Luke Rockhold and Darren Till nearly came to blows during a volatile Misfits 22 press conference on Wednesday, and Dillon Danis even got involved in the near brawl.
The action started before the fighters were even seated, with Till and Rockhold shouting at each other from across the dais with security swooping in to keep the fighters separated. Till even tried to run around to another side of the tables to escape security so he could take a swipe at Rockhold as they continued launching expletives in a heated exchange.
The insults came fast and furious from both fighters, with Till eventually claiming that Rockhold refused to face him in an eight-round fight on Saturday.
“Let’s make it eight rounds,” Till shouted. “You said to Mams [Taylor] you would pull out of the fight if it was eight. I’m ready for eight. So who’s the coke head?”
Rockhold fired back and accepted the challenge, although even an attempted handshake between them on stage nearly erupted into a full-on brawl.
“Make it 11 [rounds],” Rockhold answered. “I’ll take [out] Dillon’s bitch ass. I will fight Dillon for free.”
Yes, of course, Danis also got involved in the near melee as the always outspoken grappler took aim at all the fighters on the stage while also addressing his upcoming opponent, Warren Spencer.
“There’s a lot of guys up there that said they could fight MMA, but when the contract came around, they all ran,” Danis said. “Darren’s boxing now, so I respect him, but Rockhold turned it down, Tony [Ferguson] turned it down, everybody else turned it down.
“Nobody wanted to fight me. So fair play to Spencer, but he’s a dead man walking.”
That led to even more shouting and near-fights breaking out, with Danis continuing to taunt his potential opposition.
“I’ll fight you right now,” Rockhold shouted at Danis. “Right f*cking now.”
Ultimately, there wasn’t much of a question-and-answer session as Till and Rockhold dominated the press conference with constant back-and-forth between them. They appeared to eventually agree to make the main event an eight-round fight, with Till threatening not to show up if those stipulations weren’t added.
“This fight’s now eight rounds or I won’t be fighting,” Till said. “You’re not ready. You’re not ready, d*ckhead.”
Misfits 22 goes down Saturday from Manchester, England, airing live on DAZN.
Source link
