Dillon Danis has found himself in yet another out-of-the-ring altercation. At a recent weigh-in in Austin, Danis found himself on the receiving end of an Anthony Taylor fist, with the MMA fighter and boxer discussing his side of the story on a recent episode of The MMA Hour.
Taylor described Danis as a “bully” who needed intervention. “Dillon Danis, just coming in, he was just being a bully.
Anthony Taylor Punches “Bully” Dillon Danis In the Face
He’s picking on reporters, over acting tough with his MMA buddies, or whoever the hell he’s with. But he was just acting tough, acting he like he can’t even be touched because, ‘I’m this jiu-jitsu world champion, nobody’s going to fight me.’
So he comes in to do his thing with KSI, flips his hat, or smacks him in the face, throws coffee and just runs off. Like, man, don’t come to a YouTube event trying to be a bully to other fighters, especially YouTubers who have no legitimate background in fighting. They’re learning how to fight. It’s called a YouTube event, don’t come over trying to be a bully. You don’t see Jon Jones trying to bully YouTubers.
I took that in my hands to say something. Nobody, for years, has said or done anything to Dillon, and he’s gotten away with it for so many years doing it to Logan Paul, Jake Paul, to Khabib, to all of these [people], and he got away with it. Don’t come to an event, try and be a bully, push reporters, because now I’m going to call you out. You want to fight YouTubers and boxers, fight me. I’m an MMA fighter, too.
What’s up? That’s how it escalated.” Taylor described hitting Danis with a clean overhand right, but warned fans to “never resort to violence”.
“I gave him a little push with my left hand, he tried to snap back at me with a quick jab, I threw my little left jab, he tried to hit me, and that’s when I popped him with an overhand right and he stumbled — 50 yards back, baby. Pow!
Without that truck being there, he would’ve fell. But, we should never resort to violence, ladies and gentlemen. Don’t resort to violence because that’s not always the way to resort to things. I could’ve sat down and had a talk with him, ‘Hey Dillon, come sit down with me. Let’s go have a talk and drink some coffee.’
But instead, I said f*** that, I’m going to hit you with an overhand right, buddy. I had to let it be known to the world. I’ve got kids coming to me saying, ‘Thank you for your service.’ What? I’ve never served in the military. ‘No, for what you did to Dillon Danis.’”
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