{"id":397404,"date":"2021-10-19T05:18:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T12:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=397404"},"modified":"2021-10-19T05:18:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T12:18:49","slug":"dillon-danis-opens-up-on-his-recent-arrest-accuses-bouncer-of-impersonating-a-police-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/dillon-danis-opens-up-on-his-recent-arrest-accuses-bouncer-of-impersonating-a-police-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillon Danis opens up on his recent arrest, accuses bouncer of impersonating a police officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator fighter Dillon Danis has opened up on his recent arrest and provided his account of what went down.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, footage emerged of Danis being choked on the ground and restrained by a security guard at a bar in New Jersey. Many fans took the opportunity to openly mock and tease Danis, highlighting his confidence on social media as well as the fact that he hasn&#8217;t fought inside the cage for two years.<\/p>\n<p>However, as per Danis and the court documents, the security guard in question actually impersonated a police officer just moments before the police actually arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Danis went on to explain what happened from his point of view during a recent interview.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUDstRfFk-S\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m not allowed to move, so I\u2019m standing on the boardwalk \u2014 I would have left,\u201d Danis said. \u201cBut when you\u2019re in those places, if you call an Uber, it takes an hour for them to come. They started saying some derogatory terms; I\u2019m not going to bring them up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThey start going at everybody and I\u2019m like, \u2018Bro, come on.\u2019 They bring a bunch of bartenders from inside, and it\u2019s like nine people, and they surround me,\u201d Danis continued. \u201cSo nine guys are around me, and I\u2019m friggin\u2019 on a leg brace. I just had surgery. I\u2019m not allowed to turn my leg, so I can\u2019t box. So then they all start circling me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/dillon-danis-disorderly-conduct-case-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LowKickMMA<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>What are your thoughts on the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/dillon-danis-struggles-while-being-detained-by-police-video\/\">Dillon Danis<\/a> situation? Will we see him back in the Bellator cage within the next twelve months? Let us know your thoughts in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator fighter Dillon Danis has opened up on his recent arrest and provided his account of what went down. Last month, footage emerged of Danis being choked on the ground and restrained by a security guard at a bar in New Jersey. Many fans took the opportunity to openly mock and tease Danis, highlighting his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":394897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44,10467],"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 opens up on his recent arrest, accuses bouncer of impersonating a police officer | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bellator fighter Dillon Danis has opened up on his recent arrest and provided his account of what went down.\" \/>\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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