Mike Perry vs. Dillon Danis MMA fight set for new promotion

Mike Perry and Dillon Danis are going to finally battle it out in a mixed martial arts bout.

Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans — including a promotional official — confirmed that Perry and Danis are set for a welterweight contest on Aug. 29 in Orlando. DuelBet is hosting their first combat sports event, with the promotion being called Duel Arena.

Happy Punch first revealed the news on Instagram.

Duel Arena 1 is set to take place at Kia Center, and will be a “hybrid card featuring MMA, boxing and kickboxing,” promoter Dean Toole told MMA Fighting on Friday. The bouts will take place in a ring, not a cage, including the Perry vs. Danis contest.

Toole says that the card will include “some influencer bouts as well, and a few [other] UFC vets” to be announced soon.

Perry competes in his second consecutive MMA bout. After a successful and unbeaten stretch in BKFC following his departure from the UFC, “Platinum” returned to mixed martial arts competition at May’s Rousey vs. Carano event on Netflx, where he stopped Nate Diaz via second-round corner stoppage TKO.

Danis competes in MMA for the second time in almost exactly one year. In his most recent MMA contest, Danis submitted Warren Spencer at Misfits 22 in August 2025 in 15 seconds. Since then, Danis competed for Real American Freestyle, losing via tech fall to Colby Covington at RAF 7 in March, and via pinfall to Khamzat Chimaev at RAF 10 in June — which led to an all-out brawl.

Broadcast details are expected to be announced next week.