Dillon Danis Calls Out Jake Paul For Ducking Him

Ben Askren isn’t the only easy target Jake Paul hopes to embarrass in boxing. Bellator fighter and Conor McGregor coach Dillon Danis is also fishing for a payday against the YouTube personality.

YouTube personality Jake Paul continues his insidious insertion into the combat sports world with a boxing match against former Bellator and ONE FC champion Ben Askren on April 17th.

Some MMA fans are psyched because they think Olympic athlete Askren is more than enough of a ‘real’ athlete to finally make Paul pay for stepping into the ring, unlike past opponents who have been fellow YouTubers or retired NBA players. Others look at “Funky’s” wrestling heavy game and lukewarm striking abilities (and recent hip replacement) as a grim sign Paul is going to earn a win over a ‘real fighter.’ Then we’ll never hear the end of this.

But let me assure you: We’re not going to hear the end of whatever the hell this is until Jake Paul fights are no longer commercially viable. And unfortunately, that could be a while.

Win or lose, we feel like there’ll still be interest in a fight between Jake and Conor McGregor’s Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach Dillon Danis. The two have been harassing each other on social media for years now, and Danis is clearly upset that Paul isn’t waiting for him to recover from a knee injury to fight.

Check out Dillon’s reaction to Paul’s fight announcement:

Dillon Danis isn’t joking regarding a knee injury. He recently posted this video showing the knee wiggling around in the joint that is guaranteed to creep you out.

Danis thinks the elastic bands holding that leg together should heal enough by early summer to fight, and with the McGregor connection we guarantee you that Jake Paul vs. Dillon Danis is going to be the Paulie Malignaggi vs. Artem Lobov of 2021. Unless of course, Ben Askren proves that even a low level striker with elite MMA experience is still levels above someone who’s been knocking out amateur competition. We can only hope.