{"id":37161,"date":"2026-03-11T03:44:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T03:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Former-UFC-title-challenger-set-to-face-Dillon-Danis-at-RAF-7-200417"},"modified":"2026-03-11T03:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T03:44:42","slug":"former-ufc-title-challenger-set-to-face-dillon-danis-at-raf-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/former-ufc-title-challenger-set-to-face-dillon-danis-at-raf-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC title challenger set to face Dillon Danis at RAF 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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RAF 7 certainly has the makings for some high-voltage drama.<\/p>\n

Former
\nUFC<\/a> welterweight title challenger Colby
\nCovington<\/a> will face Dillon
\nDanis<\/a> in a wrestling match at RAF 7 on March 28 in Tampa,
\nFlorida. Covington is known as one of the most ruthless trash
\ntalkers in UFC history, often dragging in his opponents\u2019 families.
\nMeanwhile, Danis has gained notoriety over the years by stirring up
\ntrouble at combat sports events with his mere presence. Danis
\noriginally rose to fame as a grappling partner of Conor
\nMcGregor<\/a>. While the two seemingly have drifted apart over time,
\n\u201cEl Jefe\u201d managed to stay relevant by regularly getting into
\nbrawls. <\/p>\n

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Danis competed twice in MMA from 2018 to 2019, winning both bouts
\nvia submission under the Bellator banner. Danis fought Logan Paul<\/a>
\nin a boxing match in 2023, which ended in a massive brawl after \u201cEl
\nJefe\u201d caught Paul in a headlock. Danis recently became the Misfits
\nMMA light heavyweight champion with a submission win over Warren
\nSpencer<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Covington hasn\u2019t fought in the UFC since a stoppage loss
\nagainst Joaquin
\nBuckley<\/a> in December 2024. \u201cChaos\u201d recently defeated Luke
\nRockhold<\/a> via a technical fall in a wrestling match at RAF 5
\nthis past January. <\/p>\n

RAF 7 will be headlined by a grudge rematch between Arman
\nTsarukyan<\/a> and Georgio Poullas. The two previously met at RAF 6
\nlast month, where Poullas was accused of multiple fouls, and
\nTsarukyan punched him after beating him by points. <\/p>\n

\u2018Chaos\u2019 vs. \u2018El Jefe\u2019<\/h2>\n

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RAF 7 certainly has the makings for some high-voltage drama. Former UFC welterweight title challenger Colby Covington will face Dillon Danis in a wrestling match at RAF 7 on March 28 in Tampa, Florida. Covington is known as one of the most ruthless trash talkers in UFC history, often dragging in his opponents\u2019 families. Meanwhile, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}