Dillon Danis and Conor McGregor used to be tight—really tight. Danis had been part of McGregor’s training camp for years, helping him sharpen his grappling skills and prepare for some of the toughest fights of his career. Even when Khabib Nurmagomedov jumped the cage at UFC 229 in 2018, Danis was the first to eat a punch and fight back. But now? Things seem way different.
Danis has voiced his frustration over seeing McGregor casually chatting it up with Logan and Jake Paul on their way to Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony. It wasn’t just a casual encounter either. The whole scene felt like something out of a bizarre crossover episode.
On a bus packed with celebrities and influencers, McGregor was sitting at the back next to Pam Stepnick, the Paul brothers’ mom, while Logan and Jake were right in front of them snapping pictures and recording videos of the surreal moment.
Logan was still locked in an intense legal battle with Danis at the time. So, to Danis, this was the ultimate betrayal. It’s one thing to catch your friend mingling with your enemy; it’s another to see them straight-up buddying up while they are suing you for your life.
That’s why it stung so badly for Danis, who spoke about it on the Ariel Helwani Show,
“[Logan Paul] is trying to ruin my life and trying to take money from my kid’s mouth,” Danis said. “And [Conor McGregor] has been through lawsuits, so he knows what it’s like to be sued. It sucks. That’s why it kind of hurt.”, the former Bellator fighter added.
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Although there is some logic in what Danis was saying, McGregor had a separate intention from his interaction. At that time, rumors of him fighting one of the Paul brothers in a boxing match in India were running rampant.
So the Irishman was seemingly trying to talk to ‘The Maverick’ and get the fight signed and sealed. However, to Danis, the damage was already done.
Well, he won’t be feeling the pressure of the legal fees for too long, though. With his fight against KSI coming up, the American Jiu-Jitsu expert is said to be making some good money
Danis set to earn millions against KSI
Danis is going to be fighting Logan’s business partner KSI on Saturday, 29 March, at the AO Arena in Manchester in a boxing match. The pair have been beefing for over a year now, They were actually supposed to duke it out last summer but Danis had to pull out due to an undisclosed injury.
But now the match is finally coming to fruition and is gaining a lot of traction after their last press conference saw KSI compare his striking power to former UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira.
With the fight officially on, there has also been a lot of speculation as to how much he would make for his exploits in the ring. It should be noted that bar the Logan fight last year, Danis hasn’t been an active part of any combat sport since he last fought for Bellator 6 years ago in 2019.
So, Helwani naturally had to ask Danis about his earnings, to which ‘El Jefe’ responded saying, “Yeah, it would be more (than $1 million). Yeah Pay-Per-View too, so it could be more (than a million).”
This is a stark difference in comparison to his last fight where he had to accept a fixed purse as that was a part of securing the matchup. Looks like Danis is moving ahead in life.
