like, nowhere near where it should have been.”

The native of Liverpool, England, said he accepts full responsibility for his actions, but isn’t going to make begging for anyone’s forgiveness a frequent occurrence.

Till said he thinks his notoriety and spotlight magnified the situation to be a bigger deal than it actually is.

“I’ll just deal with it all head-on now,” Till said. “I’ll deal with (coach) Colin (Heron) head on, whatever he wants to do to me. I’ll deal with all these consequences right now. I’m only human. I’m not sitting here asking for forgiveness. Why would I? It was just a stupid, silly thing what I’m sure many lads on stark holidays do – the only difference being I’m a very well-known character and it gets in the Daily Mail.”

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