Polarizing athlete Dillon Danis claimed that his former boxing rival, Logan Paul, forbade the UFC to sign him.
The bad blood between Dillon Danis and Logan Paul will probably never simmer almost two full years after their boxing match. According to Danis, Paul was the biggest obstacle for a potential UFC signing.
Danis, who has not fought in MMA since Max Humphrey's submission at Bellator 222, returns to the Cage in Global Fight League against former UFC title holder Tony Ferguson. Danis and Ferguson will collide in a lightweight battle that would take place in Los Angeles in May.
Before he signed with the GFL, Danis repeatedly called on the UFC matchmakers to bring it on board. But the matchmakers, and more specifically UFC CBO Hunter Campbell, close the desires of Danis.
Danis believes that his former rival is the fault of a UFC deal that does not flourish.
Split image of Dillon Danis during his boxing match with Logan Paul, opposite Paul during a WWE Smackdown event. Credits: Matt McNulty/Getty Images, WWE/Getty Images
Dillon Danis accuses Logan Paul of the extermination of UFC of signing him
In a recent appearance on the Ariel Helwani show, Danis claimed that Paul convinced the UFC not to sign him in the free desk.
“He hates me now. And he is in the background with the UFC, I am pretty sure that he is the one who talks to the UFC, “said Danis about Paul. “He doesn't let me go to WWE events, WWE wanted to do things with me, and he [shut it down]. He hates me so much that he tries to get me out; That's how much he hates me.
“I don't know if he talks directly to them, but he is certainly in their ear and prime … Maybe he can say:” If you sign that child, I pull Prime. “
At present, neither Paul nor the UFC have responded to the accusations of Danis. Danis will be confronted against KSI later this month in a boxing match.
The structure of Paul vs. Danis in their resorting competition in 2023 was hostile, with lawsuits and fighting conference. Paul then went through Danis through disqualification after Danis tried to struggle in the boxing ring.
Logan Paul is briefly linked to a boxing match with the superstar teammate of Dillon Danis
Paul was in conversation to face Danis's old teammate, Conor McGregor, in a boxing match before the negotiations fell apart. According to the Pauls, UFC CEO Dana White closed the rumors of $ 500 million, while McGregor also plot his MMA -Berugkeer plot.
The Pauls and McGregor shared a viral meeting with the US presidential inauguration earlier this year. Although things were usually warm, McGregor decided a fight with Paul Brother as a 'side job'.
At the moment, the intended return from Paul to De Ring will remain in the making for later this year. The WWE star has no longer had boxing since the Danis fight. McGregor has not fought in the Octagon since a loss for Dustin Poirier on UFC 264.