Who is Dillon Danis, when is he fighting Logan Paul?

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Who is Dillon Danis, when is he fighting Logan Paul?
Who is Dillon Danis, when is he fighting Logan Paul?

DILLON DANIS takes on Logan Paul later this year in his boxing debut, but he's more notorious for his life outside of boxing.

The grappler controversially had a scrap with Conor McGregor's rival Khabib Nurmagomedov, has an MMA career of his own, and is a well-known entity in the influencer combat sports world.

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Dillon Danis was the target of a post-fight attack by Khabib Nurmagomdeov at UFC 229 in 2018

But what else do we know about him?

Who is Dillon Danis?

Dillon Danis was born on August 22, 1993 in New Jersey.

The 30-year-old started training ji jitsu at age 15 and is a black belt under Marcelo Garcia, as part of a generation of grapplers produced by the respected Alliance New York Academy.

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In 2016, he was invited to become a coach and main grappling training partner of Conor McGregor ahead of the Notorious’ match against Nate Diaz, for UFC 202.

And he has been friends with McGregor since.

As an MMA fighter he has a record of 2-0, winning both by submission.

But he is set to make his boxing debut later this year in a fight against Logan Paul.

When is Danis vs Paul?

Danis will face Paul on the undercard of KSI vs Tommy Fury on Saturday, October 14.

The fight will take place at the AO Arena in Manchester.

You can live stream the action from the DAZN app, where the fight is available on PPV.

 Danis has been friends with McGregor since 2016
Danis has been friends with McGregor since 2016

What happened at UFC 229 in 2018?

Khabib jumped out of the Octagon after making McGregor tap, and started brawling with members of the crowd, seemingly targeting Danis.

One of his team then sucker-punched McGregor, and all hell broke loose  in the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Joe Brophy

Explainers, Logan Paul, Conor McGregor

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