Dillon Danis
Three professional MMA fights, three submissions, no losses. A black belt under Marcelo Garcia who has spent more of his career in the build-up than in the cage.
| MMA record | 3-0 |
|---|---|
| Wins by submission | 3 of 3 |
| Pro boxing | 0-1 |
| Age | 32 |
| Height / reach | 6′0″ / 72″ |
| Born | Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey |
| Team | SBG Ireland |
| Grappling | Black belt under Marcelo Garcia |
| Title | Inaugural Misfits MMA light heavyweight champion |
Every fight, in full
His record is short enough to list completely, which is unusual for a main event fighter and tells you something on its own.
Bellator 198, April 2018 — submitted Kyle Walker by toe hold in the first round on his professional debut.
Bellator 222, June 2019 — submitted Max Humphrey by armbar, again in the first round.
Misfits, August 2025 — returned after a six-year layoff and submitted Warren Spencer with a guillotine in fifteen seconds to take the inaugural light heavyweight title.
Three fights, three first-round submissions, six years of gap between the second and third. The grappling is not in question. The question is everything around it.
The other results
His single professional boxing appearance was the 2023 exhibition against Logan Paul, which ended in a disqualification loss. More recently he lost a wrestling match to former UFC champion Khamzat Chimaev by pinfall under the RAF banner.
He came into public view as a training partner of Conor McGregor's during the peak of that career, at SBG Ireland, which is where most people first heard the name.
What he needs against Perry
The floor, quickly. Three submissions in three fights is a real credential and if this becomes a grappling exchange he is the more qualified man by a distance.
Getting there is the problem. Entries into a takedown are the most dangerous moment available to a grappler facing a puncher, and the ring removes the fence he would otherwise use to trap an opponent. Perry has twelve knockouts and no interest in a technical fight.
Activity is the other question. Three professional fights spread across eight years is very little cage time against a man with twenty-three, and being highly skilled is not the same as being sharp.
More on Perry and the stylistic breakdown.