Luke Littler beats Luke Humphries in decider after freak injury to world No1’s finger in 2nd Premier League Darts night

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LUKE LITTLER beat Luke Humphries in the second night of the Premier League Darts.

The two Lukes went head-to-head in the final in Glasgow after surviving scares in the earlier rounds.

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Luke Littler celebrates during a darts match.

Luke Littler beat Luke Humphries 6-5 to win the second night of Premier League Darts[/caption]

Luke Littler holding a BetMGM Premier League Darts trophy.

It was Littler’s first Premier League Darts victory this year[/caption]

Taylor Maxwell, a darts player, holding three darts.

Humphries had to battle a cut on the middle finger of his throwing hand during the match.

But Cool Hand Luke still remained a match for his opponent for most of the final, as eight legs past without a single break of throw.

Littler, however, produced the highlight of the early exchanges as he pulled off a stunning 170 finish to win the third leg – allowing him to perform the famous ‘Big Fish’ celebration.

The Nuke would admit after the match that neither player had impressed in the early exchanges, with his 170 being an exception.

And he looked like he had blown his chance when he bust on-throw in the ninth leg, under pressure from a crowd that drew the ire of both players, and the referee.

At one point, a fan was even ordered to stop whistling by the official.

But in the tenth leg, Littler managed to break back, which left him with the throw in the decider.

And it was the world champion to claim victory on the second night of the Premier League darts.

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Littler reached the final of night two after an incredible quarter-final and semi-final.

He first pulled off an epic comeback against Rob Cross, in which he won from 5-1 down and survived three match darts.

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The teenager then continued his good form with a semi-final win against Michael van Gerwen.

Littler destroyed his World Championship final opponent 6-2 in a match that never looked in doubt.

Humphries, on the other hand, pulled off two comebacks as he beat both Chris Dobey and Gerwyn Price despite being 4-2 down in both games.

Luke Humphries throwing a dart during a darts match.

Humphries had won the first night of the competition[/caption]

List of all-time Darts World Champions

BELOW is a list of darts world champions by year.

The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.

That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.

1994 – Dennis Priestley
1995 – Phil Taylor
1996 – Phil Taylor (2)
1997 – Phil Taylor (3)
1998 – Phil Taylor (4)
1999 – Phil Taylor (5)
2000 – Phil Taylor (6)
2001 – Phil Taylor (7)
2002 – Phil Taylor (8)
2003 – John Part
2004 – Phil Taylor (9)
2005 – Phil Taylor (10)
2006 – Phil Taylor (11)
2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
2008 – John Part (2)
2009 – Phil Taylor (12)
2010 – Phil Taylor (13)
2011 – Adrian Lewis
2012 – Adrian Lewis (2)
2013 – Phil Taylor (14)
2014 – Michael van Gerwen
2015 – Gary Anderson
2016 – Gary Anderson (2)
2017 – Michael van Gerwen (2)
2018 – Rob Cross
2019 – Michael van Gerwen (3)
2020 – Peter Wright
2021 – Gerwyn Price
2022 – Peter Wright (2)
2023 – Michael Smith
2024 – Luke Humphries
2025 – Luke Littler

Most World Titles

14 – Phil Taylor
3 – Michael van Gerwen
2 – John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
1 – Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler

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