NEW YORK — The UFC has banned Dillon Danis, a former coaching companion of MMA famous person Conor McGregor, from future occasions, based on UFC CEO Dana White.
Danis was concerned in a brawl with a number of members of UFC champion Islam Makhachev’s crew at UFC 322 on Saturday inside Madison Sq. Backyard. The melee occurred cageside, moments earlier than the beginning of the primary card, which Makhachev headlined in a welterweight title struggle in opposition to Jack Della Maddalena.
A number of movies confirmed Danis in a scuffle with Makhachev teammates Abubakar Nurmagomedov and Magomed Zaynukov.
On the UFC 322 postfight information convention, White informed reporters he wouldn’t press prices in opposition to Danis however indicated the 32-year-old would by no means be welcome at a UFC occasion once more.
“I used to be on the opposite aspect [of the Octagon] and go, ‘F—, I do know precisely what that is,'” White mentioned of the brawl. “You’ll by no means see Dillon Danis at a UFC struggle ever once more.”
Danis was in McGregor’s nook in 2018, when McGregor misplaced to Khabib Nurmagomedov in a UFC title struggle in Las Vegas. The 2 camps engaged in a heated rivalry main as much as that struggle, with McGregor making disparaging feedback about Nurmagomedov’s household and faith. Nurmagomedov submitted McGregor of their title struggle then famously jumped out of the Octagon to assault his nook.
The rivalry has considerably cooled through the years. Nurmagomedov and Makhachev are longtime teammates, nevertheless, and Danis mocked Makhachev in a number of posts on social media throughout struggle week.
