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Dillon Danis out; Mike Perry gets replacement opponent on 48 hours’ notice

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Dillon Danis out; Mike Perry gets replacement opponent on 48 hours’ notice

Dillon Danis has dropped out of his fight against Mike Perry with just 48 hours to go until the event takes place.

On Thursday at a scheduled pre-fight press conference, Perry actually made the announcement that Danis pulled out of the fight and he'll be replaced by UFC and MVP MMA veteran Brandon Jenkins. Perry vs. Jenkins now headlines the Dual Arena card on Saturday with the show expected to be broadcast on pay-per-view.

“This p*ssy ass bitch Dillon Danis didn't show the f*ck up,†Perry said. “He's not here. He backed the f*ck out because he's a p*ssy.

“I want to give a shout out to my new opponent Brandon Jenkins. He's getting on a plane right now. He's flying here to weigh in the morning like a professional and fight me on Saturday night.â€

Of course, this isn't the first time Danis has signed up for a fight and then dropped out for various reasons. He famously booked a pair of boxing matches against KSI but neither event actually took place after Danis dropped out of the fight.

While Danis has been more active lately including a pair of wrestling matches against Colby Covington and Khamzat Chimaev in RAF, this was his first scheduled MMA fight since he defeated an overmatched Warren Spencer in Misfits back in August 2025.

As for Jenkins, he accepts the fight on short notice after most recently getting a win over Chris Avila on the MVP MMA card held in California back in May.

Perry vs. Jenkins now headlines the card, which also features the return of UFC veteran Jimi Manuwa as well as Phil Rowe with both fighters competing in separate boxing matches.

“Shit happens in the fight game,†Danis wrote. “Beyond disappointed.â€

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Nina Drama denies being forced to wear hijab for Movsar Evloev interview

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Nina Drama denies being 'forced' to wear hijab for Movsar Evloev interview
Nina-Marie Daniele says she wore a hijab for her interview with
Movsar
Evloev out of respect.

Evloev is scheduled to challenge Alexander
Volkanovski for the
Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight title at
UFC 333 on Oct. 24 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Daniele's
decision to wear a hijab while interviewing the Muslim fighter drew
criticism online, prompting her response.

Nina-Marie Daniele explains why she wore a hijab for Movsar
Evloev interview ahead of UFC 333

During the interview, Evloev said his religious beliefs would
prevent him from looking at her if she were dressed less modestly.
Daniele defended her choice, explaining that she wanted to make him
comfortable. She also said participation in her interviews is
voluntary and that no one forced her to wear the hijab.

“At the end of the day it's always about respect,†Daniele wrote on
X. “I have so much respect for all my Muslim friends. I love
learning about cultures and I'm so grateful for the UFC for giving
me the opportunity to travel the world. Some people are offended
and that's fine, this came from a place of respect and wanting to
be able to make Movsar
Evloev comfortable in our interview. My interviews are not
‘mandatory' and never were, the fighters that show up show up
because they want to and I was in no way shape or form ‘forced' to
do anything. Thank you to Movsar and his team for giving me the
opportunity to show the fans a different side of him! I'm so happy
people are enjoying the interview!â€

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Arman Tsarukyan wrestles Anthony Pettis in RAF 15 main event

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Arman Tsarukyan wrestles Anthony Pettis in RAF 15 main event

Anthony Pettis is out of his scheduled RAF debut against Donald Cerrone and is instead hunting bigger game.

On Tuesday, Real American Freestyle announced that Pettis will challenge Arman Tsarukyan for his RAF middleweight crossover title in the main event of RAF 15, which takes place on Nov. 28 at NOW Arena in Chicago.

RAF 15 was originally set to be headlined by Henry Cejudo vs. Song Yadong. That bout now serves as the co-main event.

MMA Fighting confirmed that Tsarukyan is still wrestling Neiman Gracie at RAF Abu Dhabi on Nov. 14 in a non-title bout. Meanwhile, Donald Cerrone is now out of RAF 15 altogether.

Tsarukyan won the vacant RAF crossover middleweight title this past weekend with a tech fall over Dillon Danis at RAF 14 in Las Vegas.

Pettis, meanwhile, has never competed in freestyle wrestling before, and last competed in any combat sport in 2024, losing a unanimous decision to Chris Avila in a boxing match.

Mike Heck contributed to this report.

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Morning Report | Paddy Pimblett: Movsar Evloev ‘quit’ in loss to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 333

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Morning Report | Paddy Pimblett: Movsar Evloev ‘quit’ in loss to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 333

Movsar Evloev, 20-0 no longer. But apparently, his UFC 333 loss to Alexander Volkanovski is deeper than that.

The top featherweight contender updated his Instagram bio following his disappointing knockout defeat at the hands of Volkanovski, but not to 20-1.

Instead, Evloev is now “0-1,” signaling a new beginning, perhaps? At 32, Evloev is not a young man in the 145-pound division, but perhaps there’s still room for him to grow and even if he can’t beat Volkanovski, can he hang around long enough for Volkanovski to exit and then step into his place as a future champion?

What do you all think of Evloev’s profile tweak?

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