Dillon Danis set off a firestorm at the Misfits Boxing 22 weigh-ins on August 29, 2025, claiming he knocked out former UFC champion Luke Rockhold in a backstage brawl. The clash happened in Manchester, England, before their fights at the AO Arena on August 30. Danis, set to face Warren Spencer in Misfits’ first MMA bout, also called out former UFC champion Daniel Cormier as his next target. The event, streaming live on DAZN, features Rockhold boxing Darren Till in the main event.
Danis’s Weigh-In Claims
At the Misfits 22 weigh-ins, Danis bragged about the incident.
“Well, I already knocked out Luke Rockhold today,” Danis said at the Misfits 22 weigh-ins. “He’s a former UFC champion, that was easy. So I’ll knock out [Spencer] tomorrow, and then I’ll fight KSI after that. I’m just taking everybody out.”
He added details about their past, saying:
“I used to train with [Rockhold]. I used to play around with him. He used to be begging me to train him. ‘Oh, please help me for my fight,’ and now you turn on me. He’s washed up now. He’s 40 years old looking for some kind of fight. I don’t know what the hell he’s doing. But I used to train with him. He shook my hand. He’s like KSI. They talk a lot, but there’s no action.”
Dillon Danis launches an rant on Luke Rockhold
Full interview link: https://t.co/HtKglg88az pic.twitter.com/jn1bgW9Iof
— Abbas Younas (@AbbasYounas___) August 28, 2025
A photo shared by Happy Punch showed Danis grabbing Rockhold’s throat, with security stepping in. Rockhold posted an image of a cut on his back, but no video confirms Danis’s knockout claim.
Dillon Danis and Luke Rockhold reportedly got into a fight at the Misfits 22 weigh-ins this morning pic.twitter.com/fMo9sNSbYM
— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) August 29, 2025
The brawl followed a heated press conference on August 28, where Danis taunted Rockhold about his past relationship with Demi Lovato, saying, “Why did Demi Lovato turn gay after you f—ed her?” Rockhold fired back, calling Danis a “bitch” and offering to fight him for free.
Dillon Danis to Luke Rockhold:
“You turned Demi Lovato gay. Why did Demi Lovato turn gay after you f***ed her?”
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— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) August 28, 2025
Ask @dillondanis how his face feels? https://t.co/vE1UGZBiQy
— Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) August 29, 2025
At the weigh-ins, words turned physical, with security stopping the scuffle. Rockhold responded on X, quote-tweeting a video of their verbal spat, saying, “Ask @dillondanis how his face feels?” suggesting he landed blows too. Danis tweeted, “DC’s fat ass is next,” taking aim at Cormier, a close friend of Rockhold’s.
Past controversies, like the UFC 229 brawl and Danis’s 2023 DQ loss to Paul, show his knack for chaos.
