Dillon Danis Withdraws from Fight Against Mike Perry
Dillon Danis is out. Again.
The MMA loudspeaker who built a career on callouts and chaos rather than consistent cage time has withdrawn from yet another booked fight, this time just days before he was due to face Mike Perry at Duel Arena 1 inside the Kia Center in Orlando on Saturday.
Perry broke the news himself at Thursday’s pre-fight press conference, revealing that Danis had gone dark in fight week.
According to Perry, there was “no communication” from Danis. No back-and-forth. No negotiations. Just silence, followed by the need for a new opponent.
The show, though, goes on. The bare-knuckle star, unbeaten since reinventing himself outside the UFC, will now meet Brandon Jenkins, a former UFC competitor, in an MMA bout. It’s a late switch, but Perry has made a habit of embracing chaos since he walked away from the UFC in 2021 and turned himself into one of combat sports’ most reliable brawlers.
Danis, by contrast, has turned himself into something else entirely.
On paper, his MMA record still looks clean: 3-0. In reality, his recent combat résumé is littered with losses in other arenas. He has been more active in trash talk and trolling than in actual sanctioned fights, dropping grappling, wrestling and boxing matches while building a reputation as a magnet for drama.
His last two RAF outings ended in defeat to Khamzat Chimaev and Colby Covington. His high-profile boxing venture against Logan Paul in 2023 also ended in a loss. The lone bright spot in recent years came back in August 2025, when he returned to MMA and blew through newcomer Warren Spencer in just 15 seconds to claim the inaugural Misfits MMA light heavyweight title. It was explosive. It hinted at what he could be if he ever stayed active.
Then the familiar pattern returned.
On Thursday, after Perry had already announced the withdrawal, Danis surfaced on Instagram with a video showing a gruesome arm injury. The caption read, “S*** happens in the fight game. Beyond disappointed.” The clip offered an explanation, but not much comfort to those who have watched him pull out, disappear, or drift into side shows instead of building a sustained MMA run.
While Danis’ future drifts back into question, Perry’s path looks far clearer.
This weekend marks only his second MMA fight since leaving the UFC, but his stock has never been higher. He has flourished in bare-knuckle fighting, turning his brawling instincts and durability into must-watch events. In May, he added another notable scalp, defeating Nate Diaz on the Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano undercard at the MVP MMA event on Netflix, a win that reinforced his status as one of the sport’s most dependable action fighters.
Now he takes that momentum into Orlando, opponent changed but mission unchanged.
For Danis, the story remains stuck on the same question, one that grows louder each time a bout falls apart: will he ever put the talking aside long enough to build a real MMA career again?
