It’s a terrible sequence of events that started with Danis’ injury and resignation.
Given his history, why would anyone sign up to fight Danis? Nate Diazwho fought Perry earlier this year and was hoping for a replayis baffled by Perry’s decision and believes that Danis cut himself on purpose to avoid a fight.
“Why are you fighting this guy? He’s a king, not a fighter,” Diaz said MMA junkie. “He’s the af-king of p-sy b-ch. People fall for it. I’m like, ‘Anyone who wants to fight him, beat his ass in a bathroom somewhere.’ You don’t have to fight this guy. He’s a king, not a suitable opponent. Embarrassing that he’s even trying to fight people. He’s scared. He cut himself to avoid a fight. That’s crazy to me.”
Unfortunately, there are only a small number of high-profile free agents in the MMA sphere, and Dillon Danis kind of qualifies. For a fighter like Perry, Danis has a unique risk-reward ratio: the risk is high that Danis will quit, not win! Meanwhile, his name is valuable enough to make the event bigger. In this case, “Platinum” was lit.