Dillon Danis has not too long ago captured MMA gold, and regardless of a number of situations of expressing his want to combat within the UFC, a former multi-time UFC welterweight title challenger thinks he’s ill-equipped for that degree of blended martial arts. Danis captured the MF MMA gentle heavyweight title with a sub-twenty-second end of Warren Spencer at Misfits Boxing 22 after over half a decade not competing in blended martial arts.
Danis has intimated on many events that he can beat the perfect the UFC has to supply, with that rhetoric ramping up extra after his Spencer win, however Colby Covington has his doubts. The polarizing pugilist was not too long ago discussing Danis in video footage posted to Covington’s private social media.
The previous UFC interim welterweight champion didn’t mince phrases when speaking about how the standout jiu-jitsu participant would do if he ever plied his commerce within the UFC’s octagon, Covington mentioned,
“He’s a bum, he’s at all times crying to get within the UFC. You f***ing suck Dillon. You’re by no means getting within the UFC.”
Dillon Danis eyes fights with Nate Diaz and Eddie Corridor
Dillon Danis is in a novel place after capturing gold within the first ever MMA combat in Misfits Boxing historical past with one in all Conor McGregor‘s arch rivals and a former World’s Strongest Man standing out as predominant choices. On the Misfits Boxing 22 post-fight press convention, Danis pointedly talked about Nate Diaz because the opponent he wished subsequent for his first-ever MF MMA title protection at 175 kilos.
Diaz was reportedly concerned in some negotiations to combat Darren Till in a boxing bout on this card earlier than former Strikeforce and UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold stepped as much as combat Until at MFB 22. Whether or not Diaz returns to the MMA world to tackle ‘El Jefe’ stays to be seen however Danis’ different potential opponent is giving some very long time MMA followers flashbacks to the Pride FC days of open weight spectacles.
This may be seen with Eddie Corridor with the former KSW competitor having an in-ring faceoff with Danis after his championship garnering end of Spencer. The previous World’s Strongest Man additionally not too long ago mentioned that he could be keen to drop over sixty kilos if that weight chopping pursuit would garner him a future blended martial arts contest in opposition to Dillon Danis.
