Former strongman Eddie Corridor believes Misfits Boxing is being disingenuous with their latest declare about an MMA battle with Dillon Danis.
Eddie Hall will make his skilled MMA debut in opposition to Mariusz Pudzianowski on April twenty sixth at KSW 105. He’ll make his first stroll to the cage after competing in arm wrestling and boxing competitions in recent times.
Corridor has taken the fight sports activities world by storm after just lately competing in a 2v1 battle and profitable a efficiency that went viral. Pudzianowski presents an enormous check for Corridor in his MMA debut, however based on Misfits Boxing, Corridor was shut to creating his first MMA look in opposition to a controversial persona.
Misfits Boxing just lately introduced in an Instagram put up that the promotion tried to e book an MMA battle between former Bellator fighter Dillon Danis and Corridor, earlier than negotiations fell by. However based on Corridor, he wasn’t conscious of any battle talks.
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Eddie Corridor ‘would love’ to battle Dillon Danis however questions Misfits battle tease
Throughout a latest look on The Ariel Helwani Show, Corridor addressed the Misfits battle with Danis that didn’t come to fruition, regardless of social media teases.
“Misfits put that out on Instagram, and there have been no talks, I’ll be sincere,” Corridor admitted. “No talks in any respect. I didn’t know of any talks, there would possibly’ve been talks behind my again, however I noticed that on Misfits’ Instagram, and instantly noticed a message speaking about my contract…I’d like to battle Dillon Danis; which will properly occur in the future.
“Two weeks discover? I’d’ve taken that battle, in MMA as properly.”
Danis was allegedly in talks to probably face Naked Knuckle FC star Mike Perry in a short-notice MMA battle. However as of this writing, nothing’s been formally booked, after Danis was initially set to face KSI in a boxing match earlier this month earlier than KSI’s withdrawal on account of sickness.
Danis hasn’t fought in MMA since his two fights in Bellator, accumulating a 2-0 file earlier than parting methods with the promotion. He final fought in a boxing match in opposition to Logan Paul in 2023, dropping by disqualification.
Eddie Corridor admits he’s ‘scared’ forward of MMA debut at KSW 105
Within the meantime, Hall faces a formidable test for his MMA debut at KSW 105, and admits he’s ‘scared’ in regards to the prospect of falling wanting the mark in opposition to Pudzianowski. A fellow strongman alum, Pudzianowski is 17-9 in his MMA profession however is coming off of back-to-back defeats within the KSW cage.
Hall is expected to get off to a strong start in opposition to the veteran Pudzianowski when the cage doorways shut later this month. But when Pudzianowski can survive Corridor’s early barrage, don’t anticipate the battle to go a lot additional into the later rounds.
In both case, it stays to be seen if Corridor vs. Danis will come to fruition, nevertheless it seems Misfits Boxing’s announcement would possibly’ve been untimely.