Dillon Danis missed his scheduled Misfits MMA title combat towards Anthony Taylor because of medical points stemming from UFC 322.
Dillon Danis’ controversial profession gave the impression to be on target after his profitable efficiency in his MMA comeback combat towards Warren Spencer at Misfits 22 earlier this 12 months. Danis defeated Spencer with a guillotine in simply 15 seconds, profitable the inaugural Misfits MMA Mild Heavyweight Championship.
The win marked Danis’ first MMA bout since going 2-0 underneath the Bellator banner in 2018-2019. Danis competed in an expert boxing match towards Logan Paul in 2023 and misplaced by disqualification.
Danis was scheduled to settle his long-running feud with Anthony Taylor in his first protection of the Misfits MMA title in Dubai later this month. Nonetheless, just a few weeks earlier than the occasion, Danis was concerned in a cageside brawl with members of Islam Makhachev’s group at UFC 322 and was pressured to withdraw from the bout with an harm.
Dillon Danis’ UFC 322 brawl forces him to withdraw from Misfits MMA title combat
Misfits Boxing introduced the information of the cancellation of Danis vs. Taylor in a latest press launch.
“Sadly, Dillon Danis is not going to be competing within the Battle Earlier than Christmas occasion in Dubai on December 20, 2025,” the assertion learn.
“Impartial medical doctors have decided that he’s not medically cleared to compete at the moment on account of the brawl that occurred at Madison Sq. Backyard final month. We need to be very frank. This name is made solely by medical specialists. Though Dillon has insisted on the whole lot attainable to stay on the cardboard, the medical doctors don’t intend to clear him to compete this month.”
“Misfits Boxing takes the well being of our athletes very significantly, and we absolutely anticipate him to return to the Misfits ring in 2026 to defend his Misfits MMA title.”
As of this writing, the precise nature of Danis’ harm is unknown, as is his timetable for a return to the cage.
Taylor will face Danis’ substitute Neeraj Goyat on December 20 in Dubai. The 34-year-old hasn’t fought in MMA since October 2013.
