Popular YouTuber Jake Paul has challenged Conor McGregor’s teammate Dillon Danis to a fight.
On November 3rd, the social media star tweeted, “Dear Dillon Danis. I’d beat your ass. Sincerely, Jake Paul.”
After the tweet attracted some attention, Jake took to his Instagram Story to say, “So people are already saying, ‘Oh, Jake, don’t do it, he’s a professional MMA fighter’.
“Ok I’ll be the underdog, I prove people wrong all the time,” he continued. “Dillon Danis bro, just I’m not even gonna say anything bro, you already know, you already know.”
Dear @dillondanis,
I’d beat your ass
Sincerely,
Jake Paul
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) November 3, 2018
While Dillon is yet to respond to Jake’s challenge, Bellator MMA president Scott Coker tweeted, “Hey Jake Paul, if you have some business you want to handle with my partner, call me.”
Dillon was famously at the centre of a brawl that took place at Conor McGregor’s fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov in Las Vegas last month.
Just seconds after the fight ended, Khabib launched himself out of the octagon towards Conor’s teammate Dillon, forcing police forces to step in and escort everybody out.
This vid shows Khabib’s Dominance MMA managing partner Rizvan Magomedov harassing Dillon Danis who pushes him away as Nurmagomedov notices the skirmish & jumps in to assist. Magomedov who can be seen in other videos scuffling with police trying to break up the brawl was arrested. pic.twitter.com/vP4iFiH219
— Mike Russell (@MIKERUSSELLMMA) October 9, 2018
Back in August, Jake and his brother Logan Paul flew over to the UK to fight fellow YouTubers Deji Olatunji and KSI in a boxing match.
Jake proved victorious against Deji, but his brother lost to KSI – and now they’re in talks for a potential rematch.
After the Paul brother’s venture into the boxing ring, Logan revealed his hopes to become an MMA fighter and work with the UFC – much to president Dana White’s surprise.
Despite Dana’s disapproval, many in the UFC appear to be backing Logan, including mixed martial artist Tyrone Woodley and commentator Joe Rogan.
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