Tony Ferguson, Dillon Danis, and Darren Until all received their respective bouts at Misfits 22 over the weekend, and it seems Ben Askren was just a little shocked by the end result.
Ferguson, as soon as a high identify within the UFC and a former interim light-weight champion, was on an eight-fight dropping streak till stopping influencer boxing star Salt Papi on the AO Area in Manchester.
In the meantime, Danis hadn’t fought MMA since his 2019 win over Max Humphrey at Bellator. Furthermore, he had misplaced a extremely publicized boxing match towards Logan Paul in 2023. ‘El Jefe’, nonetheless, got here again to profitable methods in dominant vogue as he claimed a 15-second submission win over Warren Spencer on the Misfits occasion.
Until, alternatively, has been having fun with a dominant run within the boxing circuit since shifting away from MMA. ‘The Gorilla’ delivered a vicious third-round KO over former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold at Misfits to increase his pro-boxing document to 3-0.
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Reacting to the information of the three fighters’ victories, Askren took to X with a sly dig, writing:
“What was the parlay on this!!”
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Regardless of the previous UFC star’s jibe, the outcomes have been hardly shocking in accordance with the chances makers. Simply 24 hours forward of the occasion, OddsChecker had listed Danis as a -1200 favourite and Until at -2000. The lone exception being ‘El Cucuy’, getting into as a +340 underdog towards Papi.
When Ben Askren discredited Dillon Danis’ MMA profession
Ben Asken does not appear to have any respect for Dillon Danis’ MMA accomplishments. ‘Funky’ believes the 32-year-old’s win has come towards subpar competitors.
Throughout a 2021 look on Logan Paul’s IMPAULSIVE podcast, the previous multi-promotional MMA champion discredited ‘El Jefe’s’ undefeated 2-0 run in Bellator, saying:
“Dillon Danis, he’s not even Bellator fighter… He’s underneath an MMA contract, and he hasn’t fought in two years. So, I do not know what he’s doing. He’s very low-level, too. Like he has fought two actually unhealthy guys. It isn’t like in Bellator; he’s combating the most effective guys in Bellator. He’s not even near that stage but.”
Apparently, following his Misfits 22 win, Danis has referred to as out the UFC brass, daring them to match him up towards their cream of the crop, together with reigning welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena.
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