Darren Until and Luke Rockhold clearly can’t wait to punch one another within the face.
The previous UFC stars are set to satisfy within the Misfits Boxing 22 most important occasion however on Friday they hit the scales for the official weigh-ins the place each fighters made the bridgerweight restrict for his or her title bout. However stepping on the dimensions was removed from probably the most fascinating factor at this occasion as a result of Until was so fired up, he almost threw down with Rockhold earlier than they might even undergo the customary faceoff.
Until lunged at Rockhold with safety doing all the pieces potential to maintain them separated because the one-time UFC title challenger continued shouting at his opponent from throughout the stage.
“I’m going to f*cking kill you!” Until screamed at Rockhold.
Rockhold fired proper again at him and promised he would ship a end when he faces Until on Saturday.
“I’m going to place you down like a f*cking canine,” Rockhold stated. “You ain’t obtained it, Darren. I’m going to deal with you want a f*cking boy. I’m placing Darren down like a f*cking canine. Like I stated, I’m carried out. I’m placing him down.”
Until ultimately exited the stage via the gang and didn’t say anything exterior yelling a couple of extra expletives alongside the way in which.
Within the co-main occasion, former interim UFC champion Tony Ferguson and his opponent Salt Papi had been extra respectful in direction of one another than another combat on the complete card. Ferguson was all enterprise for his first weigh-in after leaving the UFC whereas Salt Papi, who’s giving up fairly a little bit of top and attain within the combat, was smiling however successfully silent throughout a quick faceoff.
Dillon Danis additionally made weight for his title combat towards Warren Spencer however that matchup wasn’t the one factor on his thoughts.
Earlier on Friday previous to the official weigh-ins, Danis obtained concerned in some form of altercation with Rockhold following a back-and-forth confrontation between them in the course of the pre-fight press convention.
Whereas no video of the incident has surfaced but, Danis took a victory lap publicly when addressing his prediction for the combat towards Spencer.
“I already knocked out Luke Rockhold at this time,” Danis claimed. “He’s a UFC former champion. That was simple so I’ll knock out ‘The Mechanic’ tomorrow after which I’ll combat KSI. I’m simply taking everyone out.”
Misfits Boxing 22 goes down Saturday from Manchester, England with the occasion airing stay on DAZN.
