The UFC has made a strong decision against Dillon Danis, former training partner of MMA superstar Conor McGregor. According to UFC CEO Dana White, Danis has been banned from future events. The incident that triggered this ban occurred during UFC 322 last Saturday at Madison Square Garden. Danis got into a fight with several members of UFC champion Islam Makhachev’s team moments before the start of the main card. Videos show Danis in an altercation with Abubakar Nurmagomedov and Magomed Zaynukov, Makhachev’s teammates.
In the press conference after the event, White confirmed that, although he would not press charges against Danis, he would not be welcome at any UFC event in the future. Danis was in McGregor’s corner in 2018, when McGregor lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov in a UFC title fight in Las Vegas. The rivalry between both sides was intense before that fight, with McGregor making derogatory comments about Nurmagomedov’s family and religion. Nurmagomedov submitted McGregor in their title fight, and then jumped out of the Octagon to attack his corner. Over time, the rivalry has cooled. However, Nurmagomedov and Makhachev have been teammates for a long time, and Danis taunted Makhachev in several social media posts during fight week.I was on the other side [of the Octagon] and I thought, ‘Shit, I know exactly what this is’. You’ll never see Dillon Danis at a UFC event again.
Dana White, CEO of UFC
