Dillon Danis is set to return to professional MMA competition for the first time in six years, taking on Warren Spencer at Misfits Boxing 22: Ring of Thrones.
The bout will serve as the promotion’s first MMA fight, marking a major shift for Misfits Boxing – best known for staging influencer and celebrity boxing events.
To make the moment even bigger, the winner will walk away with the promotion’s inaugural light-heavyweight title.
Danis has already fought under the Misfits banner, though not in MMA.
He made headlines last year in a high-profile boxing match with Logan Paul that ended in a disqualification after repeated grappling attempts and a post-fight brawl.
While the fight drew heavy criticism, it clearly did numbers – Misfits has brought him back to headline their first foray into MMA.
The move follows a previously scrapped plan to face KSI, which was canceled when KSI pulled out of their planned bout.
Although his opponent Warren Spencer will be making his MMA debut, Danis brings some prior experience into the cage.
He fought twice for Bellator back in 2018 and 2019, winning both matches by first-round submission.
Since then, Danis has stayed out of the sport, but he was recently booked to fight Tony Ferguson under the now-defunct GFL banner – so signs point to him having been training for a return to MMA already.
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