Dillon Danis claims KSI fight will make him more money than \u201cany UFC champion\u201d Instagram: DillondanisFormer MMA rookie turned internet trash talker Dillon Danis has claimed that his upcoming fight purse for the KSI bout will earn him a bigger payday than any current UFC champion. While Danis holds two wins in professional MMA, the former competitor, best known as one of Conor McGregor\u2019s training partners, has since turned his sights to the influencer boxing realm. Having been out of active competition since 2019 as a result of knee injuries, Danis is set to make his return to combat sports on January 14, 2023 when he faces British YouTuber KSI in a boxing match. Given this upcoming bout serves as the main event in the OVO Arena, there\u2019s sure to be plenty of attention on his return. Seemingly such a great spotlight, in fact, that it could be the biggest payday of Danis\u2019 career. No exact amount was specified, but in a recent interview on Ariel Helwani\u2019s MMA Hour, he teased it would be the \u201cbiggest bag of anybody in MMA. I\u2019m making more than any UFC champion right now.\u201d With McGregor currently out of the picture due to injuries and former Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya now without a strap, Danis claimed his payment for the KSI fight puts him ahead of all other stars in the leading MMA promotion. Just how much he\u2019s getting to fly over to the UK and clash with one of the biggest names on YouTube today, remains unclear. Though Danis further teased that once sponsorships are factored in, he could be earning \u201cseven figures\u201d for his troubles. If his words can be taken at face value, this would likely mean KSI\u2019s payday is also in the seven-figure realm, especially considering his star power in the British market. We\u2019ll have to wait and see how the fight plays out on January 14, but win or lose, it appears Danis has a considerable amount of money on the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dillon Danis claims KSI fight will make him more money than \u201cany UFC champion\u201d Instagram: DillondanisFormer MMA rookie turned internet trash talker Dillon Danis has claimed that his upcoming fight purse for the KSI bout will earn him a bigger payday than any current UFC champion. While Danis holds two wins in professional MMA, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}