{"id":369644,"date":"2020-11-29T18:39:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T02:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=369644"},"modified":"2020-11-29T18:39:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T02:39:59","slug":"dillon-danis-responds-to-challenge-from-jake-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/dillon-danis-responds-to-challenge-from-jake-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillon Danis responds to challenge from Jake Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dillon Danis appears open to boxing Jake Paul.<\/p>\n<p>In the lead-up to Paul&#8217;s fight against Nate Robinson, the YouTuber<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/jake-paul-calls-out-conor-mcgregor-jorge-masvidal-and-ben-askren-theyre-going-to-get-the-smoke\/\"> had been calling out several MMA fighters like Conor McGregor, Ben Askren, and Jorge Masvidal<\/a>. But, even prior to that, he and Danis had been going back-and-forth.<\/p>\n<p>So, following Paul&#8217;s devastating <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/tyson-vs-jones-results-jake-paul-sleeps-nate-robinson-highlights\/\">second-round knockout over Robinson<\/a>, he once again called out Danis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve been training my ass off for the past year. I\u2019m taking this seriously. I have a long list of opponents I want to fight. Conor McGregor, Dillon Danis, I will knock both of them out. There\u2019s my brother (Logan Paul), Austin McBroom,&#8221; Paul said after his win. &#8220;I want to be in the sport for a long time. I\u2019m in love with it. Why not?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To no surprise, after Jake Paul&#8217;s win, Dillon Danis took to social media to accept those challenges and make it clear he would beat up the 23-year-old.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">you just fought a retired nba reject be careful what you wish for little guy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jakepaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jakepaul<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dillondanis\/status\/1332906447202619397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;you just fought a retired nba reject be careful what you wish for little guy <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@jakepaul,&#8221; Danis tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He then followed it up by mocking Paul as he tweeted a picture of him in a costume when he was younger.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">dance for me bitch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jakepaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jakepaul<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VmVvtQ0Krb\">pic.twitter.com\/VmVvtQ0Krb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dillondanis\/status\/1332921837395849217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;dance for me bitch <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@jakepaul,&#8221; he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dillon Danis is currently just 2-0 in MMA with both his wins coming in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bellator.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bellator<\/a>. The 27-year-old submitted Kyle Walker and Max Humphrey in the first round but has not fought since June of 2019. Since then, he has been dealing with injuries. But, even though he is a grappler, once he is healthy, he is open to the idea of boxing Paul.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Paul, meanwhile, is coming off a brutal KO win over Nate Robinson in his second professional fight. In January, he scored a first-round TKO over fellow YouTuber AnEsonGib. Although he has yet to fight a real boxer, Paul is no doubt taking the sport seriously and wants to fight a legit fighter next time out.<\/p>\n<p>Would you be interested in seeing Dillon Danis box Jake Paul?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dillon Danis appears open to boxing Jake Paul. In the lead-up to Paul&#8217;s fight against Nate Robinson, the YouTuber had been calling out several MMA fighters like Conor McGregor, Ben Askren, and Jorge Masvidal. But, even prior to that, he and Danis had been going back-and-forth. So, following Paul&#8217;s devastating second-round knockout over Robinson, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":287389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44,10107,10467,65043],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dillon Danis responds to challenge from Jake Paul | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dillon Danis appears open to boxing Jake Paul after the 23-year-old YouTuber called him out following his KO win over Nate Robinson.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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