Like it or not, Dillon Danis can finally call himself an MMA champion.<\/p>\n
The polarizing grappler made short work of MMA newcomer Warren Spencer on Saturday at Misfits Boxing 22<\/a>, capturing the inaugural Misfits MMA light heavyweight title with a 15-second submission win at the AO Arena in Manchester, England.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The bout marked Danis’ first MMA fight since 2019.<\/p>\n Afterward, Danis appeared to make an agreement with English strongman Eddie Hall for a potential matchup.<\/p>\n “I’ll get under 300 pounds for you,” Hall said in the ring.<\/p>\n “Alright, we have a deal,” Danis said, before also calling out UFC pound-for-pound star Islam Makhachev<\/a> and Misfits Boxing co-founder KSI.<\/p>\n A jiu-jitsu black belt, Danis (3-0) wasted little time going straight to his strengths on Saturday, locking into an early clinch with the debuting Spencer (0-1), then easily taking the English influencer down and securing the fight-ending guillotine choke from the mount position, prompting a quick tap.<\/p>\n Danis, 32, rose to notoriety as a grappling specialist and training partner of former UFC two-division champion Conor McGregor, however his combat sports career stalled in recent years. Danis scored a pair of first-round submissions under the Bellator banner in 2018-19, but then didn’t compete again until a bizarre 2023 boxing match against Logan Paul that ended in a disqualification loss for Danis.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Danis then saw two scheduled fights fall apart in early 2025 \u2014 an MMA bout against Tony Ferguson<\/a> for the ill-fated Global Fight League and a Misfits Boxing match against British influencer KSI.<\/p>\n