Luke Rockhold and Darren Until practically got here to blows throughout a unstable Misfits 22 press convention on Wednesday, and Dillon Danis even acquired concerned within the close to brawl.
The motion began earlier than the fighters have been even seated, with Until and Rockhold shouting at one another from throughout the dais with safety swooping in to maintain the fighters separated. Until even tried to run round to a different facet of the tables to flee safety so he might take a swipe at Rockhold as they continued launching expletives in a heated change.
The insults got here quick and livid from each fighters, with Until ultimately claiming that Rockhold refused to face him in an eight-round combat on Saturday.
“Let’s make it eight rounds,” Until shouted. “You stated to Mams [Taylor] you’d pull out of the combat if it was eight. I’m prepared for eight. So who’s the coke head?”
Rockhold fired again and accepted the problem, though even an tried handshake between them on stage practically erupted right into a full-on brawl.
“Make it 11 [rounds],” Rockhold answered. “I’ll take [out] Dillon’s bitch ass. I’ll combat Dillon totally free.”
Sure, in fact, Danis additionally acquired concerned within the close to melee because the all the time outspoken grappler took intention in any respect the fighters on the stage whereas additionally addressing his upcoming opponent, Warren Spencer.
“There’s plenty of guys up there that stated they might combat MMA, however when the contract got here round, all of them ran,” Danis stated. “Darren’s boxing now, so I respect him, however Rockhold turned it down, Tony [Ferguson] turned it down, everyone else turned it down.
“No person needed to combat me. So truthful play to Spencer, however he’s a lifeless man strolling.”
That led to much more shouting and near-fights breaking out, with Danis persevering with to taunt his potential opposition.
“I’ll combat you proper now,” Rockhold shouted at Danis. “Proper f*cking now.”
In the end, there wasn’t a lot of a question-and-answer session as Until and Rockhold dominated the press convention with fixed back-and-forth between them. They appeared to ultimately comply with make the primary occasion an eight-round combat, with Until threatening to not present up if these stipulations weren’t added.
“This combat’s now eight rounds or I received’t be preventing,” Until stated. “You’re not prepared. You’re not prepared, d*ckhead.”
Misfits 22 goes down Saturday from Manchester, England, airing reside on DAZN.
