Dillon Danis wants into the UFC.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Danis picked up third professional MMA win, submitting Warren Spencer at Misfits Boxing 22 to claim the inaugural Misfits MMA title. To call the bout \u201cone-sided\u201d would be an overstatement, as Danis hit Spencer, who was making his MMA debut, with one punch before grabbing a guillotine choke and submitting him just 15 seconds into the bout.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was ready to go,\u201d Danis told MMA Fighting after the bout. \u201cI was ready to bang, to be honest. Once I hit him with that first shot, you could see he was going down, and he knew he was going down. I think he might have just \u2014 he tried to clinch and once you grab a hold of me, I\u2019m taking your neck, your arm, it doesn\u2019t matter what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fight was viewed by many as a setup fight and ultimately played out that way. But for Danis it was an important step because his end goal is to make it into the UFC.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt could be anybody. I\u2019ve been saying this,\u201d Danis said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter who was out there tonight, it would have been the same thing. It could have been six seconds, it could have been 10 seconds. I\u2019m on a different level and I\u2019ve known that from the beginning. That\u2019s the reason these guys don\u2019t want to fight me. \u2026 They\u2019re just scared to fight me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to get to the UFC, so they\u2019re forced to fight me. Because I can beat every single one of these guys. Kevin Holland, all the guys in the Top 15, they\u2019re all trash. I\u2019m going to beat everybody\u2019s ass.\u201d<\/p>\n
A world-class grappler, Danis has spent the past few years stirring up trouble in the influencer boxing space, while only fighting once. He briefly was tied to the UFC but Danis had no interest in fighting on Contender Series to make his way into the promotion. Instead, he\u2019s trying to catch the attention of the UFC matchmakers, and he believes this performance, and his entire fight week, may have done so.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re definitely watching,\u201d Danis said. \u201cStop hiding your guys from me, because you know I\u2019m going to beat them. I think the fans after this will be like, \u2018I want to see him.\u2019 I sold the fight. The UFC is so boring now. No one even cares. It\u2019s dying down. I can bring the whole entertainment, the whole package. I have the standup. I showed it tonight. I dropped the boxer, he ended up shooting on me, or driving in for the clinch. I took his neck, six seconds. At the end of the day it doesn\u2019t matter who they give me, I\u2019ll go in and fight any single guy they want. Any single guy off the bat. I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s Jack Della Maddalena. Doesn\u2019t matter who it is. Leon Edwards would be an easy one, any of those guys. Michael \u2018Venom\u2019 Page, I don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n
And if that doesn\u2019t happen soon, Danis already has plans for his next Misfits fight. Also at Misfits Boxing 22, Tony Ferguson got a win, stopping Salt Papi in their boxing match, which Danis hopes sets up a long-awaited battle between the two.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the fight I want to defend first, against Tony. I was happy for him to get the win. We talked and we said we\u2019re going to get the money. GFL was offering some crazy money. I said, no, we\u2019ll do Misfits. I think he still thinks GFL is going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n